Category: Writing

#$!&^!!!…The Graphic Novel….It’s Alive!


Writes Professor Lin Haire-Sargeant:

This was an end-of-term reading/showing of original graphic novels/comics written as a final project for two sections of The Graphic Novel– about 50 graphic novels in all. Books for reading covered multiple tables  and those who wanted to read aloud from their works did so. Thanks to these readers: Chris MacDonald, Brianna Bussierre,  David Oneacre, Amanda Pedersen, Keagan Marcella, Isabelle Bedarf,Samuel Strojny, Anthony Iovino, Keith Blagden, Jenna Ferland,  Anthony Lambros. Justin Heywood, Otis Meehan, and Isis Hack

Lisa Lee: In Dark Skin

Writes Lisa Lee (2018):

My installation is called In Dark Skin. It addresses the complexities of raising a black male, through the eyes of a mother. It answers the mystery and highlights historical explanations as to why mothers of black boys tend to be protective of their sons. This work includes a sculpture of a mother holding up a shield in one hand and her significantly larger son in the other.

The media includes video projection, as well as sound (original song and word). Each element represents a thing that endangers the black male [Systems designed to destroy black boys, teachers lacking cultural proficiency, police brutality, etc.] This work functions as a stand-alone art piece, as well as a tool for cultural proficiency.