The Art of Zine Making with Caesar Morales

Saturdays, February 3 & 10, 2024, 10am-12pm CST, in-person at Gemini Ink
Instructor: Caesar Morales
Nonmember: $100;  Member: $85; Student $75.

*EARN CPE’S

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. 

Want to get your work out there but don’t want to wait for traditional publication? A zine is a quick, easy way to distribute your writing in a format that’s one of a kind and easily digestible. These small independent publications are usually handmade and combine a collection of photos, text, illustrations, poems, etc., around a common theme. Because there is no definitive structure or layout for a zine, this allows for highly creative book-making that can turn the publication itself into a work of art. 

In this two-session workshop, we will use short writing prompts to generate new work around specific themes, add visual elements through photos and drawings, receive feedback, and complete a mini-zine. We will also learn how best to distribute hard copy or digital zines.

Basic supplies, including construction paper, writing utensils, scissors, glue, and collage materials will be provided. Students are encouraged to bring in their own clip art, magazines, or photos that fit on 5.5” x  8.5” paper. 

This course is open to writers of all genres and skill level, 18+. 

Students will leave with the following: 

• • New creative writing pieces
  • One handmade mini-zine
  • Instructions on how to make more zines independently
  • Ideas on how to distribute zines

Learn more about Caesar at his Writer’s Desk Q&A.

Caesar Morales has an MA in Playwriting and Screenwriting from City University of London in the UK. Prior to that, he obtained a BSc from the University of Greenwich, also in the UK. His photo essays have been published in Private Photo Review, and he will have an original short story published in the upcoming anthology, The 42 Anthology, featuring 42 stories from 42 different writers, each writing in 42 different genres/categories. Caesar’s story “The Outlaw Gerald Dorris” will be published in the Western category. He’s also taught podcast production, photography, filmmaking, zine publishing and screenwriting at Wac Arts College in London, UK and at the Institute for the Urban Arts in New York City. He’s also had two feature-length screenplays workshopped at the London Screenwriter’s Festival.

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