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Zine & Arts Programs

Check out the zine and arts programs that lead up to the final event in 2024, the Reed Zine Fest!

Save the date

REED ZINE FEST is on Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 11am to 4pm at Kaul Auditorium at Reed College (Portland, OR).

Reed Zine Fest is the first zine fest organized by the Reed College Library to celebrate independent publishing, DIY and zine making. This one day festival will feature both local community and Reedie zinesters, zine workshops, and keynote by special guest James Spooner (graphic novel High Desert, Co-founder of Afro-punk Festival).

Applications to table at the Reed Zine Fest will open in February 2024. Follow Reed Zine Library on Instagram @reedzinelibrary for updates!

Zine & Arts Programs

Fall 2023

Crafting Funeral for Flaca: On DIY Publishing & The Power of Your Voice
Thursday, Oct. 5, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. at Psych Auditorium 105

Portland-based Chicana author Emilly Prado delves into the creation process for her award-winning book Funeral for Flaca, which debuted as a handmade chapbook before it was published and expanded by the press, Future Tense Books. She’ll share the various stages of the process including writing, research, revision, and artistic collaborations, as well as the importance of self-advocacy and intersectionality in publishing, particularly for writers of marginalized identities. Plus, hear Emilly give a reading from her book, have some snacks, and get inspired for the upcoming Reed Zine Fest in March 2024! 

Risograph Workshop with Timme Lu (students only & registration-based)
Thursday, November 2, 3 p.m.- 6 p.m. at the Visual Resources Center L42

Learn Risograph printing techniques from Portland-based artist Timme Lu! Lu is a Portland-based book artist, printer, and furniture maker. They will be introducing the basics of the Risograph, a new printing duplicator in the Visual Resources Center that is available to students, and will lead an engaging group activity. Risograph printing experience is not required.

Spring 2024

Afro-Punk Documentary Screening & virtual visit with James Spooner Thursday, February 29, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at PAB Music Room 320

Watch the award-winning documentary Afro-punk about the Black punk experience and history of Afro-Punk in the United States. Virtually meet the Afro-Punk festival co-founder and author James Spooner. Join us for a punk rock and a pizza party after in the PARC!

Risograph Workshop with Timme Lu (students only & registration-based)
Thursday, March 21, 3 p.m.- 6 p.m. at the Visual Resources Center L42

Learn Risograph printing techniques from Portland-based artist Timme Lu! Lu is a Portland-based book artist, printer, and furniture maker. They will be introducing the basics of the Risograph, a new printing duplicator in the Visual Resources Center that is available to students, and will lead an engaging group activity. Risograph printing experience is not required.

Reed Zine Fest with keynote James Spooner
Saturday, March 30, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. at Kaul Auditorium

The fest includes a day with dozens of zine creators, tours, and workshops celebrating self-publishing, self-expression, and DIY culture. Award-winning author James Spooner will be kicking off the event with a keynote about his experience as a Black punk navigating the scene and finding his voice.

Support

This series of zine and arts programs is generously funded by the President’s Office, the Office of the Dean of Faculty, the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Cooley Gallery, the Office of Student Engagement, the Student Life Office, and the Library.

Have you ever wondered how or where you could get help with images on campus?

Wonder not – just head to the Visual Resource Center (VRC). It’s located below the main floor of the Reed Library, in Room 42. Not the IMC or the Language Lab, but an inconspicuous door right next to the seminar room. There you’ll find our team working behind the scenes, scanning and scouring museum collections for the highest-quality images.

You’ve most likely seen these images projected in class or referenced as part of an assigned reading, and we’re the ones responsible for providing them to your professors! Images are regularly added to the Reed Digital Collection (RDC) to support instruction in the art department. And as a student, you can search the collection for images to use when completing your assignments. We can also help you find the best images for presentations, publications, and theses, along with navigating the difficult realm of image citations.

Aside from academic support, we have specialized equipment for assisting with image-based projects. We have the largest scanner on campus (18″ x 24″), a transparency scanner, a photography room for documenting large 2D works, and a computer workstation with the Adobe Creative Cloud applications.

If you’ve asked yourself any of the questions below, then email us today to book an appointment:

  • How can I scan and digitize my film or artwork into a high-resolution image?
  • As a ceramist, can I make high-quality images of my ceramic works for a portfolio?
  • As a film enthusiast, can I convert my beautiful photographs into digital facsimiles?
  • Can I use the large scanner and Photoshop to complete a mixed-media work?
  • Where can I get some free Cheez-Its? That’s right. You read that correctly.

And, if you’re still not sold on the utility of the VRC, you should remember that the VRC is located in Room 42, and, you should also remember that the number 42 is significant in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Now, we aren’t claiming that the VRC has the answer to “the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything,” but we do have a fair number of useful resources that remain available to the Reed community when needing to answer a few, very specific questions that relate to life as a Reedie – the significance of that coincidence is left for you to decide.

Check out the VRC’s history and find a complete list of services and equipment at Reed.edu/VRC.

This blog post was co-written by Visual Resources Assistant and Art History major Andee Gude ’26.

Library Lobby Survey results: “Do you prefer print books or ebooks? If ebooks, which platform?”

This week’s library lobby survey asked the question, “Do you prefer print books or ebooks? If ebooks, which platform?” with options of “Proquest”, “EBSCO”, “Taylor & Francis”, and a “Write in Response” option. Results are in!

  • Proquest: 32 votes
  • EBSCO: 15 votes
  • Taylor & Francis: 6 votes
  • Write in Response: 14 votes

Write in responses skewed towards print books, with 10 total votes, including one print vote stating “Print books 120%.” Other answers were:

-EPUB

-PDF

-Kindle

-Overdrive

  • Total: 67 votes

Library Lobby Surveys happen (almost) every Tuesday. Stop by to cast your vote and get some candy! We love to receive feedback from you all.

Library Lobby Survey results: “What is your preferred way of getting news about Library events and schedules?”

This week’s library lobby survey asked, “What is your preferred way of getting news about Library events and schedules?” with options of “twitter”, “Library homepage”, “Instagram”, “Facebook”, “Library blog”, and a write-in jar for other answers. Results are in!

  • twitter: 7 votes
  • Library homepage: 43
  • Instagram: 31 votes
  • Facebook: 42 votes
  • Library blog: 13 votes
  • Total: 136 votes
  • Write in answers ( a total of 21 votes) included 15 votes for “email/SBinfo” 3 votes for “posters/fliers”, 1 vote for “carrier pigeon”, 1 vote for “Russian bot” and 1 vote for “Walk”.

Library Lobby Surveys happen (almost) every Tuesday. Stop by to cast your vote and get some candy! We love to hear feedback from you all.