2nd Saturday Workshop: Design Your Own Zine
November 11 | 11 am - 3 pm
Learn how to make a Zine (or mini book) with a single sheet of folded 11 x 14 inch paper at our A-ma-ZINE! 2nd Saturday Workshop on November 11. Join visiting artist, disabilities advocate, designer, and educator Jennifer White-Johnson as she guides you through using simple materials like colored markers and pencils, magazine cut-outs, glue, and scissors to create your very own Zine. Whether you’re a Zine newbie or a seasoned creator, zines are a great way to express your disability joy through art, poems, writing, and musings.
Art Enables 2nd Saturday Workshops are free, family-friendly, and welcome all ages and art-making abilities. All materials will be provided. Drop by any time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to participate. If you arrive after 2:30 p.m., you may not have enough time to complete this project.
Art Enables is committed to providing access to everyone. If you require accommodation during your visit, please make a note in the RSVP or email us at info@art-enables.org.
This workshop is in collaboration with Mason Exhibitions Arlington’s’ exhibition Disrupt And Resist: A Love Letter To The Disability Community On What Showing Up For Each Other Can Be. The exhibition is on view at Mason Exhibitions Arlington (3601 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA) until November 11, 2023. Gallery Hours are Thursday-Saturday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
About the Instructor
Jen is an Afro-Latina disabled and neurodivergent art activist, designer, and educator whose visual work explores the intersection of content and caregiving with an emphasis on redesigning ableist visual culture. As an artist-educator with Graves disease and ADHD, her heart-centered and electric approach to disability advocacy bolsters these movements. Her photography and design have been featured in The Washington Post, AfroPunk, The Black Experience in Design, Identity Expression and Reflection, and most recently, After Universal Design: The Disability Design Revolution, and is permanently archived at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National African American Museum of History and Culture in DC. Jen has an MFA in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She currently lives in Baltimore with her husband and 10-year-old son.
Art Enables 2nd Saturday Workshop series is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.