Oct 23: Ali Fitzgerald - Drawn to Berlin at Politics and Prose Union Market

Ali Fitzgerald - Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/ali-fitzgerald-drawn-to-berlin-comic-workshops-in-refugee-shelters-and-other-stories-new

Fitzgerald spent eight years in Berlin teaching her illustrating craft to centers asylum seekers from countries like Syria and Afghanistan – people who have often been targets of bigotry and hatred in both their native and adopted countries. Her powerful graphic memoir chronicles her experience with these extraordinary students, telling both their stories and her own. Fitzgerald, an artist who has exhibited extensively in Europe and the U.S., has had her comics regularly featured in The New Yorker, New York Magazine, and McSweeney's, and her book is a compassionate and intimate look at the empowering capacities of art, capturing the highs and lows of a decade in an ever-changing European metropolis.

 

This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
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Politics and Prose at Union Market   1270 5th Street NE   Washington   DC    20008