Barnard Pre-College ProgramDocumenting the Present: the Art of Attention

Professor Sara Marcus

Librarian Jenna FreedmanJune 27, 2012

craft in zines

Choose a zine, report back on one or more of these questions:

● Why did the artist/writer choose this medium? How does its communication style differ from online media?

● How do the visual elements or style support or contradict the text?

● What does the zine reveal--whether directly or indirectly--about its maker's life and the world and times she lives in?

introduction to zines

● Definition● History ● Types

the people's medium

● Who makes zines?● Why do they do it?

library stuff

● Zines website● Using CLIO to find zines● Be our friend on

Facebook, Flickr, LiveJournal, or MySpace. Follow the library on Twitter.

● Contact Jenna Freedman zines@barnard.edu, 212.854.4615, IM: BarnardLibJenna