Comics & Storytelling Workshop for Teens with Gabriel Castillo (Recirculation)

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 6:30pm to Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 8:30pm

RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up

876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)

New York, NY 10032

Teen workshop to learn cartooning and storytelling with world-championship manga artist Gabriel Castillo. The classes are focused on developing your creativity and drawing skills and learning the tools to design unique characters and visualize imaginary worlds.

Date: Wednesdays, September 27 until October 18

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Location: Recirculation, a project of Word Up 876 Riverside Drive @ 160th St. New York, NY 10032

Age: 10-17

Content: basic storytelling structure, geometric drawing process, paneling design, and storyboard knowledge

Gabriel Castillo is a Dominican artist based in New York, working as an illustrator, painter, and creative director, specializing in the development of comics and graphic novels, animation, and concept art for cinema. Gabriel is the founder and creative director of LITEVISUAL, a studio of illustrators and designers specializing in the production of literature and graphics novels, and is the writer and illustrator of PALMA SOLA Liborio Mateo, El Origen, published by DWA Press.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Word Up Community Bookshop’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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ACCESSIBILITY: Recirculation is a wheelchair-accessible space with one ramp from the street level down to the store. Most of the shelves are on wheels and can be moved to provide additional access. The bathrooms are not yet ADA compliant and do not yet have a changing table but are gender neutral. The events are mic’d for sound and videos are captioned when possible. Free ASL interpretation is available for most programs upon request. Please email events@wordupbooks.com to request interpretation as early as possible. If you have specific questions about the space or how an event can be made more accessible to you, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@wordupbooks.com.