Monuments We Need: A Creative Zine-Making workshop
Free (Registration Required)
In this free, hands-on zine workshop, participants will use writing, drawing, and collage to creatively explore what they would like to see celebrated and remembered in Portland. Comics journalist and zine-maker Shay Mirk will lead this playful 90-minute workshop reflecting on Portland’s existing monuments and will lead the group through prompts to collaborate on a zine imagining monuments they think should exist. Every participant will take home a zine at the end. All supplies are provided and previous zine-making experience is not required, just bring an interest in history and enthusiasm for creating something new. All ages.
Monuments Zine-Making Workshop
This workshop is free but space is limited! If you register but are then unable to attend, we kindly ask you to cancel your RSVP.
Shay Mirk
Shay Mirk (they/she) is a Portland-based graphic journalist, editor, and teacher. For six years, Shay was a contributing editor at comics publication The Nib, where projects they worked on won both Eisner and Ignatz awards. Previously, they worked at the Center for Investigative Reporting, Bitch magazine, and Portland Mercury. They are the author of several books, including Guantanamo Voices, an illustrated oral history of Guantanamo Bay prison. They are also zine-maker and cartoonists whose comics have been featured in The New Yorker, NPR, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. They are the publisher of nonfiction comics press Crucial Comix, where they teach classes on creating your own comics.
