Cartoon Movement, in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Albania and the Albanian Media Institute organized in Tirana the workshop on "Political Cartoons".
The workshop coincided with the Dutch Cultural Week in Albania (see https://www.jkn.al/en) and it brought together students, artists and journalists with an interest in social issues and art, to discuss and create together.
The trainer for this workshop was Mr. Tjeerd Royaards, a well-known Dutch cartoonist, awarded several prizes since he started his cartoonist foray in 2005. Internationally, his work has been published by the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, Le Monde and many others.
Throughout the workshop, current international and historical examples were mentioned, along with the ways of combining elements such as metaphors and symbols, composition and style, as well as text, which are of considerable importance in the creation of visual satire. After an initial orientation on the creative process, as well as the approach around a theme, to make everything more concrete, the participants were asked to create a cartoon themselves.
Workshops like this, that encourage participants to create art from social issues conversations provide a platform for personal expression, critical thinking and community engagement in a way that simultaneously mixes humor and criticism. Thus, it becomes an art form that should be supported and encouraged more in the future.
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