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Manga Mania, PoP-uPs & Paper Art
Saturday, June 25, 2011
2:00-3:30 PM
2435 North Quad
105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI
Take two dimensional art and storytelling to the next dimension... Take a map to explore activities throughout the room
If I Were a Superhero
Identify yourself through manga – pick a character, draw the image, give it a name, think about its powers, personality, and zodiac sign.
It’s Alive!
Create the beginnings of your own graphic novel and take your story to the next level with drawing, pop-ups, and creative folding.
Can I Really Write on the Table?
Share your manga secrets on the white board tables – here’s a chance to tag your character.
Look What I Can Do!
Paint your face, use a puppet, and play the characters and adventures in any ways you like. See them on the big screens.
The focus is on you - and your imagination!
Artists
| Lindsay Balfour |
Lindsay Balfour is a fourth-year Art and Design student at the University of Michigan with a focus in illustration and sculpture. Her work entails illustration of all kinds, including scientific, concept, children's, pop-ups, and more. She also loves to sculpt using various bodies of ceramic clay and bronze as a medium to breathe life into her drawings and become a physical entity into our world.
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| Simon Borst |
Simon Borst graduated with a BFA from the U-M class of 2011, where he worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for the Michigan Daily newspaper. He currently works for Kalamazoo City, where he grew up, as an art instructor at a day camp for 5 to 12 year-olds. Simon loves storytelling, drawing, watercoloring, and helping others.
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| Rachel Sutton |
Rachel Sutton is a fourth-year Latin Language and Literature major at U-M, but has been moonlighting as a face-painter for the past five years. Art has always been an important part of her life, and she's been involved with the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program for the past four years as a way to incorporate art into her life while studying classics. When not face-painting, she likes to dabble in other media such as make-up and karaoke.
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| Shifra Whiteman |
Shifra Whiteman, a native of NYC, graduated from the U-M School of Art & Design with a BFA in 2011. She loves to use her illustrations in various ways from hand drawings to papercuts, from pattern design to graphics. Shifra is also obsessed with learning new crafts and techniques to apply her illustrations.
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Facilitators
| Elizabeth Goodenough |
Elizabeth Goodenough, Ph.D., is a children’s studies specialist from University of Michigan. A scholar and activist in the emerging field of children’s studies, she has published numerous articles on children’s literature and culture. Her books include: Secret Spaces of Childhood; Where Do the Children Play: A Study Guide to the Film; A Place for Play; and Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War.
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| Kate Keith-Fitzgerald |
Kate Keith-Fitzgerald is a second year Masters student at the U-M School of Information with a focus on youth librarianship. She is a storyteller and writer who hopes to help young people find their voices through stories and characters.
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| Heather Littlefield |
Heather Littlefield, Community Outreach Coordinator for the U-M Center for Japense Studies, serves as a liaison to the public in promoting an interest in the study of Japanese culture in K-14 education and within the community. She holds an MA in Japanese Studies, has spent one year studying in Japan, one year building a multi-ethnic education program in Kosovo, and has served as an ESL instructor to Japanese children and adults since 2001.
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| Lisa Makman |
Lisa Makman is visiting Assistant Professor of English at U-M. Her courses on children's literature and modern childhood explore the popularity of figures such as Peter Pan, Peter Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, Harry Potter and the Cat in the Hat. Among her publications are, "Child's Work is Child's Play, " and "The Right to a Work-Free and Playful Childhood: A Historical Perspective. "
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| Carol Stepanchuk |
Carol Stepanchuk is the Outreach Coordinator for the U-M Center for Chinese Studies. A folklorist and multicultural educator, she is the author of Red Eggs and Dragon Boats: Celebrating Chinese Festivals, and co-author of Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China, and Exploring Chinatown: A Children's Guide to Chinese Culture.
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| Carol Tell |
Carol Tell is Director of the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program and faculty member at the Sweetland Center for Writing. Her courses at U-M include, "Stories and Pictures: Re-Envision Children’s Literature," in which students explore the relationship between text and images, or stories and pictures, in children's storybooks, fairy tales, and poetry. They also write and illustrate their own children's book.
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