Make A Zine With Your Ex: A Breakup Zine Workshop with CCS Fellow Arantza Peña Popo
May 2 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
We’ve all been through a breakup…but have you ever made a zine about it? This workshop is a brief survey of zines and art books that explore the inevitable phenomenon of the breakup. Not only do we explore zines that ruminate on heartbreak and ruptures–we’re also gonna make some zines of our own! Through this tender collaborative spirit, we’re going to find the ways we can find catharsis in conceptualizing our heartbreak!
This workshop will take place in-person at JAM. Bring a sketchbook and your favorite drawing tool(s). We will also provide paper and mark-making tools for the creation of zines. Inviting your ex is encouraged, but not required, for participation! Feel free to come alone or with friends <3
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This workshop was developed & written by Arantza Peña Popo & Anthi Sklavenitis.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Arantza Peña Popo (they/she) is currently a Fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies. She is an Igntaz-Award nominated cartoonist, illustrator and zinester who grew up in Atlanta Georgia. She’s also made several editorial illustrations for publications like the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and had a short but wonderful stint as a New Yorker cartoonist. She’s been invited to show her work at multiple art book and comics fairs around the world in Berlin, Los Angeles, and Montreal. Her vibrant comics focus on queerness, isolation, mental instability and hazy boundaries of the inbetween.
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