Saturday, March 8, Open Studio at MCBA, noon to 4:00 pm

MCBA, Minneapolis Saturday Open Studio

Next open studio:

March 8
Noon to 4 pm
At the Minnesota Center for Book Arts

We’ll be in the bindery (the high tables).

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis
mnbookarts.org

Future Saturday Open Studios:
April 26, typesetting room (lower level)

Coffee, tea, beer, wine, and food are available. Also wi-fi.

Parking options:
* Free in the lot immediately east of the building
* Metered street parking on 3rd Street (one block south of Washington Ave.) for 25 cents an hour
* More expensive metered street parking on the other streets
* Walk or ride your bike

Come Jam in Minneapolis Thursday, March 6th

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The Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy meets at 6:30 until 10:00 the first Thursday of every month at Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe in Northeast.

Generally, we draw collaborative “jam” comics, socialize and drink caffeinated beverages. Afterwords, we often have uncaffeinated beverages somewhere else.

The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results are posted here sooner or later (and sometimes even printed).

Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe
1618 Central Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bus info here.

Please spend some money at Diamond’s while you’re there, even if it is just a cuppa coffee… they are excellent hosts, and we wanna stay welcome there.

February 7000 BC Meeting

7000 BC

February 7000 BC Meeting | Saturday, February 22 | 1:00–4:00 | Big Adventure Comics | 801 Cerrillos Rd., Suite B | Santa Fe, NM

For the February 7000 BC meeting, we’ll gather in the new gaming space at Big Adventure Comics in Santa Fe. We’ll be making our last preparations for STAPLE and planning for ACE (which will be here sooner than we think), as well as sharing recent working and creating a jam comic.

All interested in independent comics are welcome — send an email with any questions.

Creating Comics Workshop at Big Adventure Comics in Santa Fe

7000 BC

Creating Comics Workshop at Big Adventure Comics | Thursday, February 20 | 6:30–8:30 pm | Big Adventure Comics | 801 Cerrillos Rd., Suite B | Santa Fe, NM

Word and image combine in comics to form a storytelling medium like no other. Discover the visual language that makes comics unique in this free fast-paced, hands-on workshop. Learn how comic techniques apply to other forms of communication. Get a fresh perspective on your own creative work. Take the first steps to becoming a comic creator. Though you will be drawing, this is not an illustration class — stick figures are just fine!

Presented by 7000 BC and AIGA New Mexico.

Update: check out this video by Narrative Media:

“Creating Comics” Workshop with Bram Meehan from Narrative Media on Vimeo.