Latest Past Events

Rachel Lindsay, “Workshop: Make Your Own Comic Book!”

North Dining Hall (Olson Student Center), University of Maine at Farmington Academy Street, Farmington

Graphic memoirist Rachel Lindsay will teach you how to create a cartoon version of yourself, which you will use to write and draw your own six-page mini-comic biography (and we do mean mini!). All skill levels welcome.

Keynote: Rachel Lindsay, “PERSEPOLIS & the “Graphic Memoir”

Emery Community Arts Center, University of Maine at Farmington Academy Street, Farmington

Vermond-based cartoonist Rachel Lindsay examines why comics are a powerful storytelling tool, and where Satrapi’s work fits into the medium. Rachel Lindsay's book, RX: A Graphic Memoir (2018), was the featured book for US National Network of Libraries of Medicine's mental health month 2019, and was… Continue Reading "Keynote: Rachel Lindsay, “PERSEPOLIS & the “Graphic Memoir”"

The New Commons Film Series: PERSEPOLIS

Emery Community Arts Center, University of Maine at Farmington Academy Street, Farmington

Attend the lastest installment of the New Commons Film Series in a screening of the highly acclaimed film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis from 2007. Discussion to follow.