ZiNetwork Invitation & Bonus Mini-Zine!

Dear TBD ZiNetwork Participants:

Happy Fall, y'all! I'm writing to invite you to join the ZiNetwork, a new regional zine interest group to connect maker-activists in Kentucky and Appalachia! 📓 

ZiNetwork Survey: Zine Interest Group for Kentucky & Appalachia

Dear Regional Zinesters & Other DIYers: 

I am honored to announce the launch of a regional “ZiNetwork” (or zine interest group) to connect maker-activists in Kentucky and Appalachia with support from a 2023 Kentucky Foundation for Women Art Meets Activism Grant and community partner Sarabande Books. This project builds upon existing but geographically dispersed zine producers, activities, and resources to establish formal opportunities for regional feminist zine-related networking, skill-sharing, and artmaking. 

The World is on Fire: Photo/Essay

Dear HumanKind & EarthKin of Appalachia and the World, 

In November 2016, I was conducting part of my dissertation fieldwork and participating as a “formerly young” member of a month-long youth theater lab in Eastern Kentucky. I briefly returned home to vote in the US presidential election, and while driving back into town on election day, I took this photo of burning mountains next to the highway using a low-resolution camera on an old smartphone that my grandmother bought me. My ethnographic research includes interviewing and spending time with youth media makers and arts educators in media education programs and public regional events in Central Appalachia. This research also focuses on intergenerational mentorship relationships and networks that enable and support creative aspirations and livelihoods.