Troublemakers #1 tonight, Sheffield Zine Fest tomorrow!

katewadkins:

This weekend I’m headed to Durham and Sheffield, respectively, to do some talks on zines.

Click here —-> http://bit.ly/XhXQ0T for more info!

this will be an introduction to who we are + the things we are inspired by— with new subjects covered daily

girlsgetbusyzine:

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BLOG TAKEOVER ON GIRLS GET BUSY BY THE BLACK SALT COLLECTIVE!

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TOMORROW NIGHT!

We’ve added two more readers:

James Aviaz (Everything is Fucked, Everything is OK)
& Dre Grigoropol (Dee’s Dream, Dee’s Drunken Rage)

plus a RAFFLE, from the fine folks at Stranger Danger Distro (including a gift certificate)! and tons of additional zine donors, including:

James Aviaz, Dre Grigoropol, Caroline Paquita (Pegacorn Press, Womanimal), and more…

See you there!

katewadkins:

The Way the Lights Went Out: A Hurricane Sandy Zine Benefit

RSVP: http://bit.ly/sandyzinebenefit

This event will be both a zine reading and zine sale to benefit The Ali Forney Center, a Manhattan-based organization which provides housing to homeless LGBT youth. Part of the Center’s facility is located near the Hudson River and was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The event will include readings by zinesters as well as the sale of zines generously donated by many zinesters. 100% of proceeds will go to this important community resource.

We are aware of recent critiques of the Ali Forney Center*, and we concur with TransRadical blog** that it is crucial to rebuild AFC in order to continue creating safe and welcoming communities for LGBTQ youth everywhere.

READERS:

Kate Angell (My Feminist Friends, A Thousand Times Yes)
Jamie Varriale Vélez (Sinvergüenza)
Jenna Freedman (Lower East Side Librarian, Barnard Zine Library)
+ more!

ZINE DONORS:

Stranger Danger Zine Distro, Kathleen McIntyre (The Worst), Lauren Denitzio (Get it Together), Kate Wadkins (International Girl Gang Underground), For the Birds Collective, Kate Angell, Amber Dearest (Fight Boredom Distro, The Triumph of our Tired Eyes), Maranda Elizabeth (Telegram), PonyBoy Press, Aimee Lusty (Booklyn, Pen15 Press), Amanda Stefanski, Jami Sailor (Your Secretary), Jordan Alam (The Cowation), Alycia Sellie (Brooklyn College Zine Library), Cindy Crabb (Doris), Natty Koper & Sivan Sabach (Bangarang This), Chella Quint (Adventures in Menstruating), Shawn Smith (Black Lesbians in the 70s Zine), Elvis Bakaitis (Homos in Herstory), Sarah Rose (Tazewell’s Favorite Eccentric, Once Upon a Distro), Maud Pryor (Marmalade Umlaut), Jenna Freedman

Zinesters are welcome to contact us with zines to donate! 100% of event proceeds will be donated to hurricane relief. 

CONTACT
Kate Angell at myfeministfriends@gmail.com
Kate Wadkins at mskatherinewadkins@gmail.com


* http://transradical.tumblr.com/post/20347951835/i-meeting-with-the-deputy-executive-director-of
** http://lizvseverything.tumblr.com/post/35113227079/please-reblog-ali-forney-drop-in-center-of-homeless

(more info to be updated on the Facebook event page)

sculpture-center:

Justin Lieberman, Super Supplemental #19, 2012. Collage mounted on canvas. 85 x 62”. Courtesy the artist.

Lieberman’s S. A. C. (Student Art Collective) currently participates in SculptureCenter’s 2012-2013 In Practice program, culminating in an exhibition of new work. Double Life opens at SculptureCenter on January 13, 5-7PM and runs through March 25.

katewadkins:

This evening I’ll be presenting in NYU’s “Gender and Performance” class on zines, and specifically, my zine International Girl Gang Underground. The class has been instructed to author a zine as their final project, so I’ll be speaking about my motivations for creating IGGU (with co-editor Stacy Konkiel) as well as leading a zine how-to segment and leaving plenty of time for questions.

I broke out these “Frankenstein” zine pages to show the students—you know the ones, made up of layers of glue, ink, and cut-up paper. The ones you eventually xerox to become your first set of flats. It’s interesting to see these pages as objects unto themselves.

It’s exciting for me to have the chance to discuss my zine—and zines in general—in an academic context. That said, contact me if you are looking for someone to lead a workshop / presentation / event at your university on these topics!

katewadkins:

GEEKED INDEED.

creativetime:

In the “Things We’re Geeked About” department, Creative Time family member*, artist and sign-painter extraordinaire Steve “ESPO” Powers has a new storefront on 4th Ave. & Bergen Street in Brooklyn. 

*ESPO’s sign-painting fundraiser project occurred last year, but it’s that time of year again so please donate to support Creative Time anyway!