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MFAVN will be at MoCCA Arts Fest 2024!

A group of characters sit around a fire under a dark blue sky. They listen to one character in the middle tell a story. The character is making puppets with their hands and the light of the fire casts a shadow of a wolf behind them against a rock.
Artwork by Shenuka Corea ('24)

Hey storytellers, it’s that time of year again! MFA Visual Narrative is a proud sponsor of MoCCA Arts Fest 2024.

 

On March 16th and 17th, come visit us at Tables 011-016 to peruse student work for sale, chat with our MFAVN community members about the program, and try the risograph demo.

  • Meet students and alumni and buy an array of comics, zines, prints, stickers, and more
  • Sign up for the portfolio review contest to win the chance to have a one-on-one review with Chair Nathan Fox
  • Create unique prints at the RisoLAB demo station, run by RisoLAB staff and artists-in-residence
  • Attend panel discussions featuring Bill Kartalopoulos (long-time MFAVN faculty and MoCCA Programming Director) and Edel Rodriguez (2024 MFAVN mentor)

Check out a sample of the student work we’ll have at the table!

Risograph animation of a bright pink figure on a black background. Yellow beams containing red hearts are shooting out of the figure's eyes.
Mart Smooth (’25) is selling prints of her risograph animation, plus stickers
Two characters sit on a rock overlooking the ocean. In the background is a large ship in the distance.
Basya Goldstein (’23) is selling her graphic novella thesis project, Guy Island, related merch, and some cool stickers
A riso print of two men in elegant coats, the text above them reads: Man Kisser
Haelee Lim ('25) will be selling various riso prints
A photograph of a hand holding several laminated stickers, including one of a mushroom.
Wendie Chen (’24) will be selling stickers and riso postcards
Two brightly-colored silk scarves with illustrations on them against a white background.
Hahn Zhang ('24) will be selling printed silk scarves
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A red cover with a girl in a ponytail with glasses and a leather glove looks away. The text reads: Tommy Lin: A Motorcycle Fairytale
Maggie Vicknair (’21) will be selling her graphic novella thesis project, Tommy Lin: A Motorcycle Fairytale, zines, and enamel pins based on classic movie monsters
A photograph of several copies of a comic called HazMatt. Two characters, one green and one pink, and a wolf high on a cliff looking out.
Tony Chao (’21) will be selling his graphic novella thesis project Metabo: The Virtual Maze, issues #1-3 of his ongoing comic HazMatt, and assorted zines
Three stickers against a brown background. The stickers include an illustrated seahorse, a cow, and an axolotl.
Diana Poon (’24) will be selling assorted stickers
A blue zine with a girl who is looking bored. She's connected to a duplicate version of herself who is looking worried. The text reads: My First Week in New York
Yawen Zhang ('25) will be selling her zine My First Week in New York
A riso print illustration of a girl with blue hair and a pink skirt suspended in the air. The text reads: It's a cruel summer with you.
Kelli Prizner (’25) will be selling riso prints
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A black and white water color postcard. In the foreground, a woman in a housekeeping uniform cleans the window. Below her, a busy city landscape.
Christine DiPasquale (’19) will be selling packs of watercolor print notecards
An illustration of two women touching a plant in front of a building. The text reads: Finding Hope, Part 1
Sarah Shaw (’20) will be selling nonfiction zines, including Parts 1 and 2 of her graphic memoir thesis project Finding Hope
A large blue and red comic cover. On the cover is an illustration of a man in a suit. The text reads: One Eight Hundred Ghosts.
G. Davis Cathcart (’21) will be selling his graphic novella thesis project One Eight Hundred Ghosts (published by Fantagraphics) and riso prints
A cover of a comic. On the cover is a large head of a monster who is balding at the top and has long hair coming out the sides. The monster has one eye and horns coming out of their mouth. The text reads: Pisting Yawa. An illustrated compendium of Filipino monsters, who are not playing around
Ella Romero (’17) will be selling her zine Pisting Yawa
A double-page spread of a comic, Oatmilk. On the cover is an illustrated girl with pink hair carrying a brown backpack that is stuffed with flowers. In the layout of the comic is also computer folders indicating the names of the comic stories inside.
Sydney Chavan (’23) will be selling her comics anthology Oatmilk
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