WORKSHOP: ‘A Crash-Course in Photozines’

Date & Time:
Sunday, November 18th, 10am to 4pm

Location:
Vermont Center for Photography, 49 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT, 05301 (Down the alley next to the transportation center on Flat Street).

Instructor:
Juan Madrid is a photographer and book maker based in the Hudson Valley of NY. He has a BFA in Professional Photographic Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and was the lab manager at the Center for Photography at Woodstock for two and a half years. He has worked as a freelance photographer for clients including VICE, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Society Magazine (France) and has both self published and had his work published in a variety of books and zines.

Course Description:
The best thing about zines is that anyone can make one – it doesn’t matter if you’re a professional artist, a hobbyist, or if you work a 9 to 5 office job, the zine is a truly democratic way of expressing yourself.

This workshop will explore the medium of the photozine, with respect to the history of zines and self publishing. The zine format allows a level of creativity and experimentation that can free up your artistic practice. By utilizing your own photographs and other materials, we will learn the ins and outs of zine making while having fun with this playful medium. Along with discussion about the history of zines and self publishing, each participant will leave with at least one zine of their own creation.

10am  – Introduction, discussion about zines and self publishing, sequencing and design
10:30/11 – Begin to put together own zines
12 – Lunch
1 – Continue working on zines, begin printing
2 – If time allows, begin collaborative class zine
3/3:30 – Share finished zines
4 – End of class

Participants:
Minimum of 6 – Maximum of 8 participants

Materials Students Should Bring:
Paper (if specific type wanted)

Materials Provided at the Workshop:
Paper, waxed thread, quick drying tacky glue or glue stick, bone folders, awl, scissors, book binding needles, long arm stapler..etc

Cost:
$160 for non-members, $140 for VCP members. Online registration below.

Questions?
Email info@vcphoto.org or call 802-251-6051

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