After a successful first year in 2024-5, the UVM CBR Lab is back! We’ve got plans, so mark your calendars. Once again, all lab events will take place in Billings Library, Marsh Room, thanks to our co-conspirator Prudence Doherty from the Jack and Shirley Silver Special Collections Library.
We will kick off the year with a hands-on Introduction to Comics-Based Research Workshop led by me. You will learn and draw! Friday September 12, 4-5:30pm in the Marsh Room. If you’re new to this, this is a great place to start, and it is open to all. We will provide everything you need. Please RSVP by Thursday, Sept. 11 to me at lvivanco@uvm.edu so we have a head count and bring sufficient supplies.
Last year, our Working Wednesdays were a hit. These are occasions for informal and convivial “plorking” (play and work). Open to all, no RSVP required. Try out the Petting Zoo, our double-decker rolling bag of comics tools, with some exciting new additions for this year. These will be from 12-1pm in the Marsh Room on these days:
Wed. Sept. 17, Wed. Oct. 8, Wed. Oct. 29, Wed. Nov. 19
“Destress With Comics,” our final exam respite time for quiet drawing and looking at comics, will take place on Mon. Dec. 8, 11-1 in the Marsh Room.
I am working on other events and activities to-be-announced, but if you have any ideas for guest speakers, workshops, fieldtrips, etc. please reach out to lvivanco@uvm.edu.
