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Let’s Make a Zine! A Riso Zine Making Workshop with Kate Bingaman-Burt

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

It’s zine making time! Dive into all things zine with Outlet and zine queen Kate Bingaman-Burt! In this virtual workshop we’ll explore zine history, types of zines, talk about where to find zines, how to share them, and experiment with different zine formats (including the versatile and ubiquitous one page zine)—also we’ll spend some time actually sort of DEFINING what a zine is for those who are new to this amazing medium for sharing ideas and knowledge! Kate will give tons of prompts, tips, and inspiration to take those ideas and turn them into a tangible lovely THING. Depending on the workshop ticket tier you choose, this class culminates in making a collaborative zine that is riso printed and mailed to you! Supplies Needed A…

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$10 – $50

GHOSTING a zine

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Workshop Description: making concept, content, and single page zine / 4 page & poster in that je ne sais quoi style. together we will be: selecting a theme to find / curate digital images, using preview to edit images, using google docs to layout a make a single page zine, layout of zine, PDFing to potential printing *FREE* Workshop video will be available to watch September 20th at 3pm on Portland Sunday Parkway’s Facebook page Materials needed: computer with google drive / docs, apple preview / PC equivalent Target age range for participants: ALL AGES/PPLS Artist Bio: mononymously named, maximiliano, is a conceptual artist working in BLKwvv a generative multimedia mythos; A Black reclamation rococo aesthetic and agenda based in exploring and expanding the multiplicity…

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Free

Zine Making @ Outlet!

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

It’s zine making time! Dive into all things zine with Outlet and zine queen Kate Bingaman-Burt! In this IN PERSON(!) workshop we’ll explore zine history, types of zines, talk about where to find zines, how to share them, and experiment with different zine formats (including the versatile and ubiquitous one page zine)—also we’ll spend some time actually sort of DEFINING what a zine is for those who are new to this amazing medium for sharing ideas and knowledge! Kate will give tons of prompts, tips, and inspiration to take those ideas and turn them into a tangible lovely THING. This class culminates in making a collaborative zine that is riso printed and mailed to you! Supplies Needed You don't need to bring a thing except yourself! We provide…

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$50 – $75

Tech Support Group

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This workshop will take place on zoom. Register here. In this four-part workshop meets peer support group, participants will gather to cultivate community and creative consciousness around the complex presence that smartphones have in our lives. Each meeting will include space for sharing, inquiring, exploring creative prompts and developing ideas for a cumulative collaborative Tech Support zine. The zine may include drawings, writings, poems, prompts, experiments, photos, etc which reflect the unique experiences participants have with their phones. Participants can expect weekly email offerings with questions, prompts and themes to support their processes, to be used if desired. About the facilitator: Erika Dedini (she/her) holds a Bachelor of Science in Art Practices from Portland State University. She has completed a two-year training program in mindful somatic therapy from Mindful…

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Free

Literally Crawling 2021 – A Virtual Lit-Crawl

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Working to find ways to bring writing and literature to everyone during the pandemic, zines + things (Portland, OR) and Death Rattle Writers Fest (Nampa, Idaho) have joined together to create Literally Crawling, an entirely online lit crawl planned for November 5, 6, and 7 2021. Co-Hosting literature showcases will be lit-journals Cobra Milk and Ginger Bug Press. Save the date and RSVP to get reader announcement updates! We can't wait to get together for a lovely weekend of sharing the literary arts from some truly amazing artists. Register to attend here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/literally-crawling-2021/register 4 Literature showcases and a writing workshop! Nov 5 - Friday : zines + things & DRWF Opening Showcase 6pm PST / 7pm MST / 8pm CST / 9pm EST Nov 6…

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$7 – $14

Literally Crawling Workshop – *MIND MAPPING* (intuitive poetry comics)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

*MIND MAPPING* (intuitive poetry comics in private) with Mars Ramirez What does your brain do when you’re not listening to it? Together, we will learn about using our sketchbooks as a daily devotion of personal storytelling. Looking at the intersection of word&image, and the ways that some artists use the poetics of image alone, we will distill what is most important for each of us. Then looking inward, we will find what feels good, and find our stories to tell. 1 part lecture and 1 part studio time AN INTERACTIVE SLIDESHOW; participants will walk away with many new exercises to do in their sketchbooks, and a new way of thinking about making intuitively in private. Sun Nov 7th as a part of Literally Crawling Virtual…

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$12

Submission Deadline: De-Canon + Fonograf Ed. Hybrid-Lit Anthology

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

De-Canon resumes its mission of “de-canonizing” by teaming up with Fonograf Editions to publish an anthology of hybrid-literary works by women and nonbinary BIPOC writers. This anthology will explore multimodal forms of writing that navigate the restless intersections of writing, visual art, and other media, and that innovate in their contemplations – and complications – of language and form. Submissions are open from October 1st to December 15, 2021. What is hybridity? What does it mean, and why does it matter now, to pay heed to hybrid modes of writing and art, to confluences of aesthetic mediums, to processes that make visible the seams and in-between spaces of the realms we ‘make’ in? How does the hybrid form potentially re-define “writing”? And, what fuels a…

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Free

Wildwood Welcome: Zine Making with the IPRC with the Forest Park Conservancy

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Join the IPRC for a **FREE** zine making event at Forest Park! Find more information and register here. Join us for an outdoor zine writing workshop! We supply the pen and paper, you bring your creativity.

Free

EAST SIDE MAKERS SHOWCASE

Martha's Curiosity Shop 110 East Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, OR, United States

June 25, 2022, Martha's Curiosity Shop and RACC present: Free workshops taught by local artisans in skateboard art and design, fiber arts, zines, collaborative painting, and printmaking Portland, Ore. — June 2, 2022 — Martha's Curiosity Shop and the Regional Arts and Culture Council present an all-ages (13-150) free event for the east Portland and Troutdale communities. June 25, 2022 from 12:30 to 5:30 PM local artisans in fiber arts, printmaking, skateboard art and design, collaborative painting, and zine making will present free workshops on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive by 12:30 to sign up. Workshops are capped at twenty participants each. The East Side Makers Showcase is the first event of its kind presented by Martha Grover and Martha's Curiosity Shop and aims at…

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Free

Zine-Making Workshop with Skate Like a Girl

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

MAKE A ZINE AT THE IPRC: In this two hour workshop, participants will learn about zines, and make a collaborative zine from start to finish: from content creation, to printing, assembling, and binding. This workshop provides a space for our women, trans, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming community to express themselves through the art of zine-making! Ages 16+ Register now: https://www.skatelikeagirl.com

$30
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