2008 Madison Zine Fest

Saturday, October 18, 2008 | 12-6 PM

Majestic Theatre
(Located in Downtown Madison, 1 block from the Capitol Square)
115 King Street
Madison, WI 53703

Free and open to the public

Schedule

Zine Fair | 12 to 6PM

Zine makers and distributors from Wisconsin, the Midwest, and beyond display, trade, and sell their work at this day-long zine fair. Bring your zines to trade and some cash to purchase some of the best zines from the region and nation.

Co-op Style Distribution with Your Friends Workshop | 1 PM
In recent years, periodical distributors who have been using the same model for years have shriveled up and gone bankrupt, killing dozens of publications. Book distributors are virtually now all owned by Perseus and run under one corporate umbrella. This workshop will teach you how to setup your own co-op distribution model with similarly-minded publications to fill this niche. Skills and techniques apply to smallest scale publications. D-I-Y!

Zines as Educational Tools for and With Prisoners Workshop | 3 PM
Anthony Rayson, who runs the South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, will examine why the educational system has failed so many young people who drop out of school at high rates and often end up in prison. Enter the in-your-face reality check zines written by and for prisoners. Anthony will explain why zines are capable of capturing the attention of such "lost" people, give some examples and demonstrate why the well-written explosive tracts of today are essential in developing a real and grounded culture of resistance. Anthony considers himself a free school anarchist educator who uses the medium of cut and paste zines exclusively. He also has been heavily involved in local and national grassroots organizing. Members from the Wisconsin Books to Prisoners Project will help facilitate the workshop.

Art As Activism Workshop | 4 PM
Susan Simensky Bietila’s presentation "Art As Activism" is autobiographical - 40 years of making art for alternative press against the Vietnam War and 2nd Wave Feminism in the late 1960s, Street Theatre against US wars in Central America in the 1980s, and art made for the movement against the Crandon mine -- a history of radical activism through art. Media include pen and ink, scratchboard, papier mache, photo collage. She co-curated Drawing Resistance - a d.i.y. Traveling Art Show 2001-2005, and publishes stories in World War 3 - Illustrated magazine. She has lived in Milwaukee for over 20 years. Her work is serious and funny at the same time.

One Page Zines | 5 PM
How do you make a zine by using only one side of a sheet of paper? Come to this talk led by John from The Muse, the News, & the Noose zine to learn how to do so. Stop by with questions, comments, and insights. You may know more than those around you, so come share with us your ideas.

Exhibitor Registration

Showcase your zine, distro, or related project at the fest!

All tablers will receive half of a 6-foot banquet table and will be required to share the table because of space limitations.

Table registration costs $10 (cash or check/money order made out to Michelle Downer), plus one copy of a zine, which will be donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society if your zine was made in or about Wisconsin. Otherwise, it will be donated to another appropriate zine library/collection.

Table set up begins at 11:30AM! The Zine Fest opens at 12PM and closes at 6PM.

Tables book fast and are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Exhibitors

Bitch Magazine & Make/Shift Mag (Portland, OR)
Black Carrot & Gone to the Moon (Chicago, IL)
Bottles on the Sill Lending Library & Distro/The Obsesser (Milwaukee, WI)
Evergreen Sheep Media/Bono/Mad G'raffe (Madison, WI)
The Future Was Better Press (Madison, WI)
Gone to the Moon/Black Carrot (Chicago, IL)
Lazy Panda (Milwaukee, WI)
Loop Distro (Chicago, IL)
Madison Infoshop/WI Books to Prisoners (Madison, WI)
Microcosm Publishing (Bloomington, IN & Portland, OR)
Midwest Zine Collective (Madison, WI)
The Muse, the News, & the Noose (Oak Lawn, IL)
Ontrack Graffiti Art Zine (Blaine, MN)
Polkaostrich = Fun Press (St. Paul, MN)
Prokiev Projects & Publishing (Minneapolis, MN)
The Puny Whipster/Anonymous Artists (Madison, WI)
Queer Zine Archive Project & Mutate (Milwaukee, WI)
Silent Theater Comics (Madison, WI)
South Chicago ABC Zine Distro (Homewood, IL)
Studio Anti Thesis (Madison, WI)
Stu-nami Comics (Milwaukee, WI)
Swimmer's Ear/Moral Fiber/Bowling Stars (Plymouth, MN)
Truck Stop Zine (Madison, WI)
Women in REDzine (Madison, WI)
World War 3 Illustrated (New York City, NY & Milwaukee, WI)

Location & Directions

Majestic Theatre
www.majesticmadison.com
(Located in Downtown Madison, 1 block from the Capitol Square)
115 King Street
Madison, WI 53703

Directions

From I39/90: Take Hwy 12/18 (Madison Beltline) West and exit at John Nolen Drive. Go over the lake and continue on John Nolen drive until it ends and take a left on Wilson Street. Take a soft right onto King Street and the Majestic is on the left by the Capitol.

From I94: Exit Hwy 30 towards Madison and exit at East Washington Avenue (151) towards State Capitol. Make a left onto Butler Street and continue to Wilson. Take a hard right at the light onto King Street and the Majestic is on the left by the Capitol.

Parking Information

http://www.cityofmadison.com/parking/downtownMap.html