In a series of creative workshops, you will learn how to tell stories using images and text – from panel layout to character design. You will develop your first scenes and image ideas, find your style and work on your own narrative about memory, persecution, Jewish life or questions about the future.

Creative Workshop: ‘Visual storytelling’ with Nazanin Zandi

Friday | 15.08.2025 | 18:30 – 20:00 | KulturCentrale

In the creative workshop ‘Visual Storytelling’ with Nazanin Zandi, participants creatively process their impressions of the city. Through initial drawing experiments in the style of graphic novels, historical content is made emotionally and visually accessible. The connection between place and image serves as an introduction to the connection between history and artistic expression.

Creative Workshop: ‘Characters & Perspectives’ with Nazanin Zandi

Saturday | 16.08.2025 | 13:30 – 15:00 | KulturCentrale

In the creative workshop ‘Characters & Perspectives’ with Nazanin Zandi, the focus is on developing a character who can represent an individual fate. The change of perspective – telling the story ‘from the character’s point of view’ – promotes empathy and the creative interpretation of historical complexity.

Creative Workshop: ‘Places & Atmosphere’ with Nazanin Zandi

Friday | 22.08.2025 | 18:30 – 20:00 | KulturCentrale

In the creative workshop ‘Places & Atmosphere’ with Nazanin Zandi, the impressions from the tour on the destruction and reconstruction of Dresden are translated into atmospheric scenes: places are made tangible as carriers of memories, using visual language, symbolism and emotional expression.

Creative Workshop: ‘Narration & Dramaturgy’ with Nazanin Zandi

Saturday | 23.08.2025 | 13:30 – 15:00 | KulturCentrale

In the creative workshop ‘Narration & Dramaturgy’ with Nazanin Zandi, participants use dramaturgical techniques to structure their graphic novels and turn what they have worked on so far into a coherent narrative.

Creative Workshop: ‘Your Voice of Memory’ with Nazanin Zandi

Friday | 29.08.2025 | 18:30 – 20:00 | KulturCentrale

In the final workshop, ‘Your Voice of Remembrance’ with Nazanin Zandi, historical reflection is creatively processed and the graphic novels are completed. The result is a collection of personal artistic contributions to the culture of remembrance – a bridge between history and the present.