THIS IS AN ARCHIVE PAGE OF PAST EVENTS.
FOR UPCOMING EVENTS, SEE: COMICS CALENDAR!

2014 Programs:

• JANUARY =
   2014 COMICS EXCHANGE in Nicaragua!

• 10-12 February (M-T-W)
  Lisbon, NH ~ CLiF Comics Residency
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• 21 February (Friday)
  Marlow, NH ~ Comics Creator School Visit & Reading
  ~ Snowed out! See 16 June! ~
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• 22 February (Saturday)
  Salem, NH ~ Kelly Public Library
  Kelly Mini-Con (10am-2pm)
  11am-Noon = COMICS 101: 1-hour workshop on creating & self-publishing comics
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• 25 February (Tuesday)
  Brookline, NH ~ Brookline Public Library
  1:30-4:30pm = Teen Manga workshop  [Pre-register at library]
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• 27 February (Thursday)
  Dunbarton, NH ~ Dunbarton Public Library
  6:30pm = Comics in World History & Culture (NHHC Program)
  
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• 7 March (Friday)
  Topsfield, MA ~ Masconomet Regional High School
  “Webcomics, Graphic Novels, & Other Adventures…”
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• 11 March (Tuesday)
  Amherst, NH ~ Amherst Town Library
  7pm = Comics in World History & Culture (NHHC Program)
  
  (Part of the library’s “Celebrating the Book” exhibit!)
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• 10-14 March (M-F)
  Chesterfield, NH ~ Chesterfield School
  Artist in Residence (WEEK I)
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• 19-21 March (dates TBA)
  Colebrook, NH ~ Colebrook Elementary School
  CLiF Comics Residency
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• 24-28 March (M-F)
  Chesterfield, NH ~ Chesterfield School
  Artist in Residence (WEEK II)
  SEE ALSO: “Local Artist Helps Chesterfield Students Connect Their Imaginations with Lessons” in Keene Sentinel
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• 1-3 April (T-W-Th)
  Island Pond, VT
  CLiF Comics Residency
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• 6 April (Sunday) 2:00-4:30
  New York City ~ National Museum of Mathematics
  
  MathematiComics!
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• 14-15 April (Monday-Tuesday)
  21-22 April (Monday-Tuesday)
  Spaulding Youth Center
  Comics Workshop
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• 16 April (Wednesday) 5-7PM
  Sharon, NH ~ Sharon Arts Center (457 Rte 123)
  NH Arts Learning Network Meet-Up
  Featured Speaker, 5:30-6 pm:  Cartoonist, community & teaching artist Marek Bennett will share photos, artwork, & videos from recent COMICS WORKSHOPS conducted in the coffee fields of Northern Nicaragua during January, 2014.  … + Facebook event >>
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• 27 April (Sunday) 7:00-8:30pm
  Arlington, MA ~ First Parish UU Youth
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• 3 May (Saturday)
  Double Midnight Comics
  Free Comic Book Day 2014 (details TBA)
  [ Facebook event details >> ]
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• 8 May (Thursday)
  White River Junction, VT ~ CCS
  
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• 9 May (Friday)
  Errol, NH ~ School visit
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• 14-16 May (Wednesday-Friday)
  Spaulding Youth Center
  Comics Workshop
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• 18 May (Sunday)Portland, ME
  Maine Comics Art Festival
  
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• 21-23 May (Wednesday-Friday)
  Spaulding Youth Center
  Comics Workshop
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• 2+4+5 June (M+W+Th)
  Pittsfield, NH ~ Pittsfield Elementary
  School residency
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• 6 June (Fri)
  Fremont, NH
  School workshop
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• 16 June (Monday)
  Marlow, NH ~ Comics Creator School Visit & Reading
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• 17 June (Tuesday)
  Barrington, NH
  School visit & reading
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• 18-19 June (W-Th)
  Northfield, NH ~ Spaulding Youth Center
  Residency days
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• 26-28 June = CONFERENCE:
  
  Comics & Medicine: From Private Lives to Public Health
  Baltimore, MD
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• 30 June – 3 July (M-Th)
  Alstead, NH ~ The Orchard School
  Comics Camp 2014! (register @ The Orchard School)
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• 12 July (Saturday)
  White River Junction, VT ~ Center for Cartoon Studies
  Educators’ Symposium (register here >>)
  
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• 16 July (Wednesday)
  Tamworth, NH ~ Cook Memorial Library
  7pm = Comics in World History & Culture (NHHC Program)
  
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• 21 July (Monday)
  Newport, NH ~ Newport Library Arts Center
  Comics Workshop
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• 23 July (Wednesday)
  Nashua, NH ~ Nashua Public Library
  2-5pm = Sci-Fi Comics Workshop
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• 11-15 August (M-F)
  Manchester, NH ~ Currier Art Center
  Comics Camp 2014! (register @ CAC)
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• TUESDAYS, September-December: 
  Teaching @ CCS…
  

• 18 September (Thursday)
  Seabrook, NH ~ Seabrook Library
  6:30pm = Comics in World History & Culture (NHHC Program)
  
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• 26 September (Friday) (7-8pm)
  Keene, NH ~ Keene Public Library
  Banned Books Week: Banned Comics! EVENT INFO >>
  POSTER:  full size >> / width=800 >>
  Also see: Banned Books Week 2014 at CBLDF >> & more… >>
  

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• 3 October (Friday) 10am-4pm
  Manchester, NH ~ Currier Museum
  Teaching the Worlds of M.C. Escher: Creative Teaching Program for Art and Math Instructors
  Join this COMICS WORKSHOP for a survey of the Currier’s Escher exhibition, with accessible cartoon-based activities and flexible assessment tools to help your students investigate Escher’s imaginary universes of pattern and logic, and explain what they find! We’ll use Escher’s artwork and techniques to explore tessellation, symmetry, pattern, geometrical properties of space and more, with a close look into how his eye-catching “mental images” challenge our intuition and imagination and stimulate discussion in the classroom. Workshop includes a survey of related comics- and art-based mathematical resources and approaches developed in Marek’s ongoing MathematiComics series.

• 4-5 October
  Cambridge, MA ~ MICE 2014
  Boston’s mighty indy festival! (COMICS WORKSHOP will appear at the CCS-Applied Cartooning table & events…)
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• 11 October (Saturday) (12 noon – 11:59:59 PM)
  Keene, NH ~ Keene Public Library
  “12-Hour Comics” or, “Half-24 Hour Comics” ~ Come draw a half-marathon 12 hours at KPL! ~ EVENT INFO >>
  POSTER = full size / w=1200 / w=800
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• 25 October + 1 November (Saturdays)
  Manchester, NH ~ Currier Museum
  1-4pm = Escher Workshop for Kids
  Drawing our inspiration from works in the Escher exhibition and the actual architectural spaces of the Currier Museum itself, we’ll develop our abilities to render real space through proficiency in one, two and three point perspective, as well as creative points of view and surprising fantasy augmentations. Following Escher’s models, we’ll apply these powerful spatial skills to create imaginative spaces that puzzle your eye, challenge (and defy) your sense of logic, and engage your viewers in navigating surprising new worlds.
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• 15 +22 November (Saturdays)
  Manchester, NH ~ Currier Museum
  10am-1pm = Escher Workshop for Teens
  In his later work, Escher became increasingly occupied with imaginative mathematical concepts of abstraction and pattern, exploring concepts of infinity through repetition, tessellation, and logical puzzles. Building off Escher’s own essay “Approaches to Infinity”, we’ll take a look at some of the basic mathematical structures underlying Escher’s striking vision, and use them to create our own images of order, chaos, and infinity. Drawing from his own MathematiComics series, Marek will demonstrate the power of sequential images (a.k.a. “comics”) to explore and explain our ideas, and show students how to share their work in a self-published “zine” format.
  REGISTER >>
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• 26 November (Wednesday)
  Henniker, NH ~ White Birch Community Center
  Comics Workshop
  Join Henniker cartoonist (and White Birch alum) Marek Bennett ( www.MarekBennett.com ) for a lively exploration of the infinite worlds of graphic storytelling and mini-comics publishing!  We’ll practice generating ideas, building characters and worlds, and telling stories in pictures, then learn how to publish our original comics as mini-comics, books, and more.  No experience necessary — everybody can draw comics!
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• 9 December (Tuesday) 5:30pm
  Manchester, NH ~ Shaskeen Pub
  
  “Science on Tap“: Escher, Math, & Art
  Supported by Currier Art Museum & SEE Science Center
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• 10 December (Wednesday) 1-3
  Nashua, NH ~ Amherst St. School
  Teacher training
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