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Zines For Teens (15+)
w/Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler
August 15, 16, 17 & 18, 1-5
Cost $100 (+ MPA membership*)

Zines For Teens takes participants through the full process of zinemaking from start to finish and allows students to share ideas, be creative and leave with a collection of new, handmade zines! This class will take participants through a variety of zine techniques, basic DIY silk screening and bookbinding! 

Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler is a printmaker, writer and zinester princess from Winnipeg. She is the creator of many local zines including Glitter Zine, Trash Divas and 2kdreams. Stephanie is a founding member of Winnipeg’s own feminist arts collective, Sappho Zine Collective, and is excited about encouraging people to make art and share their work.

Registration:

* Course registration requires a valid Martha Street Studio membership: $35 Regular $20 Student / Senior

If a course is cancelled due to insufficient registration, a full refund will be issued.

Registration fees will be refunded upon request (less a 20% administration fee) up to the beginning of the second class.

If you have any questions or wish to register by phone with Visa, Master Card or Amex, please contact the studio at: 204-779-6253 or by email: edu.printmakers@mymts.net

We require a minimum of half the course fee upon registration. You can use a credit card over the phone, mail us a cheque, or pay in person with cash (no Interac).

Due to severe rain the exhibition opening for INKubator @ The Fringe is cancelled.  The exhibition continues Friday, Saturday & Sunday July 26-28th from 12-8pm, so please come see the wonderful work when the weather dries!  Look for us on Albert St. between McDermot and Bannatyne.

24-hr access all July + August for only $125 with a regular membership. Locked storage space included, a $20 cash key deposit is required. Space is limited. Call 204 779 6253 or drop by the studio to reserve a spot with payment.

Agenda available via email on request.

Gay is Good by Homo Riot

Thursday, May 9th, 2013 – 7PM
Presentation by Shawna Dempsey

In honour of Queer Pride, artist and activist Shawna Dempsey will be presenting a lecture on the history of queer activism and graphic production. Posters, leaflets, banners etc. have been a mainstay of myriads of groups trying to get their voices heard; none more so or more effectively than queer based groups such as the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). Please join us for what promises to be an informative and lively presentation.

In 1989, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan started an artistic collaboration that continues to the present. This duo creates performances, videos, films, installations and print projects that have been seen in venues ranging from women's centres in Sri Lanka to the Museum of Modern Art. They are most infamous for We’re Talking Vulva, a performance in which Dempsey dresses as giant female genitalia, and Lesbian National Parks and Services, a multi-media project in which uniformed Rangers work to protect the fragile lesbian ecosystem.

Print, Pride and Propaganda Workshop
Instructor Roy Liang
Saturday, May 11th & Sunday, May 12th. 1- 6 pm $125 (+ Martha Street Studio membership)

MSS is offering a thematic 2 day intensive screen print workshop just in time for Queer Pride. In the workshop you will take your image and/or text ideas and translate them into a printed multiple, whether it’s a 4” x 5” handout or a 13” x 19” poster (or beyond?). No experience necessary. Just bring your Pride on your sleeve and learn how to transform it into multiples for ‘spreading the word’, celebrating your creative spirit or making visible your queer identified perspective. Registration will be restricted to 6 participants on a first come first serve basis, so register early to guarantee your spot.

For the Winnipeg Pride Parade  of 1998 Roy Liang made a poster with a cut out of Rob Halford (Judas Priest) stating “You Got Another Thing Comin’” (it was Rob’s coming out year).  In 2007 Roy took his first screen printing class at Martha Street Studio.  “Both events shaped my life as I realized that I had always been outspoken, but with printed matter.”  Since then Roy has been accused of his own style of brandalism but states: “it’s worth it to make people smile and change the way they look at things.”

Please join us on Friday April 26 for a reception celebrating the work of the most recent graduates of our Inkubator Program!   The reception takes place from 5:00-8:00 with a short magic performance at 6:00.

All the artists will be in attendance.

If you are not able to join us this Friday, the exhibition will continue untll Saturday May 4.

XXX

QUEER ZINES BY ARTISTS

XXX is a newly published series of queer zines by Canadian and international artists. Each issue comes in a limited edition of 100, all printed and hand bound in Canada. Artists include:

Dennis Day, Evergon, Larry Glawson, Dave Grywinski, Denis Lessard, Micah Lexier, Kegan McFadden, Doug Melnyk, Ho Tam, Gene Threndyle, William Yang, Andrew Zealley

XXX WINNIPEG ZINE LAUNCH

FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2013 7-9PM

artists in attendance:

LARRY GLAWSON, DAVE GRYWINSKI, KEGAN MCFADDEN, DOUG MELNYK & HO TAM

for more information on the publications, please visit

xxxzines.com

The exhibition opens with a reception on Thursday April 11, from 5:00-7:00, with most of the young artists in attendance.  All are welcome!  

If you are not able to come out and celebrate with the artists, you can still come and see their work as the exhibition continues in our Project Gallery until Friday April 19.  We are open Monday-Friday, 10:00-5:00.