Special Events
Zine Night with Sonja Ahlers and Friends
Fri Jun 14, 2024 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Annex Workshop
Sonja Ahlers with installation view of her work, Background Photo: Michael Love
Welcome to Zine Night!
Zine Nights invite adults to gather and explore their creativity by creating and self-publishing a DIY magazine, also known as a zine. This series of programs will include in-gallery activations, musical performances, talks and an exhibition show-and-tell.
The first Zine Night will take place on Friday, June 14 and will feature a Library Talk with historian Jordan Strom, followed by a workshop and show-and-tell presented by Sonja Ahlers and friends.
This series of programs is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines.
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Schedule of Events | June 14, 2024
4–5 PM, In the Gallery Library & Archives
Free and open to the public. Registration is required.
5:30–8:30 PM, In the Annex Workshop
The workshop will begin with a short zine demo by artist Sonja Ahlers and facilitated by the Gallery’s knowledgeable Art Educators. Participants are invited to create a small zine while mingling and listening to music.
All zine-making materials will be provided, along with light refreshments. Each attendee can look forward to walking away with an original creation, as well as three zines.
This making session is free and offered on a drop-in basis. Advanced registration is recommended. Seating is first come, first served.
6:15 PM, 2nd Floor
Join artist Sonja Ahlers for a spotlight tour of the exhibition Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines. She will also discuss her own collection of zines that are on view.
Free for Gallery Members or with admission.
5–8 PM, Gallery Lobby
On Friday evenings between 5 and 8 PM, the Gallery Lobby transforms into a relaxing lounge where members and visitors can enjoy a drink before or after their visit to see the exhibitions.
Ideas and Experiences Members receive one free drink, PLUS a discount on their second. Visitors who have purchased an admission ticket that day will also receive one free drink.
Please note that Access Pass Holders are not eligible to receive a complementary drink.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sonja Ahlers is a visual artist and poet based in Victoria, on the unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) speaking peoples, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. Since the early 90s, Ahlers has worked primarily in book and book-adjacent formats, in a medium that she calls visual poetry. She is the author of Temper, Temper and Fatal Distraction (Insomniac Press, 1998 and 2004), and The Selves (Drawn & Quarterly, 2010), and was a key contributor to Rookie Mag from 2011 to 2015. Swan Song (Conundrum Press, 2021) is Ahlers’s fourth book.