Zines for Cheap: Art You Can Hold is an online course happening with Workman Arts and East End Arts part of Workman Arts Satellite East Programming. Registration will be open until September 1 2022, at which point accepted registrants will be contacted. Please note there is a limit on participants. 

Dates: Fridays September, 16, 23, 30, & October 7, 14, 21

Time: 6-8 PM

Location: Online, Zoom

Who is this course for:  East End residents; Ages 14-29, activists, community builders, hobbyists or
anyone interested in creating art for themselves or to share with friends, but not in school for art or a professional artist. All indigenous people from Turtle Island welcome.

Instructor: Iz Leitch

Iz Leitch (he/they) is a Queer, Trans, Disabled, South East Asian and White East Ender. Iz was a Peer Educator for the Asian Community Aids Service, where they facilitated several workshops, as well as educating people about Aids and other services in the city of Toronto. Iz loves creating art that speaks to their experiences, including zines such as “I Can’t Love You Anymore”, “The Absolute Destruction of Self” and “Rad Shoe Collection”. He believes every experience, big and small, can be made into art.

@izdoeszines on instagram

Class Description:

For this course, we will cover five different ways of creating zines, a form of Do-It-Yourself at-home publishing. We will look at different ways of creating art that is both meaningful and accessible to people in terms of money, time and effort. We will look at making zines with what we have lying around, what materials can be easily sourced from the dollar store or other available retailers, and work through different tips and tricks to bypass the early disappointments of starting with art without a lot of previous experience. We will draw, doodle, scribble, collage, use stickers and stencils, and plenty of other easily available materials to level the skill barrier to beginning to create art for one’s self and art to share ideas.

*Materials will be provided