You have opinions. What if you made them into cartoons? Join the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and editorial cartoonist Sofia Warren in exploring cartoons as a way of documenting and commenting on the world around us. Together, participants learn from some masters of the form by examining their work. Then, participants dig into the process themselves, from picking a topic, to articulating a perspective, to figuring out how to communicate using humor and visual language. Expect to leave these workshops with a few original cartoons, and the tools to keep making your own editorial cartoons in the future.
Schedule
- Tuesday, August 19, 7:00 pm ET – RSVP for this session here
- Wednesday, August 27, 7:00 pm ET – RSVP for this session here
- Thursday, September 4, 7:00 pm ET – RSVP for this session here
Sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation, this virtual series is free and open to all young people. RSVPs will be capped at 100 participants per session; participants may sign up for more than one session.
About the Presenter
Sofia Warren has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 2017, and her work has also appeared in MoMA Magazine, Catapult, L’Uomo Vogue, Narrative Magazine, and elsewhere. Her début book, Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator, was a winner of the 2024 MoCCA Fest’s Award of Excellence and was listed among the year’s best graphic novels by Forbes. Her next book, Film Nerds, is forthcoming in Fall 2026 from G. P. Putnam’s Sons Young Readers. Sofia lives in Brooklyn.