Drawing New Conclusions (Tom Hart)

Tom Hart is a graphic novelist and the founder and executive director of The Sequential Artists Workshop, a non-profit school and arts organization located in Gainesville, Florida.In this episode, Danny, Abe, and Tom discuss:How Tom’s courses have evolved over his years in businessThe importance of marketingCourse pricingEmploying additional instructorsTom’s school’s nonprofit modelStudent emotions and providing community supportAddressing student mindset challengesTom’s advice for aspiring course creatorsAcquiring students“Forming a community is actually one of the best things we do for people. They don't really know that going in — they don't realize one of the main things they need is a support system of readers and fellow learners.” — Tom HartTom Hart is a graphic novelist and the founder and executive director of The Sequential Artists Workshop, a non-profit school and arts organization located in Gainesville, Florida.Since 2001, he has been a teacher at the School of Visual Arts in New York City as well as Parsons, Brooklyn College, the University of Florida, and a host of other institutions before starting his own school in 2012.His graphic novel about his daughter called Rosalie Lightning was a New York Times #1 bestseller and has been translated into numerous other languages, was featured on many “Best of 2016” lists, and was also nominated for two comics industry Eisner Awards.Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:MiraseeRuzukuTom’s websites: learn.sawcomics.org and SequentialArtistsWorkshop.orgCredits:Hosts: Danny Iny and Abe Crystal Producer: Cynthia Lamb Assembled by: Geoff GovertsenExecutive Producer: Danny InyAudio Post Supervisors: Evan Miles and Christopher MartinAudio Post Production: Post Office SoundMusic Soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew AudioTo catch the great episodes that are coming up on Course Lab, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcastplayer. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to morepeople.    Music credits: Track Title: Bossa BBArtist Name: MarieWriter Name: Chelsea McGoughPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONTrack Title: Coo CoosArtist Name: Dresden, The FlamingoWriter Name: Matthew WigtonPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONTrack Title: GraceArtist Name: ShimmerWriter Name: Matthew WigtonPublisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONSTrack Title: Carousel LightsArtist Name: Chelsea McGoughWriter Name: Chelsea McGoughWriter Name: Matthew WigtonPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONPublisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONSSpecial effects credits:24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market.Episode transcript: Drawing New Conclusions (Tom Hart) coming soon~~~~~