Art 109 uses Persepolis for inspiration

This summer GRCC's Art 109, Beginning Design class used Persepolis as an course text. The final project for the class asked students to read the text and use excerpts from the chapters “The Veil,” “Persepolis,” and “The Heroes” as inspiration to create a series of 4 postcards and 2 posters to convey an emotion depicted in these chapters.

Many thanks to Marilee Veneigas, the Art 109 instructor, for taking the plunge and being the first instructor to use One Book!!

Marilee also set up a beautiful display of all her students' work in the HSC building. Please go by and check it out!

(Student work appearing in this blog by GRCC student Joe Heithe.)

thank you Student Services!

On Monday, September 15 the folks in GRCC Student Services organized the first official event related to One Book: a viewing of the film Persepolis, based on the graphic novels (Parts I and II).

I attended the event (which included a potluck full of delicious and tasty treats) and viewed the film for the first time. I loved it as a complement to the books, but wondered how much I would connect to it if I hadn't already read the books. I'd love to hear others' thoughts on that.

The campus library holds two copies of the film, so feel free to come by and check them out. There are also many fascinating clips on YouTube in which Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (the film's co-creators) discuss the making of the film. Here's the first (the clip is slow to start, but images will appear after about 20 seconds):