Althea Balmes is facilitating a new comic-making program for Asian* youth, newcomer youth, new generation, 1.5, LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer/questioning, intersexual) and/or with disability between 16-29 who:

• Have interest in being part of an art community;
• Have the desire to hone their comic-making skills;
• Want a positive space to share their experience of being Asian in Canada;
• and want to explore their visual storytelling style with other Asian storytellers and cartoonists!
• The deadline for submission is December 7th

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We are excited to be a part of the 5th Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week from October 5 to 9, 2015. The theme is “Social Justice and Democracy: Arts, Activism and the Academy”.

Kwentong Bayan Collective will facilitate the Art Tools Workshop: Cartoons For Social Change on October 6, 2015 from 4-6 PM.

Participants will generate ideas through mind-mapping, learn how to combine re-purposed images and doodles to create one-of-a-kind mixed media comics that explore social justice issues. We will have lots of materials to work with and folks are invited to bring their own images!

Excerpts from our comic book, Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love are featured in the Winter 2014 issue of Ricepaper - a Canadian magazine showcases Asian Canadian literature, culture, and the arts.  

Issue 19.4 on the theme of Activism is available now at local booksellers or online at http://ricepapermagazine.ca/19-4-issue/