Sarah Howell

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Sarah Howell is a noted cartoonist and educator based in Brunswick, Melbourne. [1] Howell is often involved in projects that promote the Australian comic book art scene. She is a founding member of Squishface Studio, [1] a workspace for artists in which customers looking to buy comics can walk in and watch artists work. [2] She self-publishes zines and mini-comics. [1] Howell was also the first director of the Homecooked Comics Festival. [3] She has worked as a cartooning tutor at Box Hill Community Arts Centre and a cartooning and graphic novels tutor at the Centre for Adult Education in Melbourne. [1]

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Career

Howell was the co-curator and the workshop facilitator of The Dark Woods, a national exhibition and workshop that toured around Australia about the country's comic book art from 2002 to 2006. [4] Howell was the producer of the Gravity Project from 2007 to 2009, a blog documents outdoor and online writing, art, performance and games occurring in Northern Tasmania. [4] From 2009 to 2010, she was the director of the National Young Writers’ Festival in Australia, a festival showcasing the works of "young and innovative writers in both new and traditional forms". [4] In August 2011, Howell was one of eight Melbourne cartoonists to participate in a month residency project at Federation Square called ‘Inherent Vice’, where artists worked to create their pieces and the public could observe them doing so. [5] As a result, in 2012, Howell became a founding member of Squishface Studio, where the same process was applied. [5] Also in 2012, she participated in the Caravan of Comics with nine others—a convoy of comic book artists that toured in America to promote Australian comic art. [6]

Notable partnerships and relationships

Howell works alongside other artists in Squishface Studio, such as Ben Hutchings, [7] Ele Jenkins, [7] and her husband, David Blumenstein. [1] [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ Dunstan, Isabel. "Squishface Studio". Time Out Melbourne. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Howell". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "sarahhowellprojects.com |". sarahhowellprojects.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Caravan of Comics Australian Cartoonists Tour of North America | Sarah Howell". caravanofcomics.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Comic artists pursue the American dream". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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