Social Practice Social | Power: Freedom to Create zine project
About this event
Social Practice Social is a regular discussion forum for artists, programmers, community organisers, activists, and others working with participation, collaboration, public space, or social change.
In December’s session, Creative Engagement Manager Bo Olawoye will discuss the process of facilitating a series of creative sessions with participants from Broxtowe Women’s Project and Heya Nottingham to co-produce a visually stunning zine.
The zine project is inspired by the recent ‘Power: Freedom to Create‘ exhibition at National Justice Museum. It shows contemporary and historical artwork made by people who have had their freedom taken away from them. The women created artwork and text inspired by the Power exhibition and how we use creativity to get through difficult times in our lives.
Refreshments provided. Please contact rebecca@weareprimary with any questions and access needs.
Bo Olawoye is a Nottingham based freelance Creative Engagement Manager who specialises in co-producing innovative arts projects with diverse communities, young people, marginalized groups and artist educators. Her work explores race, identity, place and social justice issues. She has 20 years experience working in the visual arts sector locally, nationally and internationally.
Exaggarate Everything: Zine Making workshop led by Jess Loveday &Lizz Brady
About this Event
The workshop has brought together two artists who investigate mental health through their work. You’ll make your own zine exploring self care through doodles, creative tasks and mindfulness. You will have the opportunity to consider your own mental health and playfully respond to it.
(Please note you will not be expected to discuss your mental health or show your zine if you do not wish to, making a zine s a totally independent activity but on the other hand you are welcome to speak about your personal experience as much as you’d like).
https://www.lizzbrady.com/
https://www.jessicaloveday.com/
FREE to attend.
All materials will be provided
BACKLIT has a lift that can be used for access to different floors, use of this must be arranged in advance via suzanne.golden@backlit.org.uk. Toilets are not suitable for wheelchair users and we don’t have baby changing facilities (we are currently fundraising for this).
Boshemia Magazine, Zine-Making Workshop
Boshemia is an international print and online magazine centered on art, culture and feminism, brought to you by a global collective of womxn, femmes, non-binary and LGBTQ+ folk based in the US and UK.
BACKLIT’s arts writers in residence Notts/Poke will also be providing a space for women and non-binary peopler to present written works in response to the exhibition.
BOSHEMIA MAGAZINE WILL ALSO BE DELIVERING A FREE TALK ON THE HISTORY OF (MAGA)ZINES AT 3PM.
Creative Workshops: Zines – Write, Print, Share!
CREATIVE WORKSHOP
Write, Print, Share!
Make your own Zine in this two-part workshop
Writing Workshop: Saturday 10 February, 2pm – 4pm
Zine-making: Saturday 24 February, 10.30am – 3.30pm
£15 for both sessions, workshops can not be booked separately
Booking essential (limited places)
Adults
Make your own Zine and see your words in print in this two-part workshop featuring poet and writer Andrew Graves and print studio Dizzy Ink. In part one, you’ll work with Andrew to get inspiration for your poems through a selection of exercises and look at how to develop and polish them ready for publication in your Zine.
In part two, it’s time to get Zine-making! Having had time to develop your poetry, you’ll work with Dizzy Ink to create an anthology of everyone’s poems using Dizzy’s specialist printing process Risograph. Through group and individual activities, you’ll learn how to work with image and layout as you design and edit your publication. You’ll walk away with copies of your publications so you can showcase and share what you’ve created, and the work will also contribute to the Zines touring exhibition.
Book now and turn your ideas into ink.
What is a Zine?
Zines are self-made and self-published magazines. They’re motivated by freedom of expression rather than profit, and are created using various techniques such as collage, drawing and writing. Often photocopied and hand stapled, their DIY aesthetic and self-directed content makes them an empowering and democratic medium.
About Andrew Graves
Andrew Graves (formerly known as the MulletProof Poet) regularly performs his work throughout the UK andhas appeared on TV and radio on programmes including BBC 6 Music’s Cerys Matthews Show and the recent BBC 4 documentary Evidently John Cooper Clarke. Favoured by the likes of comic book legend Alan Moore, Andrew is often cited as the hardest working poet in the East Midlands.
About Dizzy Ink
Dizzy Ink is an exciting Nottingham-based print studio which delivers design and print projects, workshops, events and exhibitions.
Notts Zine Fest 2017 at Rough Trade
Dizzy Ink and Artist Hannah Whitlow will be holding the fourth annual Nottingham Zine Festival at Rough Trade Nottingham, with a huge selection of Zine makers, publishers, and poets gathering to celebrate the best of print and creativity in the City.
FREE ENTRY – NO TICKET NEEDED.
SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER, FROM 12PM-6PM.
“Last year saw over five hundred people come throughout the day. This year we are expecting it to be even bigger, with more zine makers, distros, publishers, poets and creatives than you can shake a stick at! Expect talks, readings, live screen printing and DJ’s on throughout the day!”
STALL HOLDERS TBA – EMAIL nottszinefest@gmail.com TO APPLY.
FREE ENTRY – NO TICKET NEEDED.
Word Play: Zine-Making Workshop
A zine is a noncommercial, often homemade, publication devoted to specialised and often unconventional subject matter.
Come and learn how to make your very own poetry zine with City Arts’ Young Producers. We’ll do some fun, short exercises to help you to generate poems quickly, then use collage to combine image and text into your own mini zine masterpieces!
Material are provided but you are invited to bring along any images or text of your own to work with if you would like.
Open to ages 14+, places are free but limited.
Part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival