Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
Location
Every Sunday 3-5pm Starting June 30th
Every Sunday 3-5pm Starting June 30th
“Information Wants to Be Free & So Do We” asks audiences to question the idea that social, emotional, and intellectual control are necessary for public safety, rehabilitation, and justice.
Join us for the second annual Chicago Zine Fest! With two full floors of tablers (featuring 300 zinesters!), a full day of workshops, a DIY Film Festival curated by Eric Ayotte, lectures, and more, there's something for everyone! Make a day of it.
ZINE EXHIBITION, 10am – 5pm
Conaway Center (1st & 8th Floor)
Columbia College
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Visit Chicago Underground Library's Pop Up Library in the exhibition hall!
CUL's Nell Taylor participates in Archiving The Underground: A Conversation on Zines in Academiafacilitated by J Bee & Jami Sailor at 3pm in Workshop Room 1.
Discussion panel on the topic of zines in academia, including the growing legitimization of zines as an object of study as well as access and best practices. Panel members are still TBA but will be comprised of professors, librarians, archivists. Questions will be facilitated but panel will also be open to workshop attendee questions and input.
For a full list of workshops, please go here:
http://chicagozinefest.org/node/55
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is happy to host the second Small Press and Comics Symposium of Chicago!!! Please join us for an evening exploring what it takes to be a Small Press publisher in the windy city, followed by a conversation with an exciting bunch of comics makers and thinkers.
4:30 SMALL PRESS PANEL
Moderator: Sally Alatalo
Panelists:
Zach Dodson, featherproof press
Doug Fogelson, Front 40 Press
Caroline Picard, Green Lantern Press
Fred Sasaki, Poetry Foundation and Printers' Ball
5:30 COMICS PANEL
Moderator: Hillary Chute
Panelists:
Corrine Mucha
Onsmith
Aaron Renier
Chris Ware
6:15 MEET AND GREET
Hang out and draw with cool comics people or chat it up with your favorite small press publishers. There will be delicious treats to accompany the merry making!
For more information:
http://spandcsc.tmblr.com
Rescheduled: February 22 7-9 (6:30 for new volunteers)
Feb. 5, 2011, 621 W. Belmont 1-5
Learn how to catalog or bring other work and enjoy free wi-fi and coffee.
6-10 PM at the CUL
Meet at 6:30 for new volunteers
A collaboration between Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Arts and Chicago Underground Library for Chicago Artists Month