Visual Storytelling Workshop with Karrie Fransman

Schedule

Wed Nov 25 2026 at 10:45 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+00:00
Location

University of Leeds | Leeds, EN

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Join comics creator and graphic novelist Karrie Fransman (The Guardian, Penguin Random House) to learn the power of visual storytelling.
About this Event

Workshop Aims

  • To create a safe, fun and welcoming space for collaboration and creative ideas to flow with participants from different programmes.
  • To share and listen to experiences of exclusion/inclusion
  • To learn the history and power of visual storytelling
  • To learn and practice the artform of comics & visual storytelling
  • To learn and empathise with the varying experiences of fellow participants
  • To work towards a collective book that communicates ideas for a code of practice for inclusive learning and teaching for the School of Design.

Agenda

🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Introduction to the day
Host: Helen Clarke
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Introduction to Comics
Host: Karrie Fransman
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 AM
Ice breaker game: Inclusivity Consequence
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Interview game
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Using visual storytelling to create empathy & promote change.
🕑: 02:30 AM - 02:50 PM
Brainstorm visual story ideas.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:45 PM
Creating your comic.
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Share your work and wrap up
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Where is it happening?

University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom

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