Zine-Making Workshop

Carlos Ferguson ’92 and Kate In ’13 of Tiny Circus will conduct a collaborative zine-making workshop Sept. 14-16. An abbreviation of fanzine, or magazine, a zine is a small circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images.

Tiny Circus is a community-based organization that uses many forms of media to create zines that tell stories that are meaningful and engaging for audiences. These media include stop-motion animation, documentary audio and video, and social interaction to explore complex issues.

Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, the "Collaborative Zine-Making Workshop: Practicing Consensus and Communication" is free and open to the public.

Participants will experience all parts of the creative process and build a wide range of skills, including camera and sound production in animation workshops, as well as collaboration in brainstorming, communicating, and creating together.

Schedule of Events

The entire workshop will be held in Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101.

7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14

Brainstorming session about the topic for the zine

11 am. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15

Hands-on zine-making session
Individuals may stop by and work for a few minutes or a few hours.

7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16

Ferguson and In will give a presentation and host the first screening of the zine.

About the Hosts

Ferguson has worked with Tiny Circus for seven years, creating stop-motion animations with community members around the country. After receiving a B.A. in art from Grinnell, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. He has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He spends several months in Grinnell and in New Orleans between Tiny Circus tours.

In has been part of Tiny Circus since 2012 and has completed four tours as a full-time collaborator. She majored in sociology and had a Mellon Mays undergraduate fellowship. In addition to facilitating workshops on collaboration and animation with Tiny Circus, she composes and performs instrumental and vocal music and does freelance videography.