September 5, 2019

Event date: October 12, 2019 – October 12, 2019

MK Czerwiec, 2019 CCS Applied Cartooning Fellow, will be talking about Graphic Medicine at ArtisTree on Saturday, October 12, at 3pm. In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to the field of graphic medicine, which integrates the medium of comics with topics of health, illness, caregiving, and disability. MK will lead several exercises exploring the many ways drawing and comics can enhance our processing of health-related experiences. This workshop will appeal to health care workers, authors, artists, academics, and fans of comics and medicine alike. Absolutely no prior experience with comics or drawing required! Preregistration is requested but not necessary.

MK Czerwiec is the CCS Fall 2019 Applied Cartooning Fellow. She is a nurse who uses comics to reflect on the complexities of illness and caregiving. MK is the creator of the graphic memoir Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 (Penn State University Press, 2017) and a co-author of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto (Penn State University Press, 2015). She co-manages GraphicMedicine.org, a website and community dedicated to the medium of comics as it intersects with health, illness, and caregiving.