My Journey to Become an American Mangaka
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Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103531 College Street
Middlebury, VT 05753 View in Campus Map
Open to the Public

Kofi Bazzell-Smith is an artist, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, and a professional boxer. Pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in New Media, Kofi is currently a Mellon Foundation Interseminars Initiative Fellow with the Humanities Research Institution.
A US-Japan Bridging Scholar, Kofi studied manga in Japan and creates works in both English and Japanese. His goals are to publish in Japan, to open avenues for more diverse representation in the form, to bridge cultures through art and language, and to pioneer teaching Japanese manga in the United States. In Summer 2022, Kofi taught the first studio-based manga production course in the US at the University of Illinois.
- Sponsored by:
- Museum of Art; American Studies; East Asian Studies; Black Studies; Luso-Hispanic Studies
Contact Organizer
Kervick, Elizabeth
ekervick@middlebury.edu
443-5565