1. Comic Workshop with Michael Jordan - OPEN CALL

    Comic workshop with Michael Jordan, 01.-03 March 2024, Goethe-Institut Riga, Riga, Application deadline 23.02.2024

    We are very happy to welcome Michael Jordan in Riga. From March 1-3, 2024 he'll hold a comic workshop themed "All Are All" at the Goethe-Institut.  

    The workshop is suitable for illustrators with an interest in graphic storytelling. As part of the workshop, we will develop the basics of comic drawing techniques and work intensively with the text and images. We learn about various aspects of sequential storytelling. The participants develop their own experimental 1-page comic using small interactive drawing exercises on the common theme “All Are All". The results will be printed and displayed as A3 riso posters after the workshop.

    Michael Jordan (*1972) lives as an illustrator, printmaker and curator in Erlangen. He studied media illustration in Hamburg, then printmaking at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1999 he won first prize at the Fumetto International Comic Competition in Lucerne. In 2002 he was a UNESCO scholarship holder at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since 2003 he has been a member of the artist group Tonto from Graz. From 2008 to 2010 he taught illustration at the HfG Offenbach and from 2013 to 2014 and in 2020 he taught drawing and printmaking at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA. In 2017 he was Styria Artist-in-Residence in Graz. In 2022 he was awarded the City of Erlangen's Culture Prize. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in Stockholm, Vienna and Berlin, among others. His comic “Why We Are Tired” (Avant Verlag, 2020) was published in French by Editions Fremok in 2023.

    Take Part:
    Participation is free! Places for the workshop are allocated through a selection process. Please apply by email to kushmens(at)gmail(dot)com with the following info:

     - Name, surname, age (18+), place of residence
     - Link to your own portfolio/blog/insta (alternatively three comic pages or drawings in low resolution)
     - Short letter of motivation (2-3 sentences)

    Application deadline: 23.02.2024, 12.00 (noon)

    Baltic Travel Grants:
    Two participants each from Lithuania and Estonia can apply for a travel grant of 50 euros to take part in the workshop in Riga. The same selection procedure applies as above.  

    Dates and Place:
    01.03.2024 (18.00- 20.00), 02.03.2024 (11.00-18.00), 03.03.2024 (11.00-17.00). Place: Goethe-Institut Riga, Berga bazars, Marijas iela 13 k-1, Riga, Latvia

    Organizers:
    The workshop is organized by kuš! in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Riga.

  2. Fumetto Small Press Heaven

    Small Press Market, Fumetto Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland, 09.03/10.03.2024, 16.03/17.03.2024

    Let's meet at Fumetto once again! kuš! will have a table at both weekends at the International Comics Arts Festival Fumetto in Lucerne. kuš! will be represented by it's editor David Schilter and by it's regular contributor König Lü.Q.

  3. ComicInvasionBerlin

    Comics Fair, Museum of Communication, Berlin, Germany, 11.-12.05.2024

    Very happy to invade Comic Invasion Berlin again! Kuš! will be at the comics fair presenting and selling a wide array of our newest books. Latvian artist Līva Kandevica will be representing us there. Go, say čau!

  4. Past Events

  5. Eagle Warrior: The Art of Julio Camarena

    Exhibition, National Library of Latvia, Riga, 27.10.2023-20.01.2024

    This exhibition explores the work of Mexican comic artist Julio Camarena Peréz, whose drawings were distinguished by their lyrical quality and volumetric style, setting them apart from the sometimes crude work of his contemporaries in 1970's Mexico. Original drawings, books (Micro Leyendas), and other paraphernalia make up this exclusive show of this long forgotten artist. There is also the chance to watch the acclained documentary short about Camarena, 'The Grotto of Death'.

    Curators: Christopher Sperandio, David Schilter

    Support: Produced with support from the Dean of the School of Humanities at Rice University, National Library of Latvia

    News coverage: La Jornada (MX)

  6. Comics Talks - Marcel Ruijters / Eric Kostiuk Williams

    Presentation, Bolderāja, Avotu iela 29, Riga, 03.01.2024, 19:00

    Starting 2024 with a bang! Meet Marcel Ruijters (NL) and Eric Kostiuk Williams (CA). They'll talk about their comics and art practice and present their books. After the artist talks, we plan to have also a comic jam.

    Eric Kostiuk Williams is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Toronto, Canada. His new book '2am eternal: a decade of queer nightlife posters + comics' was recently published by Secret Acres. He has contributed comics to NOW magazine, Dazed & Confused, and the Believer. He has also created murals, nightlife flyers, harm reduction campaigns, editorial illustrations, and music videos. Eric is an Eisner, Lambda Literary, and Doug Wright award finalist. http://www.kostiukwilliams.com/Eric Kostiuk Williams is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Toronto, Canada. His new book '2am eternal: a decade of queer nightlife posters + comics' was recently published by Secret Acres. He has contributed comics to NOW magazine, Dazed & Confused, and the Believer. He has also created murals, nightlife flyers, harm reduction campaigns, editorial illustrations, and music videos. Eric is an Eisner, Lambda Literary, and Doug Wright award finalist.

    Marcel Ruijters is the creator of more than 30 comics books, translated into numerous languages. His instantly recognizable ‘woodcut’ style is distinguished by flirting with the medieval visual tradition. He works also as an illustrator, translator, writer and editor at the Dutch magazine Zone 5300. His comics were exhibited in many exhibitions and festivals around the world, winning him numerous prizes and awards, among others the respectable ‘Best young artist’ award in Haarlems Stripdagen in 1992 and the Stripschapprijs in 2014.

    Illustration: Marcel Ruijters

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