Three creative workshops are available during this year’s Festival. All are open to the public and require advanced registration. Sign-up will begin Thursday, August 21 at 9:00 a.m.
Zine Workshop with Robin Walter - $10 fee
Day & time: Saturday @ 12:15 pm at the Harbor Springs History Museum
In this workshop, poet Robin Walter shares the happy and simple art of making zines—tiny, handmade books of creative self-expression. Participants will explore one to three simple non-coptic binding techniques that they can then take out into the world. Pen, paper, and scissors will be provided, but do bring along a poem or prose piece that you would like to copy into your zine (or write one on the spot!).
Click here for required registration. Open to the public age 16 and older.
Four-Panel Comic Workshop with Jannie Ho - Free
Day & time: Saturday @ 12:15 pm at the Harbor Springs Library
Let's make a 4-panel comic together! Join author/illustrator Jannie Ho for a hands-on interactive program to nurture and develop the appreciation of comics and graphic novels. Jannie will discuss how her graphic novels (Pumpkin and Beetle, The Lost Mitten, Fry Guys) are created. She will also engage participants in a lively collaborative drawing game where everyone will get to make their very own 4-panel comic. Pencils and paper will be provided.
Click here for required registration. Open to young readers and artists ages 6 to 12.
Bugs’ Eye View: Painting Workshop with Brianne Farley - $10
Day & time: Sunday @ 10:00 am at the Harbor Springs History Museum
Join Brianne Farley, author/illustrator of Worm Makes a Sandwich, in painting vibrant flowers and veggies from a new perspective. In this workshop, participants will practice layering wet and dry media to build texture and add movement and depth to their work. They will also discuss character development, and how perspective impacts composition. Watercolor paper and colored pencils will be provided. Participants must bring their own set of paint brushes, white gouache, and a variety of gouache or watercolors (at minimum: red or magenta, yellow or ochre, blue and brown).
Click here for required registration. Open to the public age 16 and older.