22 and 29 April

The Carnival of Extinct Animals

A drawing and printing workshop at the Bibliothèque de la Cité invites participants to create their own animal carnival, which they sketch onto polypropylene plates and transform into a handcrafted short comic strip.

Ages 10 and up. In French.

Place des Trois-Perdrix 5,
1204 Genève
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Photo Credit: DR

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