Mar 23, 2024: Zine-Making Showcase Celebration
Mar 23, 2024 | Sat | 2:00 - 4:00 PM
ARTogether Center
1200 Harrison St. Oakland, CA 94612
*** Free Admission, Open to Public ***
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Come join us in celebrating the work that our participants have created at our Zine-Making Workshop.
Facilitated by seasoned zine creator and the executive director of San Francisco Zine Fest Anand Vedawala, HOME MADE @ ARTogether hosted an empowering 5-week Zine-Making Workshop in Feb-Mar 2024.
Through collaborative discussions and hands-on activities, participants explored the power of self-expression and community building while learning the beauty and basics of this handcrafted art.
Facilitator:
Anand Vedawala is a queer South Asian immigrant who is also a kindergarten teacher for San Francisco Unified School District and the executive director of San Francisco Zine Fest. His self-published book 100 Years from Now Our Bones will be Different with Lawrence McWilliams received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and his zine Hair was declared Best Zine and Best Perzine by Broken Pencil Zine Awards.
Participants:
David H. García (he/him) is a city planner and educator based in Berkeley. He loves cities and is committed to making them more accessible and equitable. He communicates through words, watercolor and has enjoyed adding zines to his repertoire.
Ipsheeta Furtado serves on the Board of Directors for the Bay Area’s Shotgun Players, writes with PlaygroundSF's Writers Pool, and is part of VONA Foundation, Rooted & Written, and Novalia Collective’s Storytelling alumni. Ipsheeta weaves the supernatural into her writing highlighting counter culture female characters, generational paradigms, and commentary on the technology economy. She is currently training with Empowerhouse Studio and establishing The Network Effects Theater to make passive impossible in the Bay Area. Her published poetry and garment sewing can be found on Instagram @_ipsheeta. Ipsheeta holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics from UC Berkeley and prefers tea over coffee.
Jessica Ke’mani (pronounced Keh-Mani) is an queer Oakland-born poet. Ke’mani is the author of the new poetry chapbook, Power of Our Wombs, released by Nomadic Press Publishing in February of 2023. Ke’mani self identifies as a reunified adoptee, meaning they are back in connection with their birth family. In September of 2023, Ke’mani made their first appearance on Susan Ruth’s ‘Hey Human’ Podcast where a wonderful conversation took place discussing adoption, identity, relinquishment trauma, reunification, and their book POOW. In addition, Ke’mani appeared on ‘Adoptees-on’ podcast with Haley Radke to discuss similar topics and this episode debuted in November. Ke’mani has their AA in liberal art studies, is seeking full time work and is dedicated to raising awareness on the abolition of the US adoption system.
Nishath Azad (she/her) is a Bengali, Muslim creative driven by a deep respect for honest storytelling, unbounded drama, and raw comedy. Her art explores the South Asian and Muslim queer diaspora experience of navigating identities that their parents do not comprehend, while seeking further connection to their ancestors and roots. After years of advocacy work in her home - Queens, NY, Nishath moved to Oakland. Since art is one of the most universal methods of communication, she is ecstatic to explore the zine-making world and how we can stay connected through these beautiful little booklets.
Suzanne Tay-Kelley is a nurse-poet in the Bay Area originally from the Southeast Asian nation-state of Singapore. Previously a newspaper journalist then project manager/consultant, and for the moment nurse practitioner, her artistic themes include the immigrant adventure as well as managing familial dementia. She recently completed her MFA in Poetry from USF and is continuing to explore this fascinating community and its creative scene with this intriguing alien (to me) medium of zines.
Yibing Du (she/they) is a Chinese poet and writer in the Bay Area.
Check out our other gatherings:
with facilitator Anand Vedawala