A hands-on workshop open to all
Join us for a hands-on-workshop with teaching artist and cartoonist, Jerzy Drozd. Drozd will lead participants through the art of creating a comic book in an approachable way. No experience is necessary. This workshop is free and open to all.
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About Jerzy Drozd
Drozd began work as a teaching artist in 2007 when he served as the lead teaching artist for the ArtServe Michigan’s Literacy Arts Comic Book Project, in which he visited 10 Detroit public schools (grades 3-6) to teach students how to make comic books. He's since led workshops and classes throughout Michigan and across North America, including a two-day workshop for educators at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
"I lead cartooning workshops for children and teens in libraries and schools, as well as for teachers who want to bring comics to the classroom. I wrote and drew Science Comics: Rockets with my wife, Anne Drozd, and I’m one of the artists of The Warren Commission Report. I also podcast about comics and how to make them.
"I began work as a teaching artist in 2007 when I served as the lead teaching artist for the ArtServe Michigan’s Literacy Arts Comic Book Project, in which I visited 10 Detroit public schools (grades 3-6) to teach students how to make comic books. I’ve since led workshops and classes throughout Michigan and across North America, including a two-day workshop for educators at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
"I truly love meaningfully connecting kids with comics. The visual language of comics unlocks new forms of expression that appeal to different learning modalities. Kids who may be labeled as “reluctant readers” can discover a love of reading and writing through cartooning. I especially enjoy connecting my lesson plans with classroom curricula—I feel a strong sense of mission to be an ally not only to the students but to the other teachers who are advocating for them."