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Discovering our Collections Through Zines

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Past
  • Free
  • Workshop
Someone looking at zines in the Wellcome Collection viewing room.
Workshop in the Viewing Room, Michael Bowles. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join Sauren Blaney from our library team in an interactive workshop designed to help you explore our collections and inspire your own research projects. 

In this hour-long session, you’ll receive a general introduction to zines. You’ll have the chance to read through some of the zines in our collection and take part in a zine-making session.

Zines are DIY publications, often self-published, in which zine makers share their personal experiences of life, health and the human condition.   

This workshop is open to all levels and backgrounds but will be especially suited to those who are new to Wellcome Collection or at the beginning of their research journey.

Dates

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Past

Need to know

Location

We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Waiting list

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call

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About your facilitator

Black and white photograph of the head and shoulders of a young woman with short dark hair and large round glasses. She is looking directly at the viewer.

Sauren Blaney

(she/they)

Sauren is a Library Experience & Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection, freelance curator and lecturer. Her main focuses are zines, creative archiving, and how food can enact decoloniality.