How to Draw with You Kid/How to Draw with Your Grownup:
A Saturday cartooning workshop for parents and children

Cartoon Art Museum Class: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 3:00 - 5:00pm
Cost per class: $10 per person


Everybody knows that it’s great to read together… well, it’s great to draw together, too! Too often, though, grownups will say, “I can’t draw” and that’s the end of it. Well, enough! You don’t have to be “good” at drawing for drawing to be good for you. Drawing is a wonderful way for kids and grownups to spend time together, tell each other stories, share feelings, and be silly and laugh. In this class we’ll do drawing and cartooning games and activities that you can use to build confidence and to try at home. Kids and grownups should attend the class together.

Instructor: Betsy Streeter
Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Time: 3 PM to 5 PM
Age: Kids, 7 and up + Grownups
Place: Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
Cost: $10 per person

To register please call 415-227-8666 x303 or email education@cartoonart.org. Class space is limited, and attendees must register prior to October 25.

About the instructor:

Betsy Streeter is a veteran cartoonist and creative professional, with a background in design, film/video production, information architecture and creative management. Betsy currently divides her time between cartooning and humorous illustration, independent art teaching, and raising her two children.

Cartoons Are Serious Business:
A Cartooning Workshop with Keith Knight,
Creator of the ‘K’ Chronicles, (th)ink and the Knight Life

Cartoon Art Museum Class: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 1:00 - 4:00pm
Cost per class: $100; $90 for CAM members



On Sunday, September 21, 2008, the Cartoon Art Museum is offering another installment in its ongoing series of workshops for aspiring comic artists, writers and fans of all ages. Each class is taught by a professional cartoonist focusing on an area of his or her expertise, ranging from character creation and story development to writing and drawing comic books and strips.

Keith Knight, 2007 Harvey Award winner and creator of the syndicated comics the 'K' Chronicles, the Knight Life and (th)ink, will conduct an intensive three-hour workshop for aspiring cartoonists, entitled Cartoons Are Serious Business. The cost of this class is $100 per student for the general public, and $90 per student for members of the Cartoon Art Museum.

Mr. Knight will be drawing upon his 15 years as a self-syndicated cartoonist for this intensive workshop, which is an advanced class for people looking to make cartooning a viable money-making career. This workshop will focus on the business side of comics, from marketing and promotions to dealing with syndicates and negotiating publishing contracts. In the past decade, Knight's work has appeared in self-published 'zines, major newspapers, alternative newsweeklies, professional comic anthologies and major nationally-distributed publications including ESPN: The Magazine and Mad, he has promoted his work at more than 100 comic conventions and trade shows, and he has delivered lectures on cartooning at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

This is an encore presentation of a class Knight taught at the Cartoon Art Museum in 2006. Since then, he has launched a daily comic strip with King Features Syndicate, won numerous awards and signed a deal to produce a 200-page graphic novel. He has a lot more stuff to tell people.

Keith Knight is a Boston-born, Los Angeles-based cartoonist whose three syndicated comics, the 'K 'Chronicles, the Knight Life and (th)ink, can be found in newspapers, magazines and websites all across the country. He is also a rapper with the semi-conscious hip-hop group, the Marginal Prophets. For more information, please visit his website, www.kchronicles.com <http://www.kchronicles.com>

Class size is limited, and each class is filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Basic drawing materials will be provided, but students are encouraged to purchase sketchbooks and their own drawing implements. To register or for more information about the workshop, please contact Diane Shapiro Sommerfield at (415) CAR-TOON, ext. 303, or via e-mail at education@cartoonart.org.