“Drawing Lessons,” co-commissioned by Ma-Yi Theater Company and the Children’s Theatre Company is set to open for previews in Minneapolis on Oct 8. The core takeaway from “Drawing Lessons” is anyone ...

Bay Area artist Matthew Luhn recounts his days drawing for Pixar and “The Simpsons.” While he may be best known as an animator, after working on “The Simpsons” and spending two decades at Pixar, ...

Michi Barall ‘93, an actress and playwright, premiered her play “Drawing Lessons” on Thursday at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Barall graduated from Stanford with a bachelor’s degree in ...

For many adolescents, graphic novels serve as an unexpected bridge to art, literature, storytelling, and occasionally to independence and adulthood. This is the liminal space that Michi Barall, SoA ...

Drawing is hard. Even after a lesson with a New Yorker cartoonist, I get spooked by the simplest drawing exercises. If you’re also easily scared off, but you want to get better, try these basic ...