Graphic Resiliency Workshop

With Natalie Norris

Date: July 7-July 11, 2025

Time: 9:30am-4:30pm ET (ET)

Tuition: $1100

Ages: 21+

Venue: White River Junction, VT

Description:

“What are the stories you need to tell? In this workshop we gather to create a brave space to face the personal narratives that we find difficult to tell but feel compelled to share. This workshop focuses on harnessing the resiliency that grows out of personal stories about adversity, illness, and survival. Over five days, students will learn a set of drawing and writing techniques to help them tell their story in a way that feels accessible, transformative, and trauma-aware. By the end of the workshop, students will draw their own personal resiliency comic. The the workshop will be capped at eight students for a small, individualized class feel.

This workshop is great for students who have already taken Mel Gilman’s Graphic Memoir workshop and are looking to further develop personal narratives about challenging subject matter. Graphic Memoir is not a prerequisite, and newcomers are welcome to enroll in Graphic Resiliency.

Required Materials:

Provided on-campus, but feel free to bring any supplies you like using as well.

Additional information:

To enroll in the Graphic Resiliency Workshop, students must be age 21, or older. This workshop is an educational activity and no professional mental health services will be provided by CCS during the week of the workshop. Students will be responsible for accessing their own mental health support.

Optional for-credit: Workshop can be taken for 2 undergraduate credits. Please check with the Program Chair or Registrar at your college or university before registering to see if the credits will be accepted. To enroll for-credit, students must select the additional for-credit tuition of $400 at registration and have an official transcript from their current institution sent to: Registrar The Center for Cartoon Studies PO Box 125 White River Junction, VT 05001

Refund policy: Tuition is refundable up until 3 weeks prior to the first day of the workshop, minus a $50 fee and any fees assessed by Eventbrite. Tuition is non-refundable after that date.

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