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Course Description
A zine (abbr. from fanzine) is typically a very low cost or free self-produced/ DIY publication that also typically has a small distribution (sometimes even less than 100!). Zines have been used throughout its own history within various subcultures and marginalized groups to build community and to share ideas within their communities. Usually taking on the form of some sort of small booklet or pamphlet, zines are accessible vehicles for artistic self-expression as well as to share ideas on politics, identity, and more.
In this 2-day zine workshop we will be introduced to a brief history on the origins of zines before delving into several exercises and prompts for collaboration and creation. We’ll cover multiple methods for making zines alongside each other as artists, and come away from the workshop with multiple zines of our own as well as knowledge of resources to continue onwards with this art form.
Artists in this course will:
Participate in a class size of 12 artists max
Meet for 2 days for three hours in our studio in Chelsea, NYC
Learn about this history of zines and their impact on communities and cultural movements
Learn a variety of zine making techniques
Engage in a variety of exploratory and collaborative exercises
Leave the workshop with multiple zines
Learn about resources to continue the practice beyond the workshop
Ray Hwang
Ray Hwang (b.1992) is an artist from LA, living and working out of Ridgewood, NY. His work consists primarily of acrylic painting and drawing, in which he abstracts and layers imagery from his personal history to explore themes of family, home and inter-cultural contradiction. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2016 and has since exhibited throughout New York City and internationally.
He has been a recipient of the Keyholder Residency at the Lower East Side Printshop (New York, NY), the Plum Lime Residency (Brooklyn, NY), and the Moosey Residency (Norwich, UK). He has shown with Tube Culture Hall (Milan, Italy), LaiSun Keane Gallery (Boston, MA), 81 Leonard Gallery (New York, NY), and at Spring/Break Art Show (New York, NY). He has had solo exhibitions at Latitude Gallery (New York, NY), Tempest (Ridgewood, NY), Moosey Gallery (Norwich, UK) and is currently a member of the gallery and curatorial collective Below Grand on the Lower East Side in NY.