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SUMMARY:Zines Now! Workshop: Zines for Change
DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us for an interactive workshop for Zines Now!\, a 
 year-long initiative showcasing the history of zines as an art form\, 
 highlighting future possibilities for the making and distribution of 
 zines\, and facilitating the expression of students’ and community 
 members' passions and priorities now. Zines Now! is generously supported by 
 the UVA Arts Council. This workshop\, Zines for Change\, is presented in 
 partnership with the UVA Center for Health Humanities and Ethics by 
 FusionLab Arts Research Fellow\, Jess Walters.\n\n\nCan expressing and 
 exchanging our experiences through zines provoke changes in perception\, 
 convention\, or policy?\n\nA zine is a self-published\, handmade\, or small 
 press booklet that is distributed for the purpose of sharing ideas\, 
 experiences\, and perspectives\, often of historically marginalized or 
 underrepresented subcultures. In analyzing and discussing examples of zines 
 depicting experiences around disability and other contemporary social 
 justice movements\, the “Zines for Change” workshop explores the 
 innumerable ways that zines can be used as tools for advocacy.\n\nJess 
 Walters is a disabled\, neurodivergent\, nonbinary person who blends their 
 personal and professional experiences to model inclusive practices\, 
 advocate for systemic interventions\, and inspire social changes around 
 perceptions of disability. In their advocacy work\, Walters has used their 
 zines to visually express the struggle for gender equality\, articulate 
 legislative asks supporting kidney patients for Congressional 
 representatives\, and communicate barriers to access to healthcare for 
 transgender and gender diverse patients for the National Academies of 
 Science Engineering and Medicine.They also lead zine-making workshops to 
 empower others with the skills to make zines as a cathartic creative 
 practice as well as an avenue to connect with others.\n\nFollowing an 
 introduction to zines as advocacy-tools and brief discussion around the 
 variety of approaches and styles from different zine samples\, workshop 
 participants will be prompted to create their own zine that inspires or 
 informs around an idea or cause they are passionate about. Jess will 
 demonstrate how to fold a single sheet of paper into an 8-page mini-zine 
 and materials will be provided* for each person to fill out their zine in 
 response to the prompts. By physically engaging with the phenomenon of 
 making and sharing zines\, participants will experience first-hand the 
 extraordinary potential of zines as catalysts for connection\, social 
 change\, and personal growth.\n\n*All instructions and materials required 
 zine-making will be provided\, including items from Jess’ personal 
 collage library. However\, if participants would like to bring 
 photographs\, books\, magazines\, or other paper materials specific to 
 their interests or passions to collage with\, they are invited and 
 encouraged to do so. ​\n\n\nJess Walters (they/them) is a mixed-media 
 artist\, Board Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA) and independent scholar 
 from Charlottesville\, Virginia. They have a rare genetic disorder that 
 caused late-onset deafness in adolescence and kidney failure as a young 
 adult. In 2018\, Walters received a kidney transplant at UVA Health\, where 
 they currently serve as an inaugural Arts Research Fellow at the Center for 
 Health Humanities and Ethics in the School of Medicine. Their work focuses 
 on the intersections of art and health and they strategize to improve 
 accessibility accommodations in creative and cultural arts spaces to 
 cultivate inclusive opportunities for community engagement.\n\nWalters has 
 been advocating for health equity and access to care for more than 12 
 years\, serving on panels\, giving talks\, leading workshops\, and offering 
 their perspective on how to improve quality of life for patients and their 
 families. They serve on the Rare Disease Advisory Panel for the Patient 
 Centered Outcomes Research Institute and regularly participate in kidney 
 patient summits with the National Kidney Foundation. Walters’ artwork has 
 been featured at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture\, Second Street 
 Gallery\, and New City Arts initiative\, and they are a founding member of 
 Charlottesville ZineFest. \n\nVisit JessWaltersArt.com for more 
 information.\n\nNOTE: Parking in Central Grounds Garage is $1.50 per hour 
 after 5pm. Culbreth Parking Garage is free after 5pm.
LOCATION:Scholars' Lab (Shannon 308)\, Shannon Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Erin Dickey":MAILTO:jpn2ev@virginia.edu
CATEGORIES:Scholars' Lab, Workshop
CONTACT;CN="Erin Dickey":MAILTO:jpn2ev@virginia.edu
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/calendar/events/zinesforchange
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