This short course had a focus on the importance of storytelling and dynamic illustrative drawing techniques; with students taking part in an international art exchange. Students worked as part of online art collaboration with a class of students in Dubai, U.A.E. Students recorded their stories as audio podcasts and exchanged them. Students told stories about personal and emotional experiences and events that occur in their everyday lives. Students were challenged to practice their active listening skills and interpret the audio podcasts and translate them into visual art.