Fanbase Press' Creator Forum offers affordable, monthly online seminars geared towards independent creators from a variety of mediums. Part lecture and part discussion, Creator Forum seminars are accessible to various experience levels and provide direct access to a knowledgeable and responsive specialist. Fanbase Press invites you to develop and enhance your creative toolkit within a positive and supportive community from the comfort of your own home.
For its latest online seminar, Fanbase Press welcomes creators and educators to join Dr. Theresa Rojas for the “Integrating Comics into the Classroom” Creator Forum on Sunday, July 26, at 1 p.m./PST.
Dr. Theresa Rojas is a writer, editor, and Professor of English at Modesto Junior College, where she teaches literature, creative writing, composition, and comparative media, with a specialty in post-1945 Comics Studies and Visual Culture. She is also an artist who has exhibited work in solo and group shows around the country. Her chapbook of poetry and illustrations, Don’t Ask Me, debuted in 2019. In addition, Dr. Rojas is the creator and Editor-in-Chief of CALACAS, an art, literature, and comics anthology zine, the Founding Director of the Latinx Comic Arts Festival, and the newest member of the Executive Board of the Graphic Medicine International Collective.
In the “Integrating Comics into the Classroom” Creator Forum, attendees will follow along as Dr. Rojas shares her experience and knowledge of the ways that comics can be used as building blocks for educational curriculum. Topics will include:
- how to select and identify comics that have educational import;
- how comics may translate into different grade levels based on their age appropriateness;
- how to forge pathways for comics into campus libraries and classrooms;
- and much more.
COST
The “Integrating Comics into the Classroom” Creator Forum will be an hour-long session, and registration for the seminar will be $10.00 per attendee.
REGISTRATION
Upon registration, attendees will be emailed login credentials for the remote Creator Forum which will take place via the Zoom online platform. If you do not receive login credentials within 24 hours of registration or if you have any questions, please contact barbra (at) fanbasepress (dot) com.
