Queer Zine Fair: Workshop
May 10 | 5:30 – 7 pm
Laurel Packinghouse
1304 Ellis St, Kelowna
Calling all artists, writers, and creatives!
Learn all about zines–a legendary, underground, DIY art form–at this upcoming workshop!
In anticipation of the Queer Zine Fair on June 3, UBC Okanagan Library has partnered with Kelowna Museums to offer a free zine-making workshop. This workshop will provide a brief history of zines and consider Indigenous Knowledges and copyright in relation to zine making. Supplies will be provided, and attendees will have the time and space to create their own zines. Also, there will be pizza!
Creators are invited to showcase, sell, or trade their zine creations at the Queer Zine Fair on June 3, during Kelowna Pride Week. Register by May 27.
Queer Zine Fair
June 3, 6 – 8 pm
Laurel Packinghouse
1304 Ellis St, Kelowna
Come and check out Kelowna’s first Queer Zine Fair, hosted by Kelowna Museums and the UBC Okanagan Library and taking place during Kelowna Pride Week.
Zines are often hand-made small-batch booklets and have been a powerful underground and DIY force of expression and cultural movement in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community since the ‘70s. Queer zine fairs showcase and celebrate zines created by 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals or focusing on 2SLGBTQIA+ themes. Queer artists, writers, and creatives can sign up for free to exhibit, sell, or trade their zines.
After 8 pm, the fair will be followed by an open mic where attendees and exhibitors are invited to sign up to share spoken word, music, comedy, or read passages from their zines aloud.
No registration is necessary to attend, and attendees are welcome to bring food to the venue. Tables will be set up during the fair and open mic.
Questions? Contact Donna Langille, Community Engagement and Open Education Libarian, at donna.langille@ubc.ca.
Zine creators are invited to showcase, sell, or trade their zine creations at the Queer Zine Fair on June 3, during Kelowna Pride Week. Register by May 27.