Here at Hagedorn Hall on the beautiful Hofstra University campus every Saturday morning, a new generation of artists, animators, cartoonists & designers come to learn, draw, hone their skills & interact with people who are interested in the same things they are.
Kids & young adults, ranging from about 5 to 18 years of age, come to do all kinds of fun, cartoon related projects, like making their own comic strips, comic book covers, paper sculptures, big painted posters & a plethora of other great activities.
Frank Giella, the head of the Cartooning department for the Saturaday classes, is a very talented cartoonist & art history teacher. He worked on the Mary Worth comic strip, & his father,
Joe Giella, is a well known & noted DC artist, drew & inked such classic comics as Batman, The Green Lantern & many others.
For the last day of classes for the semester, the final project was to draw & paint their own big cartoon poster. They could draw their favorite characters like:
Link from the Legend of Zelda games...
...Mickey Mouse...
...Spiderman...
...Michaelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
& Fuzzy Lumpkins from The Powerpuff Girls...
...or create their own characters, like this honey-hungry bear...
... a Mexican Gaucho...
...a Super Chicken...
...& even an action-filled battle between super reptiles...
...or even unique ideas like a Coke bottle...
... or a poster of their favorite band!
Even the teacher gets into the act!
Detailed, ain't it?
Next door, another art & cartooning class takes place: Cartoon Sculpture! Here, kids get to make their own clay figures & relief sculptures of their favorite cartoons.
There are plenty of other cartoon classes, too! Classes including: Beginner Cartooning, Intermediate Cartooning, Advanced Cartooning, Cartoon Sculpture, Video Game Development & more!
Currently, I'm a teacher's assistant here. Hopefully, I'll try to re-apply for the fall.
Right now, classes are dismissed for the summer, but classes will start up again in the fall. If you live within driving range of Garden City, New York & wish to become part of one or more of these fun classes, register by calling Hofstra's Continuing Education # or by registering on the Saturday classes website at
http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/UCCE/ucceYouthPrograms/index_ucceYouthPrograms.cfm
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2 comments:
Wow, this kids are talented. I wish I had had their talent back when I was their age. The teacher is quite amazing himself and so are you. This kids have a bright future in art. Well, you should teach them a lesson if they are playing pranks on you. You should take them to a one of those Paint Ball Shooter places and teach them a lesson. Well, in any case, it seems that you have done a great job at teaching these kids your skills. Good job.
Thanks, OmegaEye!
The kids are very talented, indeed. I never had this kind of experience when I was their age, not until I was about 11 or so. They're the lucky ones.
As for pranking, they are not "literally" pulling pranks, they just are a little too hot to handle. They're constantly moving around, yelling & touching things they shouldn't. It's hard to control, especially when paint is involved.
Some may be annoying or rude, but that's because they're kids & they don't know what they're saying or doing half the time. We were all at that age once.
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