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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