Writer Amy Kurzweil is hosting a special, intimate workshop for Ruby members.

In this hands-on workshop, we learn about the simple building blocks of comics as a way to tell our own stories. Thinking of drawing as a language, we practice simple mark making to communicate emotion and expression. No drawing experience necessary. Come with a story or memory you want to document, or discover one in class.

Paper and pens available at The Ruby for the comics workshop but please do feel free to bring any materials that you'd like to use for this workshop.

After the conclusion of the workshop, we will be hosting a public book launch in celebration of Amy's newest book, Artificial: A love Story.

About Amy Kurzweil

Amy Kurzweil is a New Yorker cartoonist and the author of Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir. She was a 2021 Berlin Prize Fellow with the American Academy in Berlin, a 2019 Shearing Fellow with the Black Mountain Institute, and has received fellowships from MacDowell, Djerassi, and elsewhere.

She has been nominated for a Reuben Award and an Ignatz Award for “Technofeelia,” her four part series with The Believer Magazine. Her writing, comics, and cartoons have also been published in The Verge, The New York Times Book Review, Longreads, Literary Hub, WIRED and many other places. Kurzweil has taught widely for over a decade. See her website (amykurzweil.com) to take a class with her.