[BHS etree] EVENT: Berkeley High Student Art at Berkeley Public Library

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Please do not hit reply, contact: 
vdyas at ci.berkeley.ca.us or call Antonio López or 
Vi Dyas Teen Services Librarian (510) 981-6121

Macbeth: A Graphic Perspective:
Berkeley High Student Art at Berkeley Public Library

Charlie Brown and Calvin & Hobbes quoting 
Macbeth? A Shakespeare tragedy in cartoon format? 
For a different take on Shakespeare's Macbeth 
visit the Teen Room on the second floor of the 
Berkeley Public Library. All of the work 
exhibited was created by tenth graders in Alan 
Miller's English class at Berkeley High School 
during the 2006-2007 school year.

Students reading Shakespeare's Macbeth were 
assigned to choose part of the play to 
"illuminate" and to illustrate with the purpose 
of clarifying its meaning. Their results were to 
be in cartoon form.  Students had to use 
continuous text; in other words, they couldn't 
edit any words, or skip parts of the text.  Also, 
their cartoons had to contain at least three 
perspectives: close-up, pan shot, head shot, shot 
from above or below, etc. They could hire an 
artist, create their own art, or use existing 
cartoons, but it had to be done with the purpose 
of shedding light on what is usually a dark text. 
How well did they succeed? See for yourself. The 
exhibit is on till July 31.

Also on display in the Teen Room are library 
materials on Macbeth, Shakespeare's other 
tragedies; as well as how-to books on cartooning 
and illustrating graphic novels. These are 
available to check out.

For questions regarding this program, please 
email vdyas at ci.berkeley.ca.us or call Antonio 
López or Vi Dyas Teen Services Librarian (510) 
981-6121. For accessibility information, call 
510-981-6107, TTY 510-548-1240.

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located at 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck in 
Berkeley, California. The Main library is open 
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Saturday 10-6; and Sunday: 1-5.