We were featured in two UF publications this month,
The Alligator:
by Kathryn Varn, Avenue Writer
Gainesville is the perfect place to become an artist, with its cultural influence and connection to nature. This is exactly why Tom Hart, 42, of New York City, decided to move to Gainesville to open the Sequential Artists Workshop, a school, studio and library that serves to foster the creation and appreciation of comics.
âItâs a great place to be an artist,â Hart said.
Hart, who taught comics at the New York City School of Visual Arts for 10 years, moved to Gainesville last September and opened the doors of SAW in January.
Read the rest here:Â http://www.alligator.org/the_avenue/art/article_03a11eca-a549-11e1-a7ea-0019bb2963f4.html
And The Fine Print, by Travis Epes
Sequential Artist Workshop opens in Gainesville
If âsequential artâ sounds pretentious: good. That was Will Eisnerâs goal. The graphic novelist best remembered for creating the comic series The Spirit, Eisner popularized the term in 1985 to shed comics of their stigma as âkid-stuff.â
âUltimately, it sounds to us more like what it is,â says Tom Hart, a founder of the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) in Gainesville.
Sequential art includes: comic books, comix, graphic novels, manga, cartooning, funny papers or any other combination of words and drawings that create a narrative. And nowadays, thanks to its strengthened reputation, these works can be found in libraries and universities across the country.
But while itâs becoming more common for sequential art to be found in schools, few programs specifically teach comic artists. Only a handful of universities offer B.A. or M.F.A. programs in sequential art, and most come with hefty price tags. So last year, Hart moved to Gainesville to create an affordable program for those who aim to spread their passion for comics.
Read more here:Â http://www.thefineprintuf.org/2012/04/25/see-saw-draw/
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This week at SAW: Justine’s class, week TWO.
ArtWalk with Corazon Higgins, Friday May 25, 7 pm - 10 pm
And we’re still open for our TEEN WORKSHOP in June! It’s not too late to sign up!
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Busy May at SAW.
New Teacher, new class (starts Thursday the 17th!)
New easels.
New books arriving in the mail.
Plus new book out by Tom Hart
and friend of SAW Tim Kreider
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Don’t forget: Krissy Wilson on Transcribe Audio Beta at SAW tonight at 8! http://ping.fm/Ak94m
Art and war! (From a video called “Girl gets her wisdom teeth taken out and thinks she’s in Hogwarts”)Â http://goo.gl/URUP6
Tonight Krissy Wilson comes to show and hunt. 8 pm!
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To all students and prospective students:
Our fall 2012 and spring 2013 calendar is up, including beginning and end dates for the semesters, breaks (2 weeks per semester), Gainesville events such as Fest, the Spring and Fall arts festivals and FEST11 and all ArtWalk events and prospective guest artists in some cases. We left out the Hoggtowne Medieval Fair - you can look that up yourself.
The fall 2012 semester will be starting August 27, and ending December 14. There will be two week-long breaks. One from Oct 15-19 for our low-residency program and one for Thanksgiving.
The spring 2013 semester will begin January 7 and end April 26. There will be a two week break from Feb 25-March 9 in which SAW will run different programs, including possibly another John Porcellino workshop, from March 4-9.
The calendar is here for all to view:
http://sequentialartistsworkshop.org/wordpress/events-and-class-schedule/
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Tom Hart of SAW will be at The Digital Media Festival at UF this weekend, on a panel about digital arts in education: http://ping.fm/NFSfh
Justine Mara Andersen was mentored by and learned from top names in the industry, including such luminaries as P. Craig Russell (Elric, Sandman), Val Mayerik (Punisher, Conan), Frank Thorne (Red Sonja), John Workman, Jim Steranko and Jeffrey Catherine Jones, but struck out on her own to create her long-running series Mara, Celtic Shamaness for Fantagraphics as well as working as an inker and illustrator for DC Comics, Image Comics, Wizards of the Coast (D&D, etc.), Lucasfilms and other clients.
See more of her work here:http://justinefolio.blogspot.com/
And sign up for her classes here:
http://sequentialartistsworkshop.org/classes/
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