Jay Piscopo - May Appearance Schedule

May 2
10:00 - 4:00
Jetpack Comics – Free Comic Book Day – Rochester, NH

May 4, 5, 6
King Middle School -- Portland, ME
Special workshop for Final Frontier: Building a Colony in Space

May 14
9:30
Jordan Acres School -- Brunswick, ME

May 17
Maine Comics Arts Festival -- Portland, ME

May 20
Converse Middle Scool, 7th Grade School Assembly -- Palmer, MA

May 30
11:00
DiBacco Films -- Pre-production -- South Portland, ME

Jay Piscopo is the author/illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli graphic novel series. In his interactive drawing workshop - Draw on Your Creativity -- Jay invites students to try their hand at cartoon art and demonstrates how anyone can learn to draw and create comics. Using simple geometric shapes, Jay teaches kids how to build anatomy and perspective to create art that tells a story. Stand by for adventure with this interactive workshop! Watch a short video clip HERE.

Week of April 20: Jay Piscopo Appearance Schedule

This week The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli author/illustrator Jay Piscopo is taking part in the Baxter Memorial Library's Ocean Adventure Day with his interactive Draw on Your Creativity workshop. Read about this great three day program youth services librarian Kathy Stevens has organized in Gorham, Maine in today's Portland Press Herald article by Ray Routhier: Fun on the Cheap: It's more than just books at the library in Gorham.

Jay is also headed to the Colby College Museum of Art to do more storyboarding for 217 Films new John Marin film -- John Marin: Let the Paint Be Paint!.

April 22: Jay Piscopo at Baxter Memorial Library

On April 22, 2009 The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli author/illustrator, Jay Piscopo, will be at Baxter Memorial Library in Gorham, Maine presenting his Draw on Your Creativity interactive drawing workshop.

April 13: Storyboarding for 217 Films

April 13, 2009: Jay Piscopo will be on location in downeast Maine storyboarding with Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films for their new documentary about painter John Marin called "John Marin: A Whole Body Full of Light." Read more about this film HERE at the 217 Films blog. Check out the 217 Films website HERE. “John Marin: A Whole Body Full of Light” will be written, narrated and directed by Michael Maglaras, and shot at Marin’s summer home on Cape Split in Addison, Maine as well as in New Jersey near his winter home and studio. Terri Templeton is executive producer. Shooting begins this spring.

Jay Piscopo - April Appearance Schedule

April 3
JMG Urban Adventure Kick off at Unum in Portland, Maine. Sponsored by Maine Reads.

April 6-7
PLCMC Sytem - ImaginOn Library Tour, Charlotte, NC

April 11
Maine College of Art - Guest teacher

April 13
On-location storyboarding with 217 Films for new John Marin documentary

April 22
1:00 - 2:30
Baxter Memorial Library -- Gorham, ME

April 29
JMG Career Development Conference -- Augusta, ME

Jay Piscopo is the author/illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli graphic novel series. In his interactive drawing workshop - Draw on Your Creativity -- Jay invites students to try their hand at cartoon art and demonstrates how anyone can learn to draw and create comics. Using simple geometric shapes, Jay teaches kids how to build anatomy and perspective to create art that tells a story. Stand by for adventure with this interactive workshop! Watch a short video clip HERE.