NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium at Parsons

The 107th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public. Please note 7 pm starting time.

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Dr. Pamala Rogers on “Outside the Box: Comics and Storytelling in Outsider Art.”
Dr. Pamala Rogers will discuss self taught artists who use text and storytelling in their work.  Two short films will be shown that illustrate the use of personal narrative in the work of outsider artists who are represented by Pure Vision Arts.

Pamala Rogers, Ed.D. NCPsyA, LP, Director
 Pure Vision Arts studio and Expressive Art Program’s. Dr. Pamala Rogers is an artist, an arts educator and a licensed psychoanalyst who is a foremost authority on supporting the creative process among people with neurodevelopmental challenges. She has a Doctorate in Art Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College and is a graduate of The Institute for Expressive Analysis. As Director of the Pure Vision Arts studio in Manhattan she oversees all aspects of the PVA program as well as a wide range of The Shield arts programs for children and adults. progers@shield.org