About this episode
Adam Griffiths discusses his work as a cartoonist and the opening of his comics compound, DwightMess.
The start of our final season! Adam Griffiths is a cartoonist and arts administrator based in the Washington, DC area. He received his BA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and has also continued education at the Center for Cartooning Studies in White River Junction VT, where he took classes and received a BIPOC Scholarship. Between exhibiting his art at various DMV region galleries such as transformer, Rhizome DC, Strathmore Mansion and Washington Project for the Arts, and sharing numerous conceptual illustrations, webcomics, animations, sketches, and photography series online, he authored Washington White , a surrealistic graphic novel reimagining his grandmother's landmark Civil Rights case as a science-fiction spy thriller. In 2022, Griffiths opened DwightMess , a comics 'compound' in his Silver Spring, MD home that includes several gallery spaces, screen-printing workshop, an extensive library of comics, zines and periodicals, a 'video vault' collection of hard-to-find films on DVD and VHS, and Halcyon Scene, a thrifting boutique of 80's vintage tchotchkes and furniture. DwightMess has mounted over 25 exhibitions since opening, sponsors an annual artist…
People in this episode
Guest: Adam Griffiths
Topics covered
- cartooning
- graphic novels
- arts administration
- exhibitions
- comics
- Civil Rights
Keywords
- cartoonist
- graphic novel
- DwightMess
- Civil Rights
- exhibitions
- comics
- Washington DC
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Cartooning Studies, transformer, Rhizome DC, Strathmore Mansion, Washington Project for the Arts, DwightMess
Books & works: Washington White
Places: Washington, DC, Baltimore, White River Junction VT, Silver Spring, MD
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