Zines 101


February 4, 2025, 6:00-8:00pm

Interference Archive, 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Zines 101: Personal Narratives is a hands-on zine and bookmaking workshop for adults & teens at Interference Archive in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

Join us to learn the basics of zine-making, including several paper folding and binding styles during this 2-hour workshop. Artist, Francisco Donoso (he/him/el) will demonstrate the fundamentals of making zines, paper folding, binding styles, mixed-media collage, text, and printing techniques.

Francisco Donoso will show you how to create personalized mixed-media zines incorporating a method from his own practice. Participants should bring several personal items that represent them. This could be family photos, ID cards, keepsakes, documents, or small objects that can be photocopied – anything you consider important to your narrative! These items will be photocopied on-site and used as raw material to creatively re-imagine their personal narratives into zines.

This is a hands-on workshop. We’ll fold paper, cut, bind, stamp, draw, collage, and print. No experience is necessary, but an interest in writing, drawing, or crafting will go a long way. We strongly believe that zines are for everyone interested in making them.

Leave with your very own zine and lots of handouts and resources to help you on your zine-making journey.


Instructor:

Francisco Donoso (he/him/el) is an artist, curator, and educator based in NYC. Originally from Ecuador, he’s been a recipient of DACA since 2013. He creates mixed media works that explore the psychic spaces of migration: the psychological, emotional, spiritual, memory, and unseen terrains.


Questions? Email us at [email protected].

Zines 101 is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the NY City Council.