The Morecambe & Lancaster Zine Library
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A resource for creativity and connection linking Morecambe and Lancaster with its three Ziney hubs at Good Things Studio in Morecambe and The Gregson Community Centre in Lancaster.
We also have a roving Zine Library which is in transit inbetween the Nib Crib and somewhere new!
Read More about the project here... BLOG
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ZINE WORKSHOPS 2023
Sessions are FREE, with materials provided. These sessions have not been specifically designed for children and young people. Everyone is welcome though: ( over 18’s can bring younger folk & under 18’s can bring older folk ).
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Held in accessible venues in a no pressure environment, providing an opportunity for creativity.
A chance to connect with others, discover the possibilities of zine making with collage, drawing, writing. Explore zines in all their diverse forms, find ideas that spark your imagination, have fun doodling & chatting.
ZINES TO PRINT AT HOME... FREE PDF ZINE
SEPTEMBER 2023
Friday 29th 2pm ~ 4.30pm
Zine Making Session
@ Good Things Studio, Morecambe.
Zines of the Sea: A Salty Celebration of Fishy Tales, Sea Mists and What the Sea Gives Us.
Guest Ziner ~ Writer & Maker Sarah Hymas, of Skear Zines, will be here to chat about what the sea means to us, share some unfolding paper magic & her Zine KnowHow.
https://sarahhymas.net/skearzines/
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OCTOBER 2023
Saturday 28th 2pm ~ 4.30pm
Zine Making Session
@ Good Things Studio, Morecambe
ORIGIN STORY ZINES. Guest Ziner ~ Anne Holloway, Poet, Performer & Indie book publisher at Big White Shed, will be here, thinking & chatting about our own origin stories and the defining moments which set you on a current journey. We'll be drawing, writing and collaging to create our own 8 page zine.
https://www.anneholloway.co.uk/
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Wednesday 11th Being Well Day @ The Gregson
Exploring creative approaches to community health.
Charlotte (Morecambe Riso Press) & Vaz (Queer By Gum) will be running the Zine workshop
at 2pm onwards, thinking about health, our own health and community health.
Drawing/ doodling & collaging, catching and archiving ideas and encouraging reflections
on what Health means for us.
There's plenty here from 11.30 - 4pm , addressing health inequalities through
networking, sharing, arts and creativity.
NOVEMBER 2023
Saturday 25th 3pm - 5pm
Riso Prints & Zine Exhibition @ Good Things Studio, Or close by! Morecambe.
Showing all the amazing prints that have been made by our growing community of Riso Printers, alongside the Zines we've all made and aquired in the Morecambe & Lancaster Zine Library.
Plus 1st years birthday celebrations of the Morecambe Community Riso Press!
More info coming soon....
No booking needed
Sunday 12th 2pm ~ 4.30pm
Zine Making Drop~In Session
@ The Gregson Centre, Lancaster.
Zines of Lost & Found Things. Want to make a zine but you're feeling at a Loss?
Then come and make a Zine of Lost & Found Things.
We’ll be using old photos, magazines and books, cut out words and images to
illustrate some of the things that have been lost & found.
Distant memories, ideas, notions & plans. Or maybe lost homes or friends or summers of love?
And their found counterparts. Finding yourself, Finding your way, Finding the words,
Finding your footing, Finding a friend.
Or how about the things that have been lost & found in Lancaster & Morecambe? The Tourist info centre, The art school, The adult education centre? old buildings, pleasure palaces & fairgrounds and those found spaces that have been renewed.
Drop In... Explore the Library...make a Zine or two!
No booking needed
DECEMBER 2023
Sunday 10th 2pm ~ 4.30pm
Zine Making Drop~In Session@ The Gregson Centre, Lancaster.
Watch this space!
No booking needed
