First Friday Art Walk: Pencils and Inks

This month's First Friday Art Walk is the opening reception for Pencils and Inks. In addition, Envision Resilience will remain on display through mid-March in the Community Gallery.

Pencils and Inks

Pencils and Inks is a curated exhibition that focuses on the unseen process behind the creation of comics. Comics (sequential art) is an incredible and versatile medium that employs words and pictures to tell stories in ways that prose and static images cannot. Cartooning (making comics) is a multifaceted process that combines writing, drawing, graphic design, and a secret fourth skill that involves the pacing of panels and the unique way time works in sequential art. In this exhibit, we explore the stages of cartooning and shine a light on the hard work and many rounds of revision behind the final pages. From digital artists that start by storyboarding in a sketchbook to artists who loosely paint ideas before committing to a final layout – our aim is to highlight the different processes that artists use to create the comics we love to read.

Pencils and Inks will be on display in the Lewis Gallery from March 7 to April 19, 2025.

Learn more about exhibits in PPL's Lewis Gallery and Community Gallery on the Lewis Gallery page.