Teens Learning Comic Creation in Order to Teach Younger Students
DENVER – April 17, 2014 – Comic Book Classroom (CBC), a Denver-based nonprofit designed to help promote literacy through pop culture—including its popular Denver Comic Con and Literary Conference (DCC), today announced a partnership with PlatteForum to empower teens to make an impact in younger students’ education and self-awareness through comic book creation.
PlatteForum is an award-winning and innovative nonprofit arts, youth-development, and urban artist-in-residence program in Denver that teams youth (K-12) from around the Denver metropolitan area with artists in intensive, structured, and long-term creative learning environments. Fifteen youth from their ArtLab internship program work side by side with master artists, and in this case, CBC instructors, to collaboratively plan, produce, and exhibit their own comic book. The high school students will then apply what they learned in an instructor role with classes of younger children from the Colfax Community Network.“We’ve found that storytelling through comic books engages students not just in the process of learning, but also helps them express themselves artistically,” said Illya Kowalchuk, director of education for Comic Book Classroom. “And by adding on the layer of ‘teaching the teachers,’ the older kids are taking their sense of ownership and accomplishment and helping even more kids. In a sense, learning through comics and pop culture becomes viral as more and more kids impact other kids. It’s really exciting to see.”
The PlatteForum classes are being conducted now; the student-led classes will begin this summer.
PlatteForum student-instructors will be invited to participate in DCC’s “Experience the CoMix,” an interactive cultural field trip designed to provide students the opportunity to develop an appreciation for the role of pop culture in all of our lives. Students will attend panels where they will learn about things like fields of employment in pop culture and how to develop their own skills as writers, artists, and consumers of culture.
TV’s Green Arrow, Stephen Amell, to Appear at Denver Comic Con
“Arrow” Star at DCC on Saturday, June 14, 2014
DENVER – April 17, 2014 – Denver Comic Con and Literary Conference (DCC), a program of Comic Book Classroom (CBC) designed to help promote literacy through pop culture, today announced Stephen Amell will appear at the convention on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Amell stars in CW’s hit television show “Arrow” as Green Arrow/Oliver Queen.
“Amell’s Green Arrow is a shining example of how well DC comics is bringing its characters to television,” said Dr. Christina Angel, DCC convention director. “’Arrow’ is a hugely popular show; we’re honored to have Stephen in Denver.”The premiere of “Arrow” in 2012 drew more than 4 million viewers, making it the CW's most watched program in more than three years. The show is a critical success and continues to be one of the most watched shows on the network.
Prior to “Arrow,” Amell appeared in “The Vampire Diaries,” as a series regular, on the 3rd season of HBO's “Hung,” had recurring roles on Fox's comedy “New Girl” opposite Zooey Deschanel, as well as a romantic arc with Amy Brenneman as EMT "Scottie" on ABC's “Private Practice.” In the fall of 2007, Stephen won a Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Guest-Starring Role for his work in “Regenesis,” a dramatic series on Canada’s, The Movie Network.Amell joins other DCC celebrity guests such as Bruce Campbell, Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Karl Urban, Michael Rooker, Chandler Riggs and Jennifer Hale. DCC continues to add guests to its 2014 roster.
For more information about Comic Book Classroom, its diversity mission or Denver Comic Con and ticket information, visit www.ComicBookClassroom.org or www.DenverComicCon.com.About Denver Comic Con
Entering
its third year, the Denver Comic Con (DCC) is Denver’s premiere
pop-culture fan experience, covering the worlds of comic books, film,
and related media. It is also an extension of and an awareness builder
for its parent organization, Comic Book Classroom. For the latest news
and information, visit www.denvercomiccon.com.
About Comic Book Classroom
Comic
Book Classroom (CBC) is a charitable organization that educates through
alternative approaches to literacy, learning, and character
development. CBC creates programs for underserved students, schools and
communities via comic books, graphic novels, and related media. CBC is
the organizer and producer for the DCC. www.comicbookclassroom.
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