Lectures and Workshops

Messing with your Castle, Telling Your Secrets, and Stealing Your Girl: Comics and the Gothic

Comics have a long standing partnership with Gothic lit. Come play in the crossover sandbox. Given as a Sunday Gothic talk via Doctor Sam Hirst’s Romancing The Gothic program.

Create your own Spirit of Vengeance

Revenge is a dish best served individualized. Use this handy guide to build a spirit of vengeance that suits your needs for a story, an artistic endeavor, or just because. No murdering though; our insurance doesn’t cover it. Workshop give as part of a Romancing the Gothic Day of Creation.

Exquisite Corpse

I also have experience running exquisite corpse workshops for groups of all sizes with and without prompts. Contact me via the website or with the social media links above for more information.

Create Your Own Sidekick

So. Many. Sidekicks. So many ways for it all to go wrong.

Gothic in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Rian Johnson’s “THE LAST JEDI” as Space Gothic

“Let the past die… kill it if you have too.” Ben Solo is so very close to breaking the Skywalker Family Curse and freeing himself from the terrible cycle in which his family has been trapped for four generations.

So close…

Alas…

Explore this and other Gothic themes, plus the EXTREMELY Gothic aesthetics of Star Wars Episode VIII.

A Gothic Happening: Mindful, Meditative, Monstrous Pattern Making

Combine Frida Kahlo’s love of repeating motif’s with Kusama Yayoi’s principals of obliteration art for a meditative, calming artistic experience. No special materials or skills needed, just something to draw with, something to draw on, some shapes and patterns, and some patience.