Art of Resistance: Community Building and Self Preservation through Zine Making

This class explores the history, practice, and technique of creating fanzines as a device for protest or community building. Discussions, projects, and readings focus on the history of self-publishing for the preservation of minority and marginalized interests. This course will familiarize students with various techniques for using appropriated and original imagery by way of printmaking, photography, design, and illustration. In addition to engaging with imagery, students will learn effective ways to design using text and typography to support their message. Students will create a small number of zines, each focused on a particular discipline but using the content of their choice. Students will also have the opportunity to hear from guest speakers involved in zine-making and view zine collections from the San Francisco Library and Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as the personal collection of the instructor.