Master class about creating monthly illustrated menus, restaurant windows, brandy labels or illustrations for posters and coffee mugs. In short, drawings that make your mouth water.

Workshop on making collages for children and their parents. Find yourself in Eliska and Anka shoes. Their daily activity is searching for valuable pieces in a cosmic pile of scrap. From which they are improving or making new spaceships. Your job will be to collect pieces from an illustrated cosmic scrap which would be useful for constructing your unique space facility.

Workshop duration: 1 h 30 min
Number of participants: max 15
Age: 5-15

Origami is an ancient Japanese art of folding paper. Its origins date back to the 9th century AD. Originally, were hung for good luck with small gifts or as offerings to deities. Over the centuries, origami has evolved into a special form of art with many possibilities of creation and use and has been adopted in other cultural circles. To this day, most folded shapes have their pattern in the world of animals and plants. During the FRAME festival, we will focus on food-related thematic folding – you can create your own hashioki (wand mat) or shrimp for dinner.

Workshop duration: 1 h 30 min
Number of participants: max 15
Age: 5-100

Arpilleras are paintings made from small pieces of textiles and put together to make an impression of a particular scene. This technique came from Chile during the period of the military dictatorship. Embroideries were made by women, who by this activity, were telling and sharing their own stories including political and social conflicts. This workshop is realized in cooperation with the Instituto Cervantes Prague.

Workshop duration: 2 h 30 min
Number of participants: max 20
Age: 9+

This workshop will be about looking for stories in the daily lives of participants and making autobiographical comics.

Anna Vaivare is an illustrator and architect living in Riga, Latvia. She graduated from Riga Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning and recently she got a master’s degree in printmaking at the Art Academy of Latvia. She entered the illustration world first by drawing comics that were published by the Comic anthology “š!”. She has illustrated several children’s books and her works have been exhibited in Latvia and internationally. In her comics, Anna often tells autobiographical stories. Apart from drawing she enjoys painting murals, baking cakes and long walks in forests.

Workshop duration: 1 h 30 min
Number of participants: max 20
Age: 15+

The art of the brush can create a sense of peace of mind, and many people engage in calligraphy, ink painting, and other forms of art as a form of meditation. Japanese calligraphy places more emphasis on the process of writing than on the finished product. It also has a significant spiritual dimension, being a way of knowing and cultivating oneself. The calligrapher puts a piece of their own soul into their work, and each calligraphy is a unique reflection of their inner self.

Workshop duration: 1 h 30 min
Number of participants: max 10
Age: 15+

Ha-Na-Mi or Míša Tomášová fell in love with Japan thirteen years ago. A few years later, hand-decorated products, whose main inspiration was anime and manga, began to take shape. Other motifs were added over time, but in the end, she combined her three passions = nature + Japan + ecology. Bags with pre-printed coloring designs, that you can color. Paint with textile markers. After ironing, the bag can be washed in the washing machine at 40°C. Bags will be available for purchase on site, small bag 150 CZK and large bag 250 CZK.

Workshop duration: 1 h 30 min
Number of participants: max 15
Age: 5+

Using chance as a springboard for creativity, we will create one-panel comics with absurd dialogue (in many languages) generated by the group. The workshop will include drawing warm-up activities, brainstorming, collaborating, and producing a few one-panel comics. No artistic experience necessary. Open to all ages. 

Martha Kuhlman is professor of Comparative Literature at Bryant University in the department of History, Literature, and Art. She co-edited The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing is a Way of Thinking with the University Press of Mississippi (2010) with Dave Ball, and Comics of the New Europe (2020) with José Alaniz. She has taught courses on creativity and the graphic novel for several years, and exhibited her work, Kafka Komix, at the AS220 gallery in Providence, RI in 2018. Kuhlman is currently working on a certificate in comics with the Sequential Arts Workshop, based in Gainesville, FL.

Duration: 1 h 30 min
Open to all ages
Number of participants: 15 people max