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Zine Making Workshop

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About this class

This zine-making workshop introduces participants to the history and purpose of zines, then guides them through creating personal mini-zines and a collaborative group zine. Through folding, collage, illustration, and rapid prompts, participants experiment with visual storytelling and conclude the session by sharing and celebrating their finished zines.

Class Outline

Introduction & Mini Zine Tour

  • Brief introduction to what zines are, including their history, purpose, and examples
  • Share a selection of zines for participants to pass around for inspiration

Individual Zines

Mini Zine Folding & Self Zine

  • Demonstrate how to fold an 8-page mini zine from a single sheet of paper
  • Prompt: “A zine about you” (favorite things, dreams, memories, aesthetics, etc.)
  • Quick share-out at the end (5–10 minutes)

Visual Inspiration & Promot Brainstorm

  • Group brainstorm or moodboard session to generate zine themes or moods participants want to explore
  • Demonstrate experimentation with textures, typography, collage, illustration, scanning, etc.

Collaborative Zine

Speedy Zine Making

  • Each participant receives a random theme or prompt and has 10–15 minutes to create a quick micro-zine or single page

Collaborative Zine Creation

  • Each participant contributes one page to a group zine based on a shared theme (decided together)
  • Provide materials such as magazines, scissors, glue, markers, and printed textures
  • Optional: scan or photocopy pages to create multiple copies of the final zine

Share & Celebrate

Pop-up Zine Fest

  • Display the finished zines on tables
  • Participants circulate, trade copies, and discuss their work

Reflection Circle

  • Group discussion and reflection
  • Takeaway: Participants leave with their own zine and a copy of the collaborative group zine

Materials needed

Please note that VCUarts Qatar reserves the right to cancel any class that does not meet the minimum enrollment requirement. Any fees already paid will be refunded.

Kindly refrain from purchasing materials until you receive final course confirmation from VCUarts Qatar. All required materials will be provided by VCUarts Qatar.

Schedule

Start: Wed 4 Feb, 2025
End: Wed 4 Feb, 2025
Lessons: 1
Days: Monday
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: VCUarts Qatar Campus
Cost: QAR 250

Instructors

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Lucia Pascua

Lucia Pascua is a mixed-media creative based in Doha, Qatar. She holds a degree in Media and Culture from the University of Amsterdam and has been deeply engaged in artistic practice from a young age.

Her work merges her interests in fashion, music, film, and activism with photography, videography, video editing, and graphic design. Through her creative practice, she seeks to explore and highlight the expressive energy that emerges within subcultures and creative communities.. 

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