Events

So-Cal zinesters converge on the outdoor plaza at The Broad for L.A. Zine Fest, celebrating D.I.Y. ethos and the many facets of independent publishing. Meet the exhibitors as you peruse and purchase their works, which promise to be brimming with everything from politics, personal stories, and photography to fine art, graphic design, and more. Over the course of the two-day festival, attendees may participate in hands-on workshops, sit in on a panel discussion, and visit the museum’s art-filled galleries. L.A. Zine Fest is presented in conjunction with The Broad’s collection exhibition, Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature, and posits zines as a contemporary evolution of Beuys’s “multiples”—artworks he produced in editions often made of unprecious materials and distributed inexpensively from 1965 to 1986. Today, activists, punks, LGBTQ+ folks, poets, and anyone with access to a photocopier, Risograph machine, or home office printer can engage in the democratization and circulation of art with the same spirit.

Stay tuned for a full list of exhibitors closer to the date.

Past events

  • Garbage Zines Workshop at Remainders Creative Reuse

    Monday, May 22nd 10AM-12PM

    787 E Washington Blvd suite 101, Pasadena, CA 91104

    $25

    Ages: 14+

    Join artist Mark Todd, author of “Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine; the Art of making zines and mini comics” and Lili Todd as they take you through all the steps of drawing, printing, and folding to make your very own zine.

  • Zine Party at North Figueroa Bookshop

    Hosted by Nova Community Arts

    Monday, May 22nd 6-8PM

    6040 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90042

    $20

    Design your own zine using drawing, painting, hand-lettering, etc. at one of L.A.‘s coolest independent bookstores! Nova will help you make copies of your zines to create an edition of your very own and you’ll be able to swap with other at the end of the workshop!

  • Zines & Drawing Club at Able ARTS Work

    Friday, May 26th 4-6PM

    3626 CA-1, Long Beach, CA 90804

    Free

    Able ARTS Work opens up their gallery for anyone to work on zines and drawings in a communal environment. They especially encourage any exhibitors to come and work on their zines for this year’s fest!

  • Zine Club at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock

    Friday, May 26th 6-8PM

    2225 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

    $5 donation, however no one will be turned away due to lack of funds

    Join Center for the Arts Eagle Rock for a monthly meeting where we will discuss all things zine, have a co-working space for zine projects, discover new zine making techniques, make zines together in workshops, and cultivate a supportive zine community. Please feel free to bring a zine project you're working on, and/or any zine making supplies you would like to use. They will provide basic zine making supplies (paper, writing and drawing tools, scissors, bone folders) and ideas so no need to worry if you don't have your own!

  • Music Mini Zine Workshop with Blancis the Creative at Midnight Books

    Friday, May 26th 7PM

    7201 Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier, California 90602

    Free

    Learn how to fold, print and create mini zines, brainstorm ideas and take part in making music mini zines!

  • Letterpress Zine Collab at Nova Community Arts

    Saturday, May 27th 10AM-12PM

    3421 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039

    $55

    Guided by Nova Community Arts and Aviatrix Press, participants will typeset a 5x4" page using letterpress type and image blocks that will become a page in our collaborative zine. They will walk you through the printing process from start to finish; helping you arrange your blocks and slot them into the matrix lockup for printing. Participants will work together to pull full sheet prints on our 1927 C&P Proof Press with the help of the workshop facilitators. At the end of the workshop, you will take home several prints of the collaborative zine and an instruction sheet on how to fold them once the ink is dried. This workshop is perfect for experienced and beginner printmakers alike and is a fun, analogue take on zinemaking!

  • Ritual Zine Studio

    Saturday, May 27th 1-4PM

    1200 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90026

    $10

    Join Heavy Manners Library for a freeform zine-making studio with the theme RITUAL!

    In this zine-making studio, attendees will create a zine inspired by the theme of RITUAL. Artists can interpret this theme however they like and are encouraged to bring their own materials if inspired to. Blank zines, collage / drawing materials, and a typewriter will be provided as well as snacks! Jane & Viv will be available to help and give prompts, but please note that our goal is to provide a space for you to create your own zines in a collaborative, low-stress art environment.