Zinefest is full!
We have sold out of space for the 2010 Twin Cities Zinefest. But don’t lose heart! We may be able to find room for you yet. There’s plenty of time between now and July, so who knows what will happen in the meantime? If you would like to exhibit at the TC Zinefest, but haven’t yet applied, please contact the Coordinator, Sarah Morean, to be placed on the wait list. Email her at zines@zinefest.org.
Chicago Zinefest next month
If you’re in the neighborhood, please drop by the Chicago Zinefest next month! The events are scheduled over two days on March 12-13. This is the fest’s first year. Let’s help Chicago get their show up and running by showing support. More information is available on their website: chicagozinefest.org
now accepting applications
Zinefest is currently accepting exhibitor applications. Go here to reserve your table: http://zinefest.org/application/
Zinefest 2010 : first planning meeting announced
If you want to be involved with this year’s show, or just want to know what’s going on, feel free to attend the first planning meeting on Sunday, January 31, 6-8pm at Gangchen. Gangchen is a restaurant located near the corner of Franklin & Nicollet in south Minneapolis. Here is the address: 1833 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403. From 6-7 you can order 2-4-1 beer and half-priced glasses of house wine. They also have great meals and appetizers. We can chat while we munch.
Topics addressed will include: intended benefits of a one-day show, possible guest speakers, possible after-party bands and locations. Also, check out the new Zinefest site! It was recently re-made and now includes archives pages of each past show. http://zinefest.org/
Photographic Memories of Zinefest 2009
Thank you to everyone who exhibited at this year’s Zinefest, or attended and spent time with us.
Photos of Zinefest 2009 are now up on our flickr account for you to view. If you re-post the photos elsewhere, or print them for any reason, please credit the Zinefest photographer Sarah Jordet for her work. She took almost all the photos you see on our flickr account, and below.
This year, we had Sarah J. photograph everyone at their table on Saturday. Have fun looking through the gallery and finding your favorite zinesters! To get to the largest size of the photo available, you will have to click it (and be transported to a new page) twice. Exhibitors are free to use their own photos for promotional purposes, or however they want.
If you have any photos of Zinefest to share, please add them to our group pool on flickr! LINK
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Zinefest Press
Read all about it! Zinefest blurbs have hit the news.
Madeline Baran for Minnesota Public Radio
Cyrstal Erickson for Twin Cities Daily Planet [correction: Zinefest is July 11 and July 12; the Zinefest after-party is Saturday night at Arise! at 6pm]
Jessica Armbruster for the City Pages [correction: the Zinefest after-party is Saturday night at Arise! at 6pm]
Jay Gabler for Twin Cities Daily Planet
Lacey Prpic Hedtke for the l’etoile blog
Report from Ted Anderson, the Minneapolis Comic Books Examiner
This page will be updated regularly, as future news stories develop.
DIY Night at Cinema & Civics
If you’re free tonight, drop by Cinema & Civics in Stevens Square Park for two free films, one free concert, and two free speeches.
I’ll be there promoting Zinefest this weekend, speaking around 9pm just before Monica Anderson’s documentary film “MPLS Zines” (which is also showing at Zinefest on Saturday at 3pm).
Thanks! Hope to see you there!
Sarah Morean
Independent Variables: Contemporary Zine Publications
In collaboration with the Twin Cities Zinefest, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts is currently hosting a zine show called Independent Variables: Contemporary Zine Publications. The show will run from June 26-September 6, 2009. Have a seat in the Open Book cafe, pull a book off the wall, and read a zine. Go to MCBA’s website for more information about their location and hours: LINK
You can see more images from the show on the Zinefest flickr page: LINK
From the exhibit:
Independent Variables
Contemporary Zine PublicationsZines represent the power afforded self-publishers and demonstrate the liberating effects associated with democratic methods of distribution. Publications from a variety of artists populate this interactive celebration of independent voices.
This exhibition and another on the second floor are presented in conjunction with Minnesota Book Arts’ July 25, 2009 Book Art Biennial, Mature Content: The Artist’s Book as Advocate, a daylong exploration of art’s power as a tool of social change. Visit www.mnbookarts.org for more information.
For more independent thinking, visit Zinefest, the area’s premiere DIY craft, culture and self-publishing event, July 11 and 12, 2009 at Stevens Square Center for the Arts, 1905 3rd Ave. South, Minneapolis. Visit www.zinefest.org for a schedule of events.
We’d Like to Party With You
This year, the Twin Cities Zinefest after-party will be held at Arise! Bookstore on Saturday, July 11, at 6pm. The event is free, and will feature music by Teenage Moods, Bla Bla Blacksheep, Gerald Prokop, and Zombie Season. Wine may be served with a small donation to Arise.
Arise! Bookstore is located at 2441 Lyndale Ave S in Minneapolis.
Thanks to Jon Thompson of Mojo Solo and Presentation Night for designing and illustrating the flier!
Feel free to print and distribute as many Zinefest after-party fliers as you like: afterpartyfliers4up
Fliers For All
Wish you could help promote Zinefest, but you’re too busy to commit to a distribution map? Wish you had a batch of fliers to hand out, wherever you go? Today, your dreams come true.
Click here to print a batch of fliers. Simply open the pdf, print, cut down the middle, and distribute.
Fliers for Zinefest:
zinefest2009flier2u
Fliers for the Zinefest after-party:
afterpartyfliers4up
Thanks for any help!
We Need Help!
Posters and fliers have been printed for the Twin Cities Zinefest. Would you like to help with distribution?
Go here for more information: VOLUNTEER
Illustration courtesy of Tom Kaczynski
Design courtesy of Will Dinski
Screen-printing courtesy of Synthetic Sunshine
Event: Scheduled
The event schedule for the Twin Cities Zinefest has been finalized. You may now begin to prioritize your time.
Go here to view the complete listing: EVENT SCHEDULE
Become Our Fan on Facebook
It’s true. The Twin Cities Zinefest now has a page on facebook. Check out our upcoming event, and confirm your attendance, or visit our page and become a fan.
Zinefest is Full!
This is a very exciting year for Zinefest! Right now, we’ve got a wonderful roster of enthusiastic exhibitors, as well as documentaries, readings, presentations and programs in store for everyone to enjoy at the fest.
Within two months of accepting applications though, I’m afraid we have to stop. We’ve reached a point where future exhibitors must be placed on a wait list.
If you’re not a confirmed exhibitor right now, and you want to be, I encourage you to get on this wait list! For more information, go here: http://zinefest.org/?page_id=230
Upcoming Zinefest Planning Meeting 4/19/09
A Twin Cities Zinefest planning meeting has been scheduled for this Sunday, April 19. We will meet at 6pm at Gangchen (1833 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55403). The food is great, and you can order 2-4-1 beers and half-priced glasses of house wine until 7pm.
On the agenda:
Special Guests
- Joe Biel – workshop and possible documentary
- Presentation Day confirmed + zine
Advertising possibilities
Partnership options
- The Source Comics and Games
Discussion of a poster and flier delivery route
New logo
Bring your own ideas!
Confirmed Exhibitors
An up-to-date list of exhibitors has been added to the site. You can view the list HERE.
Not on the list? Wish you were? Well, reserve your table today!
IMPORTANT: Once 2/3 of the space is reserved, all subsequent applicants will be put on a wait list. Currently, the fest is 1/2 full.
Upcoming Zinefest Planning Meeting 3/18/09
A Twin Cities Zinefest planning meeting has been scheduled for this Wednesday, March 18. We will meet at 6:30pm at Gangchen (1833 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55403). The food is great, and you can order 2-4-1 beers and half-priced glasses of house wine until 7pm.
On the agenda:
Special guests and programs
Advertising possibilities
Partnership options
Jon Thompson will attend to discuss possibilities for a “show and tell” or “presentation” hour
Discussion of a poster and flier delivery route
DIY night at Cinema and Civics
Bring your own ideas!
Zinefest 2008
Check out this great video all about Zinefest from this last year.