The Cartoon Art Museum hosts freelance artist and cartoonist Briana Miller on Saturday, July 18, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to her about her comics and watch Miller at work.
Briana Miller is a Berkeley-born, East Bay resident who has lived in almost every city that touches the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay. She created her first comic in 2000 and quickly discovered what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She has produced at least one hand-drawn, hand-silk-screened comic a year ever since.
Each of Miller's comics is a self-contained story with no recurring characters or story lines. Her stories are often a mixture of whimsy and loss that becomes magical realism in unexpected moments of comic-book maturity. When not creating her comics, Briana Miller is a full-time high school art teacher. She also works as a freelance illustrator and silk-screener, with a focus on posters, postcards, event invitations and shirts. In her spare time, Miller enjoys sewing and being a member of the National Puzzlers League.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Cartoon Art Museum regularly hosts professional cartoonist in its galleries as part of its Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum patrons see cartoonists at work on their latest projects and learn everything you ever wanted to know about cartoonists -- but were afraid to ask. Past featured Cartoonists-in-Residence include Paul Madonna (ALL OVER COFFEE), Keith Knight (K CHRONICLES, (TH)INK), Paige Braddock (JANE'S WORLD), Michael Jantze (THE NORM) and Jimmy Gownley (AMELIA RULES) among many others.
