Storyboarding, Translating Imagination onto Paper Led by: Leah Lara Where: Elastic Arts, 3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, IL 60647 When: Saturday, Feb. 28 @ 12pm - 2pm CT Do you have an idea for a story? Any kind, any medium, any subject? Is it safely tucked in your imagination with a shaky release plan? Learn how to transcribe an abstract idea into an image, setting the foundation and a path forward. Make a visual language by you, for you , mapping out your story and imagined world with good old fashioned pencil and paper. Together, we will learn how to break down story elements into movement through space and time. All ages welcome, zero drawing proficiency or background needed! Bring all your story dreams. Having an idea is hard. Explaining said idea, even harder. Use pictures instead. ------ Leah Lara (they/them) is Black, Nonbinary Puppeteer and 3-D illustrator. Born in Dallas TX, raised in Chicago IL, they returned to Chicago after receiving a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).Their work often investigates the Black Femme experience while utilizing fairytales as a way to reexamine social behaviors, hierarchies, and biases. Developing a minimum of one original show a year, Leah can regularly be found performing at festivals, salons, slams, parks, livingrooms, theatres, and sweaty basements around Chicago. A proud Puppet Council Elder, community art advocate, and PUPPETQUEERS Co-Organizer, they regularly lead puppet workshops, design, construct, and perform puppets for theatre companies across Chicago.
