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Frankie Welch's Americana: Fashion, Scarves, and Politics: Franke Welch Zine React

About Franke Welch Zine React

Hands-on zine-making area where participants will create pieces that address the timely, social justice elements of the exhibition while enjoying the view of the Frankie Welch exhibition.

The library will provide construction materials including pre-cut papers, markers, colored pencils, stamps, weeded illustrated books and magazines for collaging, glue, and scissors. Templates will be provided. After the program, the individual zines will be compiled into a single work, digitized, and placed in Digital Commons. 

Hubert H. Humphrey scarf, silk, 1968

Frankie Welch Textile Collection, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries

The word “zine” is a shortened form of the term fanzine, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Fanzines emerged as early as the 1930s among fans of science fiction. Zines also have roots in the informal, underground publications that focused on social and political activism in the ’60s.

Still Unsure?

Check out this Beginners Guide to Creating Zines for inspiration and confidence building! 

Additional Resources

Find more resources in the GIL-Universal Catalog