Art Academy for ages 9-12: Comic Creation (In Person) | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Art Academy for ages 9-12: Comic Creation (In Person)

Explore the art of comic creation through storytelling, character design, illustration, and page layout using traditional drawing materials. Open to ages 9–12.

Course description

Inspired by superheroes, manga, graphic novels, and biographical comics, create an original mini-comic or zine to take home while building foundational skills in visual storytelling.

Each class encourages creativity, experimentation, and self-expression while exploring the history of comics and the artists who helped shape the medium. Learn a variety of comic-making techniques, experiment with different approaches to sequential art, and discover new ways to tell stories through words and images. / A materials fee of $46 is included in the course tuition. / No class October 10.

Open to students ages 9–12. Please review our complete Youth and Teen Policies as well as our complete policies prior to completing your registration.

Class meeting details

This course meets in person on MCAD’s campus.

Prerequisites

None

Required materials

Supplies
The material fee for this class will cover the required supplies.

What to wear
Clothes appropriate for messy creativity.

Class savings

Register on or before August 10 and save $25.
Register for more than one class at a time and receive $25 off each additional class (same-day registrations only).
Additional savings. Are you eligible?

Questions?

Contact MCAD Continuing Education at continuing_education@mcad.edu or call 612.874.3765.

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Title
Non-credit Tuition
$263.00
Not Yet Open for Registration

Registration opens July 27.

  • Date:
    -
  • Time:
    9:30–11:30 a.m. CT
  • Day(s) of the week:
    Saturday
  • Ages:
    Open to students ages 9–12.
  • Term:
    Fall 2026
  • Instructor: Jim Keefe
  • Location:
    In Person
  • SKU:
    CSK 9150 01 FA26

Prerequisites:

None

Address

2501 Stevens Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Contact Us

612.874.3700
800.874.MCAD (6223)
Fax: 612.874.3701

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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


Nondiscrimination Policy

MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.