Telling Our Family Stories Through Art - 55+ ZINE Workshop
Thursdays, January 26 - February 23
Participants will share their family stories through Zines that incorporate collage, photography and drawing. (Zines are self-published magazines that are usually reproduced with a photocopier). Contemporary Calgary exhibitions Human Capital and Astral Dance will be used as resources to support generating ideas and approaches to using the materials. This program will be held at Contemporary Calgary, across the street from the Kerby Centre.
For adults age 55+
Facilitated by: Gail Hinchliffe, MFA candidate, UCalgary
Location: Contemporary Calgary
Registration Fee: $60 + tax
Agenda:
January 26: Orientation & Introduction / 2-4 PM
Getting to know each other, an introduction to the project: Zines, and an introduction to the Chitra Ganesh: Astral Dance & Human Capital Exhibitions.
February 2: Collage / 2-4 PM
Participants will create backgrounds for Zine pages, using Chitra Ganesh: Astral Dance as a reference for approaches. In this session, you will plan the composition of your Zine, including photos, drawn elements and text.
Please bring: textured/patterned papers, magazine pics, etc that you might want to use to develop the backgrounds of your Zine’s pages. Instructor will bring additional papers, etc. to supplement materials that participants are able to bring.
February 9: Photography / 2-4 PM
In this session, participants will take photos of original pictures that they would like to use in their zines (e.g. pictures of parents/grandparents, recipes in their original form, artworks in the home, pictures of their childhood home, pictures of their first home in a new country, etc.).
Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to edit these pictures on their phones. Final images will then be submitted to the instructor via email.
February 16: Drawing / 2-4 PM
In this session, participants will add photos from the previous session to their Zine and begin to include drawn elements and text. Upon completion, they will learn how to connect the pages together.
February 23: Exhibition Opening / 2-4 PM
Participants are invited to bring guests to the Exhibition Opening where they can view Zines completed during this workshop.
There will be light refreshments provided by the Kerby Centre café.
This program is part of the YYC/LRT: Community-Based Art as Community Development study. Those attending this event may choose to participate in a study exploring the role of art in community development. This would involve completing a questionnaire and including your art as data in the study. The Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board has approved this study (REB22-1227). For more information please email jreiserm@ucalgary.ca.
Thursdays, Jan 26-Feb 23
2:00-4:00 PM
Registration Fee: $60 + tax
Registration is available via email or over the phone.
Please click the above link for email or call (403)-705-3232 to submit your inquiry to Aditi Sharma.