WEEK 15: ZINES

Good Morning! Today is the last day before our final (aka ZINE FEST).

Today, our main objectives are:
8:30-10 AM:
1) REPORT + DISCUSS ZINE FEST COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES: location? times? poster (get me a file and I can make copies)? poster distribution? facebook event? tables? set-up/take down/decorating committee make plans? additional work time (see note below)*?
2) Basic InDesign Tutorial 
Some Resources: 
Artist Crash Course (this is on an older version of InDesign, but it is SUPER helpful and relevant for you with regards to setting up a document and placing images and in 9 minutes)
Printing Booklets to Printer via youtube (Goes through all printer settings, very helpful.)
Printing Booklets via youtube (Very Thorough. She mostly discusses how to print digitally, but it's a good tutorial, so if you choose to follow this one, you will need to disregard what she's saying about PostScript files and print to a printer on the network, or as a PDF to later send to a printer with duplexing capabilities. Combine this tutorial with the one above to get what you need.)
Tutorials from Adobe (always helpful, endorsed by Adobe)
3) Introduce 3 Basic Bookbinding Techniques: (Saddle stitch, fold, pamphlet stitch)

10AM- 12PM:
1) Visit Light Work to meet artists and ZINE makers Cara Luddy and Trevor Clement
2) Work on and discuss your draft zines, problem solve

Around 12PM:
1) Student Evaluations


See you Next Week at ZINE FEST!



*If anybody needs any help with your ZINES, please be in touch with me sooner than later. I will be in my office at Light Work Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday and I am happy to help you when possible. I am also available to meet you (within reason and with enough notice) to meet with you Fri-Sunday at LW if you need help. If enough of you feel you need support/help putting together or making zines, let's set up an additional work time.  

Week 14 (April 15): Crit Day 2

Today we will complete our crits for the Alter project! If you did not go last week, you will go this week. Your Persona  responses are also due, in hard copy, to me today.

Before we resume crits, we will update each other about ZINE FEST.


Next Week (April 22):
Next Week we will dive into 'ZINES! We will have two visiting artists, Cara Luddy and Trevor Clement, talk to us at Light Work; an introduction to InDesign; an introduction to 'zine history; and hopefully some time to work. Please bring a draft of your 'zine with you to class next week.  Be thoughtful and intentional, but do not overthink this. Your draft should be cut, pasted, and loosely organized; it should begin to communicate your ideas, tastes, and attitude. Use B&W, communicate your ideas as economically as possible.

APRIL 29:
ZINE FEST!!!! This is our last class and your final. Please bring 11 "finished" copies of your zine. You will give one to your instructor, and have the others to trade/sell amongst yourselves. Be prepared to talk briefly and succinctly about your zine.

Week 13: CRIT Day 1

Crit begins TODAY for our Alter projects.
Those that would like to volunteer to go first may, and the rest of the order will be determined by random selection.

Other things to talk about: 'zine fest planning update

WEEK 12: April 1

In class:

'ZINES:

Look at some 'zines and self-published 'zine-inspired books

Talk about April 29 'zine fest planning, make committees

ALTERS:

one-on-one meetings with Jessica

In class work time

optional one-on-one consultations with each other

Discuss Reading

Next Week:

Alter Crits begin! Please be ready to go, and have your work ready to present. Expect 15 minutes total for presentation of work and discussion. If you want more of a guide for time based work, about 5 minutes. If your work needs more time, talk to Jessica.

If you are performing live, either arrange for someone to document the performance OR have a plan for where you want to place a camera on a tripod to record the performance. If you are not performing live as your alter, please upload all work to the server AND send me any links to work located on the internet. Please upload files to server even if it is on the web.