Community in Print: A Practical Introduction to Zine-Making

*Please note that this event was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November. It will now only be taking place on Saturday 29 November*.

How can we build community through publishing? Join us at Conway Hall for a creative afternoon, getting hands-on and exploring the power of zine-making in telling our own stories on our own terms.

Taking inspiration from Conway Hall’s archive of DIY pamphlets, going back over 200 years of art and activism, this workshop will take you on a journey of the zine as a tool to protest, resist and encourage collective expression – culminating in the creation of your zines in a collaborative curatorial project.

Ioana Simion will provide a zine-making toolkit, featuring materials and take-home guides, share inspiring examples of community-based and activist zines, and lead a curatorial zine-making project on collaborative publishing. Materials will be provided, although you’re welcome to bring your own magazines, stickers, photos and newspapers to use. No previous experience is required to attend these sessions.

This workshop will be an opportunity to explore the ways in which historic archiving can inform personal archiving, where you will be able to access areas of Conway Hall’s rich historic collections not open to the public, with an introduction from Conway Hall’s Programmes Manager Glenys Adelusi.

PROGRAMME:

Saturday 29 November, 12pm – 2pm

• Learn about the history of zines as tools for activism, resistance, and community care, drawing from feminist, queer, punk,and anti-racist publishing traditions.
• Explore how zines intersect with archives, lived experience, and political imagination.
• Be introduced to a practical zine-making toolkit, including folding techniques, collage methods, and layout tips usinganalogue materials.
• Explore models of collective authorship and group zine curation.
• Engage in conversations about distribution, ownership, and care in community publishing.
• Create your own mini zine, and contribute a page to a collaborative group zine

Ioana Simion is a London-based artist, educator, and zine-maker working under the artistic identity of Artizine. Her socially engaged practice explores collective storytelling, alternative publishing, and playful forms of resistance. She runs creative zine-making workshops that use DIY publishing as a tool for expression, community-building, and co-creating inclusive spaces. Ioana first facilitated a zine workshop with Conway Hall in 2022, exploring their pamphlet archive, and is excited to return with this new series.

Age Recommendation:

All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Price:

*A £2 venue levy is applied to each ticket purchased. This levy helps to support us in covering the costs of keeping our grade II listed building running and our doors open.*

Standard £30 • Living Support £20 • Student £25 (+ £2 venue levy)

Access Information

These workshops are in the Library, which is only accessible via stairs.

All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.