If someone at SAW is harassing you or interfering with your ability to participate, please let us know. We have also provided this online form for anonymous reporting of such behavior. If you feel you are being harassed and witness someone else being harassed or have any other concerns, please contact Emma Jensen or Tom Hart immediately. If you feel you are being harassed or witness harassment and it is an emergency, you should contact the local authorities (i.e., call 911). Harassment can include, but is not limited to: making unwanted and/or discriminatory advances, intimidation, stalking, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of events, inappropriate physical contact, unwelcome sexual attention or other verbal or physical conduct of a discriminatory nature, or by creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment by engaging in such conduct. To provide all participants-students, workshop, event attendees, speakers, staff and volunteers-the opportunity to benefit from classes and SAW’s other activities, SAW is committed to providing a safe, harassment-free environment for everyone, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical appearance, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal or state laws or other group identity. Sequential Artists Workshop Policy on Harassment Teachers are responsible for maintaining a positive classroom environment and conducting appropriate relationships with students. These interactions help students gain confidence and make better comics. Our students tell us that working closely with teachers is one of the best things about their SAW experience. ![]() This Code of Conduct describes the behaviors and boundaries we expect all teachers at SAW to maintain, to ensure our community is healthy and strong.Īt SAW, students and teachers should be able to work and learn together, to have friendships, and be candid with one another. SAW aims to create a welcoming, inclusive learning environment that fosters artistic growth and exploration, a community created by students and teachers together. That’s everything from selecting staff to planning programs to providing accountability to our instructors. Our board is involved in the decision making process of the daily operations of the school. Current members include Lisa Klug, Geoff Mason, Ayanni Cooper, Atrian Wagner, Rob Clough, Nancy Hunt and Marc Sobel. In late 2017, we transitioned to a board of directors of alumni, industry professionals, wider-community members and general comics lovers across the United States. At SAW, we believe in accountability to those we serve. In addition, we aim to provide work spaces, teaching residencies and distribution/publishing resources for practicing sequential artists.įinally, through its national outreach program dedicated to publishing and promoting curious, intelligent, and visionary works we aim to integrate sequential art and artists into the broader cultural landscape. ![]() Where its school(s) are located, SAW aims to educate and promote comics literacy in our local community(s). Through its school(s), SAW's goal is to provide quality education to students dedicated to challenging themselves and learning interdisciplinary visual storytelling. ![]() The Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW)'s mission is to nurture and educate tomorrow's generation of visual storytellers, to support creative investigation, exploration and excellence in cartooning and comic art, and to promote literacy in sequential and comic art in today’s culture. SAW is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation Mission Statement
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