2017 Graphic Medicine Seattle: Full Schedule

3:30pm PDT

Opening Reception

Opening reception with beverages and hors d'oeuvres located on the Main Auditorium on the first floor level. Enter from the 4th Avenue entrance.

Thursday June 15, 2017 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA

Plenary Event

4:30pm PDT

Conference Welcome: "Comics and Medicine: Access Points"

Speakers

Mita Mahato

Associate Professor of English, University of Puget Sound

Mita Mahato’s cut paper art and comics explore the transformative capacities of found and handmade paper using layered shapes, textures, and colors that together build multivalent images and stories. Her recent cut paper comic “Sea” was recognized by Cartoonists NW as 2015’s... Read More →

Thursday June 15, 2017 4:30pm - 5:15pm PDT
Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA

Plenary Event

4:30pm PDT

Opening Lecture: "Social Ills: Graphic Medicine Beyond the Clinic"

Speakers

Jared Gardner

Professor, Ohio State University

I teach comics, American lit, and popular culture at Ohio State. I have written and edited a few books, including PROJECTIONS: COMICS AND THE HISTORY OF 21st-CENTURY STORYTELLING. I am also editor of INKS: THE JOURNAL OF THE COMICS STUDIES SOCIETY. I am currently working on a book... Read More →

Thursday June 15, 2017 4:30pm - 5:15pm PDT
Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA

Plenary Event

4:30pm PDT

Opening Query: "Comics and Medicine - What Does the Literature Say?"

Speakers

Matthew Noe

Library Fellow/Graphic Medicine Specialist, University of Massachusetts/ NNLMNER

Thursday June 15, 2017 4:30pm - 5:15pm PDT
Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA

Plenary Event

5:15pm PDT

Screening: Casting Shadows

CASTING SHADOWS is a 19 minute video of comics that explore disability culture and the human experience. Projections of hand drawn comics and original soundscapes envelop the viewer in a wash of story. CASTING SHADOWS is a cultural conversation that considers themes of animal-human interdependence, aging and connection, family, the role of assistive technology, and home. CASTING SHADOWS has received support from Art Matters the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the Jack Straw Foundation and the University of Washington Harlan Hahn Award.

Speakers

E.T. Russian

Thursday June 15, 2017 5:15pm - 5:40pm PDT
Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA

Plenary Event

5:40pm PDT

DRAW! Graphic Note-taking

Speakers

Kurt Shaffert

James Sturm

Thursday June 15, 2017 5:40pm - 5:55pm PDT
Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA

Plenary Event

3:15pm PDT

Conference Debrief

Concluding remarks and thank yous by Graphic Medicine Organizing Committee
Local Committee handoff and announcement of 2018 Conference hosts

Saturday June 17, 2017 3:15pm - 3:30pm PDT
Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA

Plenary Event