Drop-in Zine Workshop with Grrrl Zine Fair

Join Lu Williams at TOMA Project Space for a zine making workshop to celebrate Southend Pride.

This is a free event. No ticket required – just come along anytime from 1-3pm!

Lu Williams will be hosting a special zine making workshop during the Southend Pride march to coincide with the exhibition Southend’s Twilight Worlds. Participants will be encouraged to use the exhibition as inspiration for their zine.

Zine making is a versatile process that can pull together ideas, encourage collaboration, function as a method of self care and act as a vehicle for accessibility.

Materials are provided during the workshop, however it is possible for participants to work with their own materials if they wish to bring them, such as their own artwork or writing.

TOMA Project Space, Unit 13, Royals Shopping Centre, High St, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1DG

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Lu Williams is an artist living and working in Southend. They use research and community engagement to produce zines, print, sculpture, drawing, writing, events and workshops. Lu is interested in social history, accessibility, labour, DIY culture, protest and explores this through a personal experience of queerness and working-class culture.

They founded Grrrl Zine Fair in 2015 which platforms womxn, trans and non-binary artists and zine makers through workshops, events, Grrrl Zine Library, based at The Old Waterworks, Southend and Grrrl In print Zine. In 2021 they Co-founded Dog Ear, a place for sculptural dog toys and artist publishing.