MFA Comics - Virtual Information Session

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Join California College of the Arts (CCA) MFA Comics for their virtual program information session to learn more about the curriculum, and general scope of the program. Mel Gillman (Chair, MFA Comics) will present an overview of all aspects of the program, the college, and the focus of the work happening at CCA. There will also be an opportunity for Q&amp;A.CCA's MFA Comics program is a two-year (including summer semesters), low residency program where students will focus on narrative, text and image. Students will also explore advanced comics theory and practice in detail. MFA Comics is STEM-based.Mel Gillman is a cartoonist and colored pencil artist, and is currently serving as Chair of BFA and MFA Comics at CCA. They hold a MFA in Comics from the Center for Cartoon Studies, and have been teaching classes at CCA since 2015. They also have taught at several other schools, including the Center for Cartoon Studies, the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, the University of Tulsa, the Sequential Artists Workshop, and the Columbus College of Art and Design.They are the creator of several graphic novels, including As the Crow Flies (Iron Circus Comics, 2017), Stage Dreams (Lerner/Graphic Universe, 2019), and Other Ever Afters (Random House Graphic, 2022).Their work has won several awards, including a Stonewall Honor Book Award, an Excellence in Graphic Literature Award, and a Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. In addition, their work has been nominated for an Eisner, an Ignatz, a Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize, a Prism Award, a Lambda Literary Award, and several Autostraddle Comics and Sequential Art Awards.Click <a href="https://portal.cca.edu/people/mgillman/" title="https://portal.cca.edu/people/mgillman/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> for Mel’s full bio.

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