Art Club: reclaim your narrative with Grrrl Zine Fair
Tue 18 Feb 2025, 18:00
- Accessibility
- Hearing loop
- Wheelchair accessible venue
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- Venue
- The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AH
- Price
- £3.50-£7.50
- Event series
- The Age of Mistrust?
Zines have historically provided a unique platform for underrepresented and marginalised voices, especially those overlooked by mainstream media. These self-published, handmade booklets offer the creative freedom and space to express yourself on your own terms and foreground the issues that matter most to you.
Join us for an empowering discussion and zine-making workshop with British Academy funded researcher Dr Mindy Ptolomey and Lu Williams, creator of Grrrl Zine Fair. Discover the rich history of DIY publishing, learn about the important role zines have played within marginalised communities, and start crafting your own narrative.
Please join us at the bar from 18:00. The Grrrl Zine library will be available to browse. The conversation will start at 18:30, and the workshop will begin at 19:15. Participants are welcome to stay at the Academy until 21:00.
Speakers:
Lu Williams
Lu Williams is an artist and the founder of Grrrl Zine Fair, a space for feminist and queer self-publishing and DIY art, music and culture. Inspired by the Riot Grrrl culture of the 1990s, Grrrl Zine Fair aims to bring the voices of girls, women, transgender, non-binary and gender fluid people to the forefront. Grrrl Zine Fair hosts events, workshops, and exhibitions and look after a zine library based in Southend-on-Sea.
Dr Mindy Ptolemy
Mindy Ptolemy is an award-winning researcher and teacher. She is currently an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, where she works on the experiences of marginalised learners and devises devise creative, inclusive, and interdisciplinary approaches to learning. Her research has been funded by the British Academy.
Event ticket prices:
- £7.50, general admission
- £3.50, concessions
The concession rate applies to: unwaged / retired / early-career academics (within three years of completing PhD) / students / disabled. Free entrance is offered to companions or carers of disabled visitors.
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