A selection of works from the ORG collection will act as inspiration for graphic drawing workshops during the school holidays.
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Part exhibition, part publication, and also a creative space, ‘Zine There Done That’ is a hands-on collaboration between, local young people and the artist Sonny Day.
In a series of gallery-based workshops Sonny will introduce students to the self-expressive world of zines. Using examples of zines from around the world and works from the gallery collection as visual inspiration, students will embark on their own drawing-focused project using simple graphic materials to respond to the works around them.
Completed drawings will be enlarged and installed in the gallery alongside the works that inspired them. Sonny will also use the drawings to compile collaborative, limited-edition zines that will be made available for visitors to the gallery.
Zines—short for fanzines or magazines—are self-published DIY publications, usually handmade and reproduced in limited editions. They come in a variety of formats and a cover a broad range of topics, including art, poetry, writing and special interest (fanzines).
Zines came about during the 1960s, when writers and artists decided to bypass publishers and other newly established commercial printing barriers and communicate directly with their audiences through self-published pamphlets and flyers. The medium boomed in the 1980s with the rise of cheap and easy methods of reproduction like photocopiers, computers, scanners and printers. The popularity of zines continues today with worldwide distribution opening up through international online zine distributors. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is in its 10th year of making, swapping and selling zines at one of its most well-loved events—the annual MCA Zine Fair—with more than 100 creators of zines, small press and comics set to come together from across the country again this May.
‘Zine There Done That’ workshops are suitable for young people 10+ and continue next Monday and Tuesday, 23-24 April from 10am till 1pm. A making space where visitors can contribute to the project through their own creative responses will continue in the gallery from April 30 until the show closes on June 10.
Call the gallery or visit the ‘What’s On’ page on our website for more information on school holiday workshop or drop in and say hello. Please note that the gallery (and library) will be closed this Sunday due to work by Essential Energy on nearby power lines. We’ll be back and open as usual from 10am to 4pm Monday. Admission is always free.