Collage Zine With Youth Activity Plan

Supplies

Magazines (source magazines where youth will find themselves represented in the images and stories), scissors, glue, cardstock paper, pens or pencils, technology to scan collages (scanner, scanner app on a smartphone), optional: example zines, polaroid camera

Introduction

Go around the room and have everyone introduce themselves

Optional Artistic Warm Up

Give everyone a piece of paper and have them fold it three times

On the first third draw eyes

Pass the paper on to the next person

On the second section of the paper draw a nose

Pass the paper on to the next person

On the final section of paper draw a mouth

Have everyone unfold their papers and see the creations

Introduce Activity

Collaging is the process of bringing together different images and words In this process, there is a chance to express and uncover ideas and thoughts that can be hard to express through words

Zines are part of a long tradition of marginalized communities reclaiming and sharing their stories and narratives outside of mainstream media

If you have example zines pass them around so all the youth can see what different zines might look like