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  1. 9/29 D-I-Y Zine Basics

    D-I-Y Zine Basics

    Thursday, September 29th, 2022

    12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

    Storrs Campus
    via Zoom

    D-I-Y Zine Basics
    Zines are DIY publications that have served as modes of expression as well as communication for underrepresented subcultures and social movements, including punk. They are analog and use a collage aesthetic to combine image and text in visually engaging ways.
    In this virtual workshop, learn about DIY publications with Archivist Graham Stinnett and Metadata Librarian Rhonda Kauffman to get started making your own zines.
    Held in conjunction with the exhibitions, Days and Nights of Print and Punk at UConn Archives’ Schimmelpfeng Gallery and Wild Youth: Punk and New Wave from the 1970s and 1980s at the William Benton Museum of Art.

    Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
    https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpduCprz8pGtHUMziOpZ7V8gkvK6evYuix

    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

    Suggested materials list:
    • 1 sheet of letter sized paper
    • Magazines, newspapers, stickers to collage with, preferably images with high contrast.
    • Glue stick or tape
    • Sharpie fine and ultra fine permanent markers
    • 1-inch and ¾ inch alphabet stickers in various colors
    • Patterned Washi tape

    Level Up materials list:
    • Label maker
    • Plastic bone folder
    • Alphabet stamps w/ink pad
    • Long arm stapler
    • Typewriter
    • Photocopier

    Speaker bios: Graham Stinnett is an Archivist overseeing the Human Rights and Alternative Press Collections at the UConn Library, Archives & Special Collections. He holds an M.A. in Archival Studies from the University of Winnipeg/University of Manitoba and a B.A. in History from the University of Manitoba. His work focuses on the archivist as activist and expanding access to archives for a diverse audience. He is the host of d’Archive, an archives radio show and podcast, as well as Curator of the traveling punk rock archives exhibition, Live at The Anthrax: Connecticut’s Hardcore History. Graham currently teaches undergraduate courses on archives, memory and popular culture.

    Rhonda Kauffman is a Metadata Management Librarian, who manages metadata necessary for the discovery, access, and stewardship of UConn Library collections. Previously, she worked as metadata librarian at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and metadata/catalog librarian at Lehigh University. She is also an adjunct professor at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she teaches a course in library technical services. Rhonda holds a Master of Science in Library and Information Science (MSLIS) from Long Island University’s Palmer School of Information Science. She received her bachelor of arts in psychology from UConn, and is very happy to return to her alma mater as a member of the library. Her research interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion in library collections and technical services; and zine librarianship.

    Contact Information: benton@uconn.edu

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