Local History Zine Making Workshop with CPL Archives and Special Collections
Join Library of Congress Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li, and CPL archives staff for an exciting zine-making workshop. Learn how you can research your neighborhood by using the special collections at the Chicago Public Library and transform your findings into a zine.
Zines are small handmade art books that can contain words, illustrations or photos. We will experiment with how reproductions of archival materials and zines can document your neighborhood: whether that documentation is of the past, present or the future you want to see.
Vivian Li is a comics artist, zinester, and amateur researcher based in Seattle, WA. She was the 2024 Artist in Residence at the Fremont Bridge in Seattle, where she visited her city archives for the first time. Since then, she has discovered how fun it is to do research through libraries and archives and is currently serving as the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. Her project, Anywhere Adventures , shares local history stories about Seattle, Southeast Wyoming, and Chicago through comics and archival items.
For anyone 6 and up.
How to Attend
Space is limited to 25 participants. Register by 2 p.m. Friday, July 31. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online from kids 0 to 13. A parent or guardian’s email address must be used to register. As a reminder, school email addresses may block external emails such as those from CPL.
Due to space limitations, please include the total number of attendees when you register.
If you can't make this event, check out the ones occurring at Special Collections at Harold Washington or at the Harsh Collection at Woodson Regional.
Accessibility
Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.
Registration: ACTIVE
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Zines are small handmade art books that can contain words, illustrations or photos. We will experiment with how reproductions of archival materials and zines can document your neighborhood: whether that documentation is of the past, present or the future you want to see.
Vivian Li is a comics artist, zinester, and amateur researcher based in Seattle, WA. She was the 2024 Artist in Residence at the Fremont Bridge in Seattle, where she visited her city archives for the first time. Since then, she has discovered how fun it is to do research through libraries and archives and is currently serving as the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. Her project, Anywhere Adventures , shares local history stories about Seattle, Southeast Wyoming, and Chicago through comics and archival items.
For anyone 6 and up.
How to Attend
Space is limited to 25 participants. Register by 2 p.m. Friday, July 31. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online from kids 0 to 13. A parent or guardian’s email address must be used to register. As a reminder, school email addresses may block external emails such as those from CPL.
Due to space limitations, please include the total number of attendees when you register.
If you can't make this event, check out the ones occurring at Special Collections at Harold Washington or at the Harsh Collection at Woodson Regional.
Accessibility
Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.
Registration: ACTIVE
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