Link to Registration: www.aanl.ca/event-registration-1/zine (Goes Live 8pm Wednesday, June 18th)

Bio: Elijah Martel is a multidisciplinary artist and comics illustrator based in St. John’s, NL/Ktaqmkuk. Elijah has taught zine-making in conjunction with organizations such as Eastern Edge, St. Michael's Printshop, Thrive CYN, Quadrangle NL, the Association for New Canadians, and the AC Hunter Public Library. His work has recently been featured at the Labrador Creative Arts Festival, Queering the Arts, Lawnya Vawnya, the Nickel Festival, and The Rooms' summer artist spotlight series.

Workshop description: What’s a zine, and who makes them? Zine (pronounced “zeen,” as in “magazine”) is a broad, inclusive label for any kind of self-published booklet, and zine-making is often considered to fall under the umbrella of book arts. Zines are a great way to share information and stories, comics, poetry, recipes, and more. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn some easy-to-recreate zine structures, along with tips and tricks to inspire your creative zine-making practice.

Materials: Most participants will be using pretty standard supplies! Printer paper, pencils/pens, markers, glue sticks, scissors, magazines for collage, and embroidery floss. Elijah will bring most of that, but folks are also welcome to bring their own materials, particularly if they have things they’d like to collage with, old artwork they’d like to repurpose, or content (poems, recipes, stories) they’d like to translate into a simple book form!

AAC Restrictions: No open food or beverages is allowed in rooms during bookings, beverages in closed tumblers only. At the end of every session all the chairs need to be stacked up and tables against the wall when finishing using the rehearsal spaces. Please wear protective clothes and bring protective material for the tables.