L.A. Zine Fest
Overview
So-Cal zinesters converge on the outdoor plaza at The Broad for L.A. Zine Fest, celebrating D.I.Y. ethos and the many facets of independent publishing. Meet the exhibitors as you peruse and purchase their works, which promise to be brimming with everything from politics, personal stories, and photography to fine art, graphic design, and more. Over the course of the two-day festival, attendees may participate in hands-on workshops, sit in on a panel discussion, and visit the museum’s art-filled galleries. L.A. Zine Fest is presented in conjunction with The Broad’s collection exhibition, Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature, and posits zines as a contemporary evolution of Beuys’s “multiples”—artworks he produced in editions often made of unprecious materials and distributed inexpensively from 1965 to 1986. Today, activists, punks, LGBTQ+ folks, poets, and anyone with access to a photocopier, Risograph machine, or home office printer can engage in the democratization and circulation of art with the same spirit.
Saturday, March 1 (partial exhibitor list)
Adventure Alchemy Zines
Ajuan Mance
Alivia Horsley
annie nishida
arigatos press
Blaft Publications
Cempazuchitl’s Library
Choi & Jen
Darya Farah Foroohar
edlyn capulong
gale.minna of studio damili
G-Heaven
Hello Barkada
Jackie Lee
Janet and Friends
kay liu
Kris Mukai & Arlin Ortiz
Mary Sette
Minnie Lulu Club
Miss Malcriada
Opal Age Tribune
Peelē Doozical
Quietly Jas Hice
Sarah Hawkins
Slant'd
Spirit School Press
Squidny Comics
Three Trick Pony Collective
Troctopus Press
Yina Kim
Sunday, March 2 (partial exhibitor list)
Agony Hour
AMBITIOUS FISH
Black OC Archive
Clap-Clap Woo!
com(press)ed
Cramhole Zines
Despy Boutris
El Martillo Press
Eori Tokunaga
Fan & Daughters
Gilbert Armendariz
Jordan Crane
Kristinie Weenie
Mad Cricket Productions
nana's gathering
Now place 此间
Prism Comics
Rachel Dukes
RISO Studio Arts
Sam Grinberg
Sarina Claire SPEW Zine
springtangerines, xiaotuamu
Stacy Elaine Dacheux
The Ana
Photo courtesy of L.A. Zine Fest
L.A. Zine Fest is free, as always. Sign up for The Broad's email newsletter to receive news when tickets are released.
Space is limited for L.A. Zine Fest workshops and panel discussions are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets to this event do not include access to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013), and must be booked separately. For information on our current health and safety policies, visit Know Before You Go & FAQ. Visitor policies are subject to change.
Public Transportation: The closest Metro Connector stop is located at the Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station—cross the bridge over Hope St. for direct access to the museum through the East West Bank Plaza. The closest Metro bus stations are 1st & Grand and Grand/3rd. Metro Red Line stop closest to The Broad is the Civic Center/Grand Park Station.
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The L.A. Zine Fest
L.A. Zine Fest (L.A.Z.F.) is, at its core, an opportunity for So-Cal zinesters—makers of self-published magazines—to come together en masse to meet and exchange ideas with people from all over the country. The Fest itself is an annual event organized by a collective of zine enthusiasts dedicated to promoting zine culture as a means to connect communities in Los Angeles and beyond. Its focus is to showcase zines, D.I.Y. print culture and independent publishing. The fest has featured hundreds of marginalized creatives and also showcases hands-on workshops and creative panel discussions throughout the festival day.
Photo courtesy of L.A. Zine Fest
