Collaborative Zine Workshop
Join artist Naomi Shintani Deibel to draw, collage and write a collaborative zine — all ages and skill levels welcome, materials provided.
Join us at The Luminary on Thursday, October 15th for a collaborative zine workshop led by Naomi Shintani Deibel.
All ages and experience levels are welcome, whether you're a longtime zine fan or can't remember the last time you picked up a pair of scissors!
The workshop will take place from 6:00-8:00pm. At 6:15pm, Naomi will offer a brief introduction before participants begin creating a collaborative zine together.
In this workshop, participants are invited to contribute their own perspectives, experiment with different materials and techniques, and collectively create a zine. There are no fixed rules or boundaries. Through drawing, writing, collage, and other creative approaches, participants will explore the possibilities of zine-making while working both individually and as a group. After the workshop, the artist will copy, bind, and finish a zine made up of all participants' work.
Participants are also welcome to come with their own project in mind and complete a zine to take home that evening.
Refreshments and materials will be provided, but you're welcome to bring your own magazines, books, paper, etc.
ABOUT ZINES
In this workshop, participants explore the zine as a medium for self-empowerment, knowledge exchange, and creative collaboration. Zines are self-published, mostly non-commercial publications that are created, reproduced, and bound in small editions. Rooted in the principles of DIY (Do It Yourself) and DIWO (Do It With Others), they provide a space for independent expression, exchange, and collective creation.
The term "zine" is derived from "fanzine," short for "fan magazine." In the 1970s and 1980s, zines became an important medium of the punk movement. They offered a way to circulate information and ideas independently of established media structures, build networks, and make individual perspectives visible. In the 1990s, the Riot Grrrl movement in particular used zines as a platform for feminist voices and political perspectives.
Because they are simple and inexpensive to produce, zines remain an accessible medium that can exist independently of publishers, galleries, and institutions. Zines have also been widely used by artists as an alternative form of publication and as a kind of mobile exhibition space. They offer possibilities for distributing work, building new networks, and making art accessible to a wider audience.
Free from commercial constraints and editorial expectations, zines can bring together personal, experimental, and political perspectives.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Naomi Shintani Deibel (b. 1994 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a German artist who lives and works in Vienna. She completed her diploma at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and also studied at the Braunschweig University of Art,Joshibi University of Art and Design, and Chelsea College of Arts. Her artistic practice explores feminist perspectives on painting, which she expands through self-written texts, textile sculptures, and collaborative…