Zine Fest Programming Schedule with Full Descriptions
SATURDAY JUNE 27
12:30-1:30 - Using Zines to Reclaim Community Support presented by Ben Holtzman & Kathleen McIntyre
Zines have the power to bring attention to neglected topics. This presentation focuses on two recent compilation zines which seek to create dialogue around two issues that are usually met with silence, even within alternative/DIY/radical communities: grief and physical illness. These zines (The Worst: A Compilation Zine on Grief and Loss and Sick: A Compilation Zine on Physical Illness) allow contributors the freedom to articulate their own honest experiences with these issues, without pressure to conform to socially prescribed responses and emotions. They also seek to enrich our praxis of community-based support, rather than outsourcing it exclusively to mainstream “experts.” The editors will speak about the motivations behind each project, as well as how presenting these difficult discussions in DIY zines enacts the process by which we become our own experts.
1:30-2:30 - Stitched on the Spine: Bookbinding for Zinemakers presented by Corinna Zeltsman
Learn some quick and dirty ways to bind a zine! In this workshop, we'll showcase the pamphlet stitch, the essential building block for zines and larger bound volumes. We'll practice our hand skills by stitching up a few binding structures that will expand the repertoire of zinemakers both seasoned and spankin' new. Bring your own pages to bind, or use our supplies.
Brought to you by Book Arts Lounge at the Center for Book Arts.
3:00-4:00 - Marginalized Voices and Zines presented by Victoria Law & China Martens
How do those whose voices are often marginalized and silenced utilize zines to make their voices heard? Victoria Law will share her experiences working with incarcerated women to create the zine Tenacious to both express themselves and expose their experiences to the outside world, challenging prevailing stereotypes of incarceration in the process. People from the Decolonizing Eats editorial collective will speak about the process of compiling a zine exploring the role of women of color in food production and activism. Decolonizing Eats explores the relationship of food to the intimate processes of colonialism, complicating existing ideas about women of color and food. China Martens will talk about how, even within radical communities, many parents find their experiences (still) not/under or misrepresented in the media around them and how she and others have used zines to network, define and express the (often alienated and isolated) experiences of motherhood. 4:00-5:00 - Art as Activism: 40 Years presented by Susan Simensky Bietila
A history of activism through art from 1967 through today, the slide-show documents the artist's experiences working in the radical underground press and second wave feminist movement - protesting the Vietnam War, US involvement in Central America, mining, globalization and gentrification through illustration, banners, puppets, theatre, murals, posters - and of course, zines!
5:00pm - $100 and a T-Shirt Screening
A cultural analysis of what causes zine makers to tick; what the hell zines are, why people make zines, the origin of zines, the resources and community available for zine makers, and the future of zines. Interviews with about 70 zine makers, ex-zine makers, and readers from the northwest. Best suited for people with a new interest in zines, pros, and novices. The video sparks untapped creativity and new interest into zine making and reading. Artwork by Cristy Road and music by J Church and Defiance, OH! Created by Basil Shadid, Rev. Phil Sano, Nickey Robo, and Joe Biel. 51 minutes with 47 minutes of bonus material.
SUNDAY JUNE 28
12:30-1:30 - Instant Books/Instant Zines presented by Esther K. Smith
Make your own instant zine from a single sheet of paper--just folding and cutting. Embellish with rubberstamps and collage. Try E-Z pop-ups. Esther K Smith, author of HOW TO MAKE BOOKS and MAGIC BOOKS & PAPER TOYS, will show you how! Copy! Download! Publish!
2:00-3:00 - A Century of Self Publishing: Zine and Mini-comic History 1900-present presented by Robyn Chapman
Robyn Chapman teaches contemporary comics history at The Center for Cartoon Studies. In this lecture she will outline a number of developments that preceded the modern zine and mini-comic. These include the little magazines of the Dada movement and the Beat Generation, science fiction fandom, underground comics, punk, riot grrrl and the Factsheet Five era of the 1980s and 90s.
3:00pm - Raffle Drawing! Click here for more info.
5:00pm - $100 and a T-Shirt Screening
A cultural analysis of what causes zine makers to tick; what the hell zines are, why people make zines, the origin of zines, the resources and community available for zine makers, and the future of zines. Interviews with about 70 zine makers, ex-zine makers, and readers from the northwest. Best suited for people with a new interest in zines, pros, and novices. The video sparks untapped creativity and new interest into zine making and reading. Artwork by Cristy Road and music by J Church and Defiance, OH! Created by Basil Shadid, Rev. Phil Sano, Nickey Robo, and Joe Biel. 51 minutes with 47 minutes of bonus material.