Who are you, right in this moment? Capture your current essence in this intimate illustrative experience with New Yorker cartoon duo Lia Strasser and Bizzy Coy. Over the course of five minutes, Lia will sketch your likeness, while Bizzy will invite you to engage with questions pulled from the Time Bowl. Your conversation will reveal unspoken perspectives on past, present and future, resulting in a whimsical written caption to complete your black-and-white cartoon portrait.
Date
Jun 20, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Jun 21, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Featuring
Lia Strasser
Lia Strasser is a painter, educator, and cartoonist based in New York. A published contributor to The New Yorker and Narrowsburg’s own Grand Journal, her work blends observational drawing, visual storytelling, and narrative humor. She regularly exhibits her work and teaches drawing and painting workshops rooted in creative expression.
Bizzy Coy
Bizzy Coy’s humor writing appears in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and Vulture. Her cartoons, co-created with artist Lia Strasser, are published by The New Yorker, Weekly Humorist, and The River Reporter. Bizzy’s short fiction appears in Chicago Quarterly Review (forthcoming Spring 2027), American Literary Review, Grand Journal, Salamander, Pithead Chapel, Booth, Stone Canoe, Litt Magazine, and The Catskiller. She was granted fellowships from Fulbright, MacDowell, NYSCA/NYFA, and Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. Bizzy received her MA in creative writing from Dublin City University. She lives in Sullivan County, NY.
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