Invite one of Cara Bean’s Doodle + Workshops to your library, school, or organization! Whether your desire is to feel tranquil, create comics, or understand the complex inner workings of your brain, this is all something that can be accessed through the entryway of doodling. Cara Bean nurtures a space where participants can feel open and comfortable to benefit from the power of drawing. Doodle + Workshops are designed with flexibility and can be specially tailored to groups of kids, adults, or mixed age groups. 

Workshops sessions are generally 1 hour to 90 minutes in length depending on the attention span and time restraints of your group.

Cara prefers in-person workshops, however she is happy to lead a workshop on Zoom if travel to your group is not possible. Email carabeancomics@gmail.com to inquire about a potential event at your library, school, university or organization.

RESPONSES TO WORKSHOPS:

“Cara has been an absolute pleasure to work with from the very beginning and her wonderful spirit and talent were shining so much! Our kids who all seemed very shy at first opened up to her and seemed to really enjoy themselves and their art.” —Cara Young, Children’s Librarian, Worcester Public Library

"I think the attendees left feeling really inspired and pumped to keep drawing."
— Meaghan Schwelm, Librarian, Adams Street Branch of the Boston Public Library

“Cara was so personable and encouraging with the participants. Overall, it was such an engaging and creative crowd-pleasing event.”
— Dianna McDevitt, Librarian, Hanson Public Library

“Great for all ages. Fun-filled using hands-on demonstrations.”
— Barbara Berler, President, Friends of the Jonathan Bourne Public Library

PREVIOUS WORKSHOP HOSTS:

An Unlikely Story Bookstore and Cafe, Plainville, MA

Athens Academy, Athen, GA

Atwater Library, North Branford, CT

Belmont Public Library, Belmont, MA

Blackhawk Middle School, Bensonville, IL

Boston Public Library, Adams Street Branch, Dorchester, MA

Boston Public Library, Faneuil Branch, Brighton, MA

Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain Branch, MA

Boston Public Library, Lower Mills, Dorcester, MA

Boston Public Library, Mattapan Branch, Boston, MA

Cambridge Public Library, MA

Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, VT

Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford MA

Cumberland Public Library, Cumberland, RI

Comics and Medicine Conference, White River Junction, VT

Darien Public Library, Darien, CT

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

Downtown Arts Festival, Gainesville, FL

Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, Monroe, CT

Electric City Comic Con, Schenectady County Public Library, NY 

Elizabeth Taber Library, Marion, MA

Flushing Public Library, Queens, NY

Gleason Public Library, Carlisle, MA

Hanson Public Library, Hanson, MA

Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, MA

Haverhill Public Library, Haverhill, MA

Jonathan Bourne Library, Pocasset, MA

Lexington High School, Lexington, MA

Liminka School of Art, Limika, Finland

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, Cambridge, MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Milne Public Library, Williamstown, MA

Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood, MA

Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, MA 

New London Public Library, New London, CT

New Milford Public Library, New Milford, CT

North Adams Public Library, North Adams, MA

North Providence High School, North, Providence, RI

Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, Old Lyme, CN

Our Sisters’s School, New Bedford, MA

Springfield Town Library, Springfield, VT

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

University of Omaha, Omaha, NE

Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury, CT

Worcester Public Library, Worcester, MA