WTS ZINE FEST 2025

We’re excited to have epic zine makers joining us during zine fest next week to share their hot tips, tricks and knowledge.

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WORKSHOPS & BIOS:

ZINE-MAKING 101 with Slumbi @slumbiii
Tuesday 24th June, 6-8pm

Slumbi will present a history of zine cultures and a hands-on how-to zinemaking 101. She's been making zines to inspire love & liberation for thirteen years. Her zines have been distributed in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Aotearoa (NZ), Turtle Island (Nth America), Central & South America, and Europe. Many are archived in the Australian Zine Library & the Australian Queer Archives.

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BANNER PAINTING & OPEN ZINE-MAKING with Saar @saaramptmeijer
Wednesday 25th, 6 - 8pm @ the WTS Gallery

The WTS gallery will open as a drop-in zine-making space and a site for collective banner-making: one of the biggest zines of all. 

It’s a heartbreaking time in the NT, and the police must be held accountable and ultimately abolished. In moments like these, solidarity is vital. One way art can show up politically is by taking to the streets through written and painted messages.

Join and build on a solid community message and art for gatherings and protests to come, or bring your own zine-project to work on alongside other zine makers. Saar will bring materials and a few design ideas for the banner, but ongoing works and new suggestions are all welcome.

WTS will provide paints, banner surfaces, and snacks. All welcome.

FIELD WORKSHOP AT THE DUSTBOWL with Saar
Thursday 26th, 2.45 - 4pm @ the Dustbowl

Field research into the poetry of the Mpartnwe Dustbowl.

A cohort of zine lovers and WTS affiliates will gather at the dustbowl for a good ol’ game of bowl and write, draw, express, imagine a creative response to this iconic space.

Dust bowl haiku:

We wear the same shoes
Dust gathers on empty lanes
Strike! Yours or maybe mine

The works will be gathered together and presented in a mini zine at the zine fair market place on Saturday morning.

WTS offers:

- Materials for drawing, writing, sticking, pasting etc. 
- Edit work for the final zine
- One round of soft drinks and chips

You bring:

- Money for a game of bowl

Email wts@wts.org.au to let us know your attendance so we can book in a bowling lane.


Saar Amptmeijer is an artist and arts worker working across sound, sculpture, installation, curation and writing. Drawn equally to concepts and materials, their practice follows a kind of magpie logic, forever in awe of the shiny wonder world of material and conceptual exploration. They see art as a vehicle of change, connection and beauty as a way to imagine and experience the radical potential of our world.

Originally from the Netherlands, Saar graduated from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht and has exhibited and collaborated at institutions such as the Centraal Museum Utrecht and W139 in Amsterdam and many DIY and non-institutions both in the Netherlands and ‘Australia’. In 2012, they moved to Naarm/Melbourne, and later lived and worked in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, where they supported artists and their making at Bindi and as Director of Watch This Space. They are currently based on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, working from their studio at Fremantle Arts Centre.

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IN UR ELEMENT ZINE WORKSHOP with Stick Mob @stick_mob
Thursday June 26th, 6 - 8pm

At the Stick Mob Studio zine-making workshop, you’ll learn how to turn a script into engaging 4 panel zines. Stick Mob's comic book artists will guide you through visualising your ideas, ensuring your panels clearly convey mood, action with a glimpse into your characters' emotions. By the end of this hands-on session, you'll walk away with a four-page illustrated zine ready to share with your friends.


Based on Arrernte Country, Mparntwe – Alice Springs in Central Australia, Stick Mob are passionate about creating stories and supporting people to tell and illustrate their own stories.

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DM / email wts@wts.org.au to save a spot (especially for the dustbowl workshop) or just drop in!

BYO zines in progress or just yourself and some ideas and energy.

 

Zine Fest

Tuesday 24 June - Friday 27 June

Zine Fair Opening

Friday 27 June 6pm

Zine Fair

Saturday 28 June 10am