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OCZF 2024 Schedule Details

• 11:00 AM - O.C. Zine Fest begins throughout the First Floor of the Library and continues deep into the Multipurpose Room on the Lower Level 👀 And don’t miss the yummy food truck in the Library’s Green Space 🌳 on the first floor, just outside the back door of the 7/8 Place!

• 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Workshops and Panel Discussions, Ground Floor of Library

  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM - “OCZF Community History Celebrating 10 Years” - Storytime Room
    A round-robin style conversation with Benny, Tristan, and Aimee, the co-founders of O. C. Zine Fest! With an intention to take a journey into the past and share OCZF’s community origin stories, current OCZF fans can learn the first-hand account of the community organizers who brought us all together today.

  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM - “Mi Corazon: A Perzine Workshop” - Juvenile Fiction Room
    Guided activity in creating an emotionally expressive per-zine around “el Corazon” or the heart. Adapted from a lesson presented at the Barrio Logan College Institute. Open to zine-makelibros of all levels, even first time zinesters. Facilitated by Renee Roldan of LODO Zine.

  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - “LibroMobile Publications’ Panel” - Storytime Room
    Join us for an engaging discussion with local writers Kunthon “Katon” Meas, Anatalia Vallez, Alexis Jaimes, and Lola Olvera as they delve into the art and process of zine making. This panel will provide insights into their creative journeys and the inspirations behind their work. LibroMobile Publications is excited to announce the release of two new zines: Homies Who Submit Zines and the LibroMobile Monthly Open Mic Community Zine. Panel facilitated by local poet, Kunthon “Katon” Meas and host of LibroMobile Monthy Open Mics.

  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - “Bind Your Zine with Thread!” - Teen Lounge
    Learn how you can bind your zine using a needle and thread! Able ARTS Work’s Teaching Artist, Alyssa Olepau, will get you started on your next pamphlet stitch bound zine!

  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM - “We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We’re Making Zines About it!” - Storytime Area
    Join us as we discuss zines as an expression of queerness, whether that’s how we are inspired or interpret our queerness into the medium, to the inherent queerness of zines itself! Panelists include: jooliefive, Ghost Princess, kkatdawg, ravenbbart, and maybe more! Moderated by CM Newbegin of ciem art studio.

  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM - Letterpress Printed Postcards Workshop - Juvenile Fiction Room
    Aviatrix Press (Madeline and Connie Helland) designed this workshop where participants can make a postcard on a tabletop printing press using antique type! Participants will get a brief overview of letterpress printing and a chance to print a souvenir they can take home.

• 4:00 PM - O.C. Zine Fest 2024 Ends!