Drawn Together Artist Panel

Join Mariah-Rose Marie and Shaina Lu in conversation with Joel Christian Gill (Associate Professor of Art; Chair, Department of Visual Narrative) as they discuss the themes of the residency, Drawn Together: Comics, Food, and Collective Care. Afterwards, there will be a brief celebratory closing reception with light refreshments from Yafa Bakery and Cafe.

Mariah-Rose Marie is a graphic novelist, story artist, educator, and writer based in Tovaangar, aka Los Ángeles. Their comic, illustration, and storyboard work can be seen anywhere from Netflix and HBO Max to The New Yorker, Science for the People Magazine, EATER, and the multi-award winning graphic journalism magazine, The Nib. Always with empathy (and often with humor) Mariah-Rose interweaves the individual and the global through stories that reach across political borders and personal identity. Mariah-Rose is the maker of COOK LIKE YOUR ANCESTORS: An Illustrated Guide to Intuitive Cooking with Recipes from Around the World (Silver Sprocket, 2023), A Quick & Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships (Oni Press, 2025), and their debut fiction graphic novel GO BACK & GET IT (Make Me A World / Random House Children’s) is coming in 2028.

Shaina Lu 呂明穎 (she/her) is a queer Taiwanese-American artist interested in the intersection of art, education, and activism. She creates community art for social change through dialogue and conversation with local youth, residents, and grassroots organizers. You can see her public art throughout Boston’s Chinatown, MA, where she works, and in Malden, MA, where she lives. In 2023, the Massachusetts AAPI Commission honored Shaina as an Unsung Hero for her work as an artist and organizer.