Friday August 10th / 7-10pm / Art Metropole

Zine Dream Launch Party at Art Metropole’s new location! With a performance by Fiver & DJ Strong Like.

Saturday August 11 / 12-5pm / XPACE

To kick off a day celebrating DIY practices, XPACE hosts a Zine Making Workshop, Listening Party and Launch for their new Library Project from 12 – 3pm.

XPACE’s Library Project includes THE CURATED LIBRARY- Texts curated bi-monthly to coincide with exhibitions, ZINE LIBRARY- Zines, comics, bookworks, anthologies from local and international artists and the BOOGIE WOOGIE MIX TAPE LIBRARY- Curatorial project by Sarah Butterill devoted to cassette tape music and sounds. Participants borrow a tape (each home-made cassette tape has a specific theme) and a walkman of their choice and engage with their surroundings. For more information visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbutterill/sets/72157626276453148/

From 3 – 5pm Zine Dream presents a Panel Discussion featuring artists who are involved in publishing – from DIY self-publishing to running an experimental record label to publishing an internationally distributed art magazine. Moderated by Shannon Gerard, join us in a discussion spanning a variety of approaches and experiences to art publishing featuring:

Jamie Q makes paintings, drawings, prints, zines, sculptures, and other stuff, sometimes solo and sometimes collaboratively. Jamie wrote a thesis about the politics and aesthetics of the do-it-yourself ethic, and the social potential of art objects and DIY distribution strategies.
http://jamieq.net/

Dimitri Karakostas is a nice boy who lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
Blood of the Young Zine has existed formally since 2008 and has released 80+ zines.
Recently exhibited xerox-based work in Athens, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Glasgow, and London. Reproduces with good intentions.
http://bloodoftheyoungzine.com/

Antonio Lennert and Symon Oliver are the current directors of the OCAD U Student Press. The mission of the Press is simple: promote exceptional ideas that emerge within OCAD University while engaging students in the academic community. We are interested in presenting new ideas, whether they take the form of design solutions, artistic interventions, or simple well-framed questions. Most importantly we want students to explore issues they are passionate about.
http://www.ocadustudentpress.com/

Eva Michon is Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Bad Day, an arts and culture biannual magazine based in Toronto and New York. Since 2007, Bad Day has featured dozens of internationally acclaimed artists and successfully hosted art exhibits, live performances and legendary parties as a way of bringing the spirit of the publication to life within the community.
http://baddaymagazine.com/

Jacob Horwood‘s explores art and design through experimental music and textile editions. Artist multiples and LP’s through www.beniffereditions.com/. Handprinted Silk Scarves via www.jacobhorwoodtextileprojects.wordpress.com/ Administrator of Punchclock Printing. Facilitator of screen printed manufacturing through www.privatepressprinting.com/

Sunday August 12th / 12-5pm / The TRANZAC (PWYC)

Zine Dream 5 featuring over 50 exhibitors of self published art books, comics, crafts, music, zines and much more! DJ’s Anna May Henry, Cam Lee and Colin Bergh + performances by Fan Fiction, Tim Gilbert, B’ling B’long and Eucalyptus!

Exhibitors:

Alicia Nauta graduated from OCADU with BFA in Printmaking. She works in a variety of methods, including screen printing, collage, textile printing, installation and book/zine making. She is member of Punchclock, a Toronto print studio. She is currently one of the Programming Co-ordinators at XPACE Cultural Centre.
http://murdertides.blogspot.com

Beniffer Editions
www.beniffereditions.com

Art Metropole is an internationally renowned artist-run centre that promotes and distributes conceptually based art. Art Metropole fosters and facilitates networks of artist-initiated publishing, especially those formats predisposed to sharing and circulation. At Zine Dream, we will be presenting a selection of small press publications by artists.
http://www.artmetropole.com

THE CARL WAGAN BOOKMOBILE is a traveling campervan of cosmic proportions. It is a gallery, printshop, studio, library, reading room, classroom, and community project—all contained within a 1988 VW Westfalia. CARL WAGAN promotes active engagement with book-based cultural activity such as self-publishing, zine-making, screen-printing, and bookbinding. Subtitled “The Spaceship of the Imagination,” CARL is partly a loving homage to the innovation of astronomer Carl Sagan whose passion for dreaming continues to inspire generations of thinkers. CARL WAGAN is an experiment in radical pedagogy—bringing the strategies, materials, ideas and dialogues of independent publishing to a wide variety of audiences.
CARL WAGAN is the project of artist Shannon Gerard and first developed as an extension of her Nano Publishing course at OCAD University.
http://carlwagan.tumblr.com

Colour Code is printing service and publishing platform specializing in the use of a Risograph duplicator and Screenprinting to create artist books, prints and other projects.
http://www.colourcodeprinting.com

Deep Madder Monthly is written as a form of catharsis for Alexander Arvelo McQuaig and Christopher Hubbarde and any other overly sensitive citizens prone to feelings of social desperation and existential dread. It is a journal of alienation meant to serve as a sort of therapist’s couch, summoning conversations of a deeply confessional and introspective nature, the sharing of which we hope will produce a sense of comforting intimacy for readers who can relate.

Dimitri Karakostas is a nice boy who lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
Blood of the Young Zine has existed formally since 2008 and has released 80+ zines.
Recently exhibited xerox-based work in Athens, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Glasgow, and London. Reproduces with good intentions.
http://www.bloodoftheyoungzine.com

EAU CLAIRE is the collaboration work of Lee Mesazaros and Amy Egerdeen. Lee’s illustration and embroidery and Amy’s bookbinding and paper-work combine to create EAU CLAIRE: a collection of handbound leather books with hand-watercoloured old photographs, inspiration zines, hand-embroidered jewels, and curated art-pieces.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/hellofromeauclaire

Eric Kostiuk Williams is a freelance illustrator based in Toronto. Recent clients include Much Music, Sharpie, Xtra! Magazine, and CAMH. Eric recently published his debut autobiographical comic, Hungry Bottom Comics, and is preparing his thesis in OCAD’s Illustration program.
http://www.ericdraws.com

Exploding Motor Car is a film/animation/projection collective working out of an old munitions factory in Toronto. They will be giving free demos of their multi-plane animation system – letting artists do live collage animations using pieces of their zines! Also expect an appearance from their mascot friend Doyyoi…
http://www.explodingmotorcar.com

Fan Fiction plays electronic music and makes buttons.
http://fanfiction.bandcamp.com
http://risingtensions.tumblr.com

Felix Kalmenson is a Toronto based artist who completed his Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Toronto. Felix works in a variety of media including; film, photography, installation, and collage, within public space, as well as, in the gallery setting. His work engages in conversation surrounding publicness, memory, myth and how these are mediated by complex social, economic, and urban landscapes.
http://www.felixkalmenson.com

Fiona Smyth is the editor of The Wilding zine, a collection of drawings and comics.
Fiona created the graphic novel “The Never Weres” and most recently illustrated the Cory Silverberg picture book “What Makes A Baby”.
http://thewilding.blogspot.ca
http://www.what-makes-a-baby.com
http://fiona-smyth.blogspot.ca

Go It Alone (Together) is Emily Davidson and Kaley Kennedy. This zinester duo creates and publishes printed matter in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Emily & Kaley’s common interests include: advocating for feminism and unions, cutting & pasting activities and working on our shit.
http://www.goitalonetogether.ca

Inyrdisk releases the finest in underground and experimental sounds from Toronto, Montreal, and the world. Limited edition vinyl, CD-R’s, minidisks, posters, t-shirts, since 2005.
http://www.inyrdisk.com

Issue Press is a small independent publishing house and Risograph print shop based in Grand Rapids, MI, USA. iP has produced artist-made publications, editions, and various other printed matter since mid-summer 2010.
http://www.issue-press.com

Jamie Q makes paintings, drawings, prints, zines, sculptures, and other stuff, sometimes solo and sometimes collaboratively. Jamie wrote a thesis about the politics and aesthetics of the do-it-yourself ethic, and the social potential of art objects and DIY distribution strategies.
http://www.jamieq.net

Jeannie Phan pays special attention to detail with the craftsmanship of printed matter. With a meticulous attention to detail, her zines explore human physicality torn apart by turbulent otherwordly forces.
http://www.jeanniephan.com

Jesi The Elder is an animator from Toronto who is releasing her first ever comic featuring female detective Vanilla White with special guests Barfy Yellow and Maroon Red. Selling alongside some despicable hand painted T-shirts made from fabric markers and fabric paint.
http://www.jesi.ca

Jesse Jacobs has been drawing comics and self publishing for some time. Recently I have worked with a few small press publishers who have helped me make books. My newest comic is published by Koyama Press and is called By This Shall You Know Him. Last year I put out a comic with AdHouse Books called Even The Giants.
http://www.jessejacobs.ca

Justine Alley Dowsett is the self-published author of four books, including the Crimson Winter trilogy and I’m also the video game producer for First Age Studios. I’ll be bringing paperback novels, bookmarks, and information about the studio and the games we’ve produced for Facebook, Kongregate and Xbox Live.
http://www.firstagestudios.com

Kirsten McCrea and Papirmasse bring a table of affordable art prints and paper ephemera. Kirsten is a Montreal artist recently transplanted to Toronto. Papirmasse is an affordable art subscription that mails a monthly art print (with writing on the back) to people around for just $5 a month.
http://www.papirmasse.com
http://www.hellokirsten.com

The Klondike Drawing Company is a screen-printing studio located in the wilds of the Dawson City industrial subdivision. Aubyn O’Grady and Rian Lougheed-Smith are both graduates of the Yukon School of Visual Arts. They expose their screens using the light of the midnight sun and wash out with water collected in rain barrels.

A lifelong inhabitant of Toronto, Laura Curley walks and walks, sits and draws.
http://www.perpetualstranger.net

Liisa K. Graham has been making zines for 17 years. She works in a library where she rescues discarded books only to destroy them. Her work mainly consists of photomontage, altered book work and chapbooks/zines.
http://g-ram.nomadology.net

Liz Worth is working on Dream Book, a new zine to follow up her three chapbooks, Eleven: Eleven, Manifestations, and Arik’s Dream. She is also the author of two books, Amphetamine Heart and Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond.
http://www.lizworth.com

Marta Ryczko lives and works in Toronto where she produces tiny books, neon screen prints, and letterpressed curse words.
http://www.martaryczko.com

Michael Deforge
http://michaeldeforge.wordpress.com

Offerings is a free monthly show listings paper focussing on Toronto’s anomalous music scene. Along with curated show listings the paper also includes record reviews, interviews with bands & local artists, comics, horoscopes & a bi monthly recipe column. Available around the city at various record stores, coffee shops & other social hubs. We strive to bring together & create a wider awareness of Toronto desperate & diverse avant-garde and underground music scenes.

Paper Pusher is a small-batch publisher and craft print service located in Toronto, Canada. Exploring the future of publishing, we operate our own cottage-industry print production facility. Utilizing a Risograph stencil duplication process, and a careful selection of salvaged and new paper stock, we publish highly considered art & literary books, posters, cards, and other experimental paper-based objects.
http://www.paperpusher.ca

Patrick Kyle is an Artist and Illustrator from Toronto. His Publications include Black Mass, Distance Mover, and the anthology Wowee Zonk.
http://www.patrickkyle.com

Peter Kalyniuk is a multi-media artist from Toronto who has self-publishied many books of comics and drawings since the early nineties and recently started screenprinting. He also composes and records instrumental keyboard music in his spare time.

The Toronto Zine Library is run by a collective of zine readers, zine makers and librarians who are looking to make zines more accessible in Toronto. We believe that zines are still an important medium of communication, and that they should be cherished, protected, and promoted. Our aim to do this through our public collection of zines, conducting related workshops at our physical library and abroad, and by holding events that promote zines as a method of open communication and free expression.
http://www.torontozinelibrary.org

Sabrina Scott is a professional illustrator and amateur herbalist living on the third floor of an old Victorian house in Canada. As a youngster she braved the varied wildernesses of Colorado, Ottawa, California, Montana, and Florida before settling in Toronto as her beloved home. From hanging out in lagoons with herons to having ducks as pets, Sabrina has had many an adventure and loves to explore the wilderness.In her work she explores indigenous spiritualities, magic, ethnobotany, technology, patterns, textures, folklore,fauna, and everything in between. She makes drawings, paintings, woodcuts, books, prints, and goodies for the naturalist in all of us.
http://sabrinascott.ca http://gracefulplace.com

Sarah Creagen and Heidi Cho will be sharing a table and sitting side by side all day. Heidi is a self-taught artist who draws about feelings, gay shame and immigrant guilt. She will be bringing some mini comics, called ‘just enough.’ Sarah is a whiney Cancerian. Her comics are true stories for other mixies, about fam, runner-ups and bugs.

Sarah Pinder‘s first book, Cutting Room, is forthcoming with Coach House Books in Fall 2012. A zine maker of over a decade, her work has been shortlisted for the Expozine Small Press Awards, and sold in Montreal’s Distroboto art vending machines. You can find out what she’s up to next here:
http://bitsofstring.wordpress.com

Sasha Foster is a Toronto based artist who completed her Bachelor of Design in Illustration at the OCADU. Though she is currently working as a display artist creating 3D installations, she continues to explore a variety of mediums including ink, graphite and embroidery creating both illustrative and fine art pieces.
http://www.sashafoster.ca

Static Zine is run by editor Jessica Lewis and managing editors Aviva Cohen and Melody Lamb out of Toronto, Ontario. The DIY magazine is a collective of storytellers from all over the city, whether they are writers, illustrators, photographers and/or musicians who are tasked with taking a different theme into their own context with each issue. The zine is made in a cut-and-paste style, with the contributor getting the option to do the layout for their own page at Static Headquarters, so everyone comes together to work on it. It’s a fun thing to do together and give back to the city.

Susie Zmyslowski is a 5th year OCADU student studying Drawing & Painting and Illustration. I work in digital and traditional media, and am most interested in fashion illustration. I will be bringing prints of various illustrations that I have recently done, as well as handmade jewlery including charm necklaces and earrings. I will also be contributing several zines on the subject of my travels, my most recent one being to Portugal.
http://susiejulia.ca

Tara Bursey is an artist whose work encompasses sculpture, installation, drawing, performance and craft. She also makes zines and does illustration work for her deadbeat musician friends and loved ones. She has previously worked as a member of the City of Craft and Toronto Zine Library collectives.
http://www.tarabursey.com
http://tarabursey.blogspot.com

MORE EXHIBITORS TBA