Sandwich, NH: Junior Historians Comics Camp
Posted: 24-07-2013 Filed under: COMICS CAMPS, History, How we learn, Photos, Sandwich | Tags: history, local, native, Niobe, pestle, Sandwich, statue 1 CommentOur team of Junior Historians are hard at work drawing comics from local history topics & primary sources at Sandwich, NH this week. Here are a couple of field trip sites we visited while researching our comics projects:
Our projects include comics drawn from the Weed Family Letters, Sandwich’s famous Niobe statue (and her fall from the Great Wall…), Native American activities in pre-Sandwich times, and the relationships of several “spinster” Sandwich women who worked in the mills at Lowell and maintained their financial & personal independence throughout their lives…
Stay tuned for comics at LIVE FREE AND DRAW!
Open Studio + Workshops @ Hopkinton Town Library
Posted: 28-03-2013 Filed under: Family Comics, History, How we work, HTL, Photos | Tags: contoocook, history, hopkinton, jones, letters, library 2 CommentsThanks to Hopkinton Town Library for hosting our Open Studio + Workshop day last weekend:
ABOVE: Participants of all ages worked Read the rest of this entry »
Poe Comics @ NH Libraries
Posted: 01-11-2012 Filed under: Language Arts, Libraries | Tags: conqueror, halloween, holiday, poe, poem, poetry, worm Leave a commentHere’s a seasonal comic completed during recent library workshops, drawn from a ghastly poem by Edgar Allan Poe:
The Trees & Hills Comics Group puts out an annual Halloween Trick-Or-Treat Comics offering; although we completed this one too late for 2012’s deadline, perhaps it will come back to life in 2013…?
Conservation Comics: “Reuse and Recycle Paper”
Posted: 19-06-2012 Filed under: COMICS WORKSHOPS, Environment, New Boston, Schools, Student Artwork, Videos | Tags: comics, Conservation, Environment, owl, recycling, stump, trash, trees, waste 2 CommentsHere’s a video of a conservation-themed mini-comic reading by Heather (and friends) at New Boston:
New Boston: Conservation Comics
Posted: 24-05-2012 Filed under: COMICS WORKSHOPS, Environment, New Boston, Photos, Schools, Student Artwork 3 CommentsFifth graders at New Boston Central School are drawing comics about important conservation topics, using scientific data and vocabulary to advocate awareness and change on various issues, from endangered species to alternative energy! Here are some sneak peeks at their pages-in-progress:
POSTER: Multiple Intelligences in Comics Ed
Posted: 02-09-2011 Filed under: Arts, Arts Advocacy, Conventions, EDUCATION, How we learn | Tags: comics, MI, multiple intelligences 29 Comments
HI — I no longer update this page ~ but “MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES in COMICS ED” is available at my NEW COMICS WORKSHOP site HERE >>… ~ Marek |
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AND ALSO:
Psst! Teachers! You might appreciate this:
“CURRICULUM COMICS #4: Multiple Intelligences”
(a comic book by my friend Andrew Wales)
Weeks Act Festival: Lincoln, NH
Posted: 08-08-2011 Filed under: AANNH, Environment, Family Comics, Student Artwork, Weeks Act Leave a commentBELOW: more artwork & comics created by participants at our Weeks Festival comics tables! Click on each image to view it… Read the rest of this entry »
Weeks Act Festival: NH Nature Comics!
Posted: 06-08-2011 Filed under: AANNH, Environment, Family Comics, Photos, Student Artwork, Weeks Act 1 CommentHere’s a fresh batch of comics from our tables at the Weeks Act festivals in NH’s North Country (click on any image to view it fullsize):
First: Zealand Beats TV! by “A.H.”:
Next, “Walk to Camp” by NH’s premier folk storyteller, Becky Rule:
AND NOW: A tale of childbirth along the mountainous byways of Read the rest of this entry »