Lectures

9:00 am – 9:50 am, Vollum Lecture Hall Drawing A Line, with Nicole J. Georges Nicole will discuss her 20-year career as a self-taught artist, from zinester beginnings in suburban Kansas, to Sister Spit’s queer literary tour, the creation of award-winning graphic novels Calling Dr. Laura and Fetch.  This talk lays out the basics of empowerment through self-expression, the value of community in your practice, art as activism, forging a career & supporting yourself as a self-taught artist, discipline in cartooning, and what it takes to transform a life of experiences into a 300-page graphic memoir. 2:30 pm – 3:20 pm, Vollum Lecture Hall You Talkin’ to Me?: The “Ear” of the Story, with Rebecca Makkai We talk a lot about a story’s point of…