Upcoming events at Glasgow Zine Library

We run a programme of free and Pay-What-You-Can events at the Library and online.

See what events we have coming up below.

Filtering by: “Public Arts Programme”
Social Theory and Pop Culture: ‘Trad Wives’, Yesteryear, Married at First Sight and Feminist Backlash
Sept
10

Social Theory and Pop Culture: ‘Trad Wives’, Yesteryear, Married at First Sight and Feminist Backlash

In this instalment of the Zine Library’s ‘Social Theory and Pop Culture’ series, Dr Gemma Flynn will present a talk using Susan Faludi’s landmark text ‘Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women’ (1991) to explain the recent rise of TradWives.

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Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton
Aug
18

Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton

What do we know about our bodies? What can creative practice teach us about disability? How do we take care of ourselves when we share our experiences of disability and ableism? Join Glasgow Zine Library and Ellen Renton for an evening of conversation and readings that will focus on exploring experiences of disability through creative practices and advocacy work.

This event will take place in person. To book an online ticket please click here.

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Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton (ONLINE)
Aug
18

Disability, Creativity, Advocacy: a conversation and reading with Ellen Renton (ONLINE)

ONLINE

What do we know about our bodies? What can creative practice teach us about disability? How do we take care of ourselves when we share our experiences of disability and ableism? Join Glasgow Zine Library and Ellen Renton for an evening of conversation and readings that will focus on exploring experiences of disability through creative practices and advocacy work.

This event will take place online. To book an in person ticket please click here.

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Disabled Makers Zine Commission: Introduction Workshop with River MacAskill
Jul
14

Disabled Makers Zine Commission: Introduction Workshop with River MacAskill

ONLINE

Glasgow Zine Library is currently looking to commission two disabled zine-makers to create one zine each. You can find out more about how to apply to this opportunity here: glasgowzinelibrary.com/resilient-zine-community.

This online workshop is for people interested in applying who may not have experience making zines or filling in applications for creative opportunities.

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Bookmark Etching with Pasta Maker
Dec
11

Bookmark Etching with Pasta Maker

Tired of the festive season blues and endless shopping lists? Step away from consumer madness and into the quirky world of sustainable making! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll be turning the humble pasta maker into your new favourite printmaking tool. Using recycled tetrapak cartons, you’ll design and etch your very own bookmark.

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 Watchdog and the Art of Consumerism - with Jared Schiller and guests Siân Pattenden, Joshua Knowles and Josh Moir
Dec
3

Watchdog and the Art of Consumerism - with Jared Schiller and guests Siân Pattenden, Joshua Knowles and Josh Moir

ONLINE

I'm Not Buying It – the world's only Watchdog fanzine – is a collaborative zine edited by Jared Schiller, exploring consumer culture through art and writing. For this hour Jared will discuss the making of the zine and be joined by three of its contributors: the journalist, artist and musician Siân Pattenden and artists Joshua Knowles and Josh Moir.

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Zine Scavenging
Nov
22

Zine Scavenging

Ever made a zine from an old polaroid camera? How about from a plastic bag? In this hands-on workshop focused on recycling and reusing, you'll learn to see the possibility of how the things you might throw away can be turned into an unusual zine!

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