Manga Art Course

4 week Manga Art Course beginning at Phoenix Arts in Brighton on 23rd April (also 30th April, 7th and 14th May), 6pm - 8pm. I'll be running these workshops for young people age 10 - 14 years wishing to develop their comic art skills! Everyones' work will be printed into a comic at the end of the course... Please contact Sara Samson at Phoenix - 07971 226103 for more information and to book - 20 pounds for 4 sessions.

Spring 2009

Next term's Crazy Comic after school clubs at Westhill Hall in Brighton start on 22nd April and 27th April. Please email me to reserve a place. info@crazycomicclub.co.uk

Summer Crazy Comic Club dates:

- EcoBug designing workshops at schools in London with Kids Company.
- Manga course for teenagers at Phoenix Arts, Brighton, starting 23rd April.
- Easter and Summer holiday workshops at Falmer High School - dates tbc.
- Kidz Stuff Festival, 29th - 31st May
- Manga workshop, Adur Festival, June 6th
- Big Session, June 19th - 21st
- Riverside Festival, July 4th
- Big Chill, 7th - 9th August
- Summer Sundae, 14- 16th August

Many more to follow!

2009

I'm back running after school clubs at Westhill Hall in Brighton. We're very busy, please email me if you'd like your child to join! info@crazycomicclcub.co.uk

I'll be running free comic art workshops at Crawley Library on 24th January, having set up some really buzzing activities for teenagers there during the grand opening at the end of last year. Come along!
10am - 12:30pm 7 - 10 yrs 1pm - 3:30pm 11 - 14 yrs

Much of my time over the next few months will be spent creating an interactive therapy comic work book with Kids Company, that we've been developing since last Summer.

Spending lots of time studying the psychology of how we read comics and how their unique visual language has evolved. I'll be applying these ideas to workshops I'm developing for young people later this year...

After School Clubs Autumn Term

Monday's club, Westhill Hall Brighton 4pm - 5:30, starts Monday 15th September
36 pounds to half term (6 sessions)

Wednesday's club, Westhill Hall Brighton 4pm - 5:30 starts Wednesday 10th September
42 pounds to half term (7 sessions)

Advance booking essential as spaces are limited! email info@crazycomicclub.co.uk or call James on 07854 797 342 to reserve a place or for further information...

Latest News!!!

I'm very lucky to be working with the brilliant Kids Company charity up in London on several projects in the near future - I'll be running comic art workshops in schools across the capital, as well as developing illustration / animation work for the revamp of their website, and working with arts psychotherapists to create a Getting To Know Yourself activity book. www.kidsco.org.uk

I'm also very excited about working with the children's charity NCH running workshops in August and September across the UK with their clients - young adults and children, on comic artwork for an amazing exhibition. www.nch.org.uk

More Summer Dates

June 21st - Safety Poster workshops with Whitehawk After School Project.
July 10th - Coordinating one day workshops culminating in multimedia performance, Falmer High School - Reading Day Celebration.
July 25th - Holiday workshop, Falmer High School
July 30th - Comic Art workshop for teenagers, Lancing Library
August 1st - Holiday workshop, Falmer High
August 4th - Holiday workshop, Falmer High
August 12th - St Albans Library workshops
August 13th - a.m Worthing Library - Boys Into Books
p.m Shoreham Library - Boys Into Books
August 23rd - Beachdown Festival, Brighton
September 12th - 14th - End Of The Road Festival
September 27th - Lancing Library
October 30th - Worthing Library, working with looked-after children
October 31st - Boys into Books - Haywards Heath and Horsham Library

summer dates

Crazy Comic Club workshops booked for the Summer so far, plenty more to come!

May 23rd - 26th Small World
June 13th - 15th Big Session Leicester
July 12th Chagstock
July 19th - 21st Cardiff Kids Festival
August 8th - 10th Summer Sundae Leicester
August 15th - 17th Green Man Abergavenny
August 24th - 25th Bridgnorth Children's Festival
August 29th - 31st Ragged Hedge Fair