First Meeting of the Akin D.I.Y. Comics School! →

Interested in continuing your education and development as a cartoonist and in helping others do the same? Join us Monday, July 2nd, from 7pm to 9:30pm at the Akin St. Clair Studio in the “Don’s Meats” building at 1747 St. Clair Avenue West for the inaugural D.I.Y. Comics School Meeting.

The new D.I.Y. Comics School is just one of the member led projects to evolve from the Akin Comic Day that occurred in May 2018. Founded by Akin St. Clair member Christopher Green, aka Mumblethief, a cartoonist, educator, and fictional character who comes from the Alaskan wilderness, the D.I.Y. school will meet the first Monday of every month at Akin's St. Clair location and is open to everyone. The first meeting will include a show & tell, a visual vocabulary exercise, a 1 page comic exercise, a critique and more!

Photo of Akin Comic Day by Jen Pilles

Erin Candela / Instagram Takeover starts today!

The Akin Takeover is an ongoing initiative from Akin Projects featuring Akin Collective studio members and friends of Akin. Using the @akinprojects Instagram account as a platform, participants are invited to share a stream of images for one week, giving followers a glimpse into their creative world. This week's #akintakeover will feature @candles_ aka Erin Candela of Akin Dufferin.

Erin Candela is a Canadian artist originally from northern BC, living in and loving Toronto. With a background in drawing and printmaking, Erin become co-founder of Graven Feather Gallery in 2011, and is now a current member and studio manager of Akin Collective. Her arts practice is a mixed bag of visual and ceramic exploration, often informed by historical documents such as photographs, public school books, nature encyclopedias, books of poetry and newspapers. Themes of memory and identity are frequently present in her work. Ideas of North, Canadian landscape, and portentous depictions of wild creatures and characters are also common and contribute to a scattered and ambiguous narrative. Follow her this week for another Akin Takeover! 

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