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During October & November the Australian Academy of Design will be offering Melbourne secondary school students the opportunity to participate in a Comic Art Explosion! ‘Comics, Manga & Co.’ – is an internationally touring exhibition that features the varied styles of thirteen German comic artists covering two generations. The Goethe-Institute Australien and the Australian Academy of Design give you the opportunity to enjoy this exhibition in Australia. In addition to this comprehensive exhibition the Australian Academy of Design will be hosting drawing workshops run by Melbourne based comic artist, Bernard Caleo.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3967BB">Comic Art Explosion!<BR>
</FONT>1.5 hours duration<BR>
Class of 20-25 students<BR>
$10 per student<BR>
All materials supplied<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3967BB">Location:<BR>
</FONT>Australian Academy of Design<BR>
220 Ingles Street<BR>
Port Melbourne VIC 3207<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3967BB">Program:<BR>
</FONT>1 hour drawing workshop run by Bernard Caleo.<BR>
In this workshop students will be introduced to the language of comics. The students will come to appreciate that the language of comics is one that they already speak fluently. Warm up drawing exercises will be followed by the opportunity for each student to make their own comic strip.<BR>
30 minute tour of the exhibition Comics, Manga & Co.<BR>
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The AAD Curator will host a tour of the exhibition. Students will then have the opportunity to view the exhibition in their own time.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3967BB">Available Dates<BR>
</FONT>• Friday 26 October 9.30 – 11am<BR>
• Friday 2 November 9.30am – 11am<BR>
• Wednesday 7 November 11.15am – 12.45<BR>
• Friday 9 November 9.30 – 11am<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3967BB">We look forward to having your students join us for this cosmic comic event in Melbourne.<BR>
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Please contact Amber Fitts on 9676 9000 or <a href="atf@aad.edu.au">atf@aad.edu.au</a> to secure one of the available session times or for further information.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT COLOR="#000077"><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow">Joanne Brodie<BR>
<B>Australian Academy of Design<BR>
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</B>Campus<B> 220 Ingles Street Port Melbourne VIC<BR>
</B>Mail <B>PO Box 5200 South Melbourne </B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow"><B><FONT COLOR="#000076">VIC </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000077">3205 Australia<BR>
</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000077">Phone <B>+61 3 9676 9000 <BR>
</B>Fax <B>+61 3 9676 9066 <BR>
</B>Web <B>www.designacademy.edu.au <BR>
</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000076">Email </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B><U><a href="jeb@aad.edu.au">jeb@aad.edu.au</a></U></B></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#000076"> <BR>
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Australian Academy of Design<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000076">Registered Higher Education Provider - CRICOS No. 02201G</FONT></B></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
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