Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go's Blog (6)

I just want to give a big shout out to everyone who participated at the American Library Association Zine Pavilion at this year's annual conference!!! 

Check out some of the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluestocking/sets/72157630307756452/detail/ 

Courtesy Violet Fox from ZAPP

It was a…

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A big props up to everyone who submitted a zine for the exhibit! It was exceptional!!! We had over 200 people attend the opening and multiple people cutting and pasting!!!! People were spread out over the gallery floor. Now that's what I call upping the status quo white wall art world!

Pictures posted on our Profile!

xo
Kim Riot and Mrat
GZAGG

http://nctimes.com/articles/2009/01/29/entertainment/art/z7a03137c01b945c98825754a005cf8ed.txt

An Exhibit & Workshop On Underground Publishing

Curated by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go, this is not just an exhibit, but an active exploration of zine culture and production, including a "Scrap Lounge" in which visitors can create their own zine. Zines are the print media of an "alternative" culture that turns out not to be so alternative after all. Self-published & without censorship, zines are raw culture, not mass media that relies on the… Continue

Another year, another batch of zine work in this small town I call a vacation spot.



There are now 60 zines in the Samuel H. Wentworth Public Library in Sandwich, NH, and you can check them out just like a book!



I'm proud to put them on the cutting edge, but worried that the zines won't be taken seriously (they haven't been so far, even by the librarians, grrr). I posted to the town email list with a big rah-rah description and will hope for the best.



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