Roshan Ganu is a multimedia narrative artist originally from Goa-India, now based in Minneapolis. As a part of her narrative work she makes comics, cartoons about her surroundings, and also builds multimedia installations, based on what the story/concept demands. She is the recipient of the Next Step Fund and Arts Impact for Groups awards by MRAC, MNiatures by the Minnesota Opera and has worked with Minneapolis Institute of Art to build narrative engagement. In 2021 she co-founded ‘Aapli Library’, a zine space for community and conversation in Minneapolis with the help of Springboard for the Arts initiative titled ‘Artists Respond: Combating Social Isolation’. As a comic artist she has taught comic making workshops with a focus on personal narratives at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Socially Engaged Craft Collective, KCLAS in India and at Aapli Library. Her work overall has been recognised by the Star Tribune, MinnPost, MPLSArt and SOTA podcast and has been exhibited at galleries such as Soo Visual Arts Center, Allianz Field- Saint Paul, Duluth Art Institute, Second Shift Gallery, Artistry-Bloomington, ArtReach St.Croix, among others.
Using a ‘Slice of Life’ narrative approach from the recent past, distant future, distant past or near future, participants will create a 4-6 panel comic that may or may not be funny. They will brainstorm, refine their ideas and dissect the story to fit within a pre-decided number of panels. Ink them, colour them or finish them black and white. You will leave with a finished short comic about a moment/incident/experience in your life.
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