PECKVILLE, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Valley Community Library hosted its monthly Zine Zone on Monday, welcoming teens for an arts program focused on poetry.<\/p>\n
Library staff tied this month\u2019s theme to National Poetry Month, giving participants a free, hands-on way to build zines using provided supplies, including cut-out words and images from magazines and damaged books.<\/p>\n
A zine is a small, do-it-yourself magazine that participants can fold and assemble themselves, an art form that dates back to the early 1900s.<\/p>\n
Fawn Contreras, head of youth services at Valley Community Library, said the program is designed to give teens a low-pressure way to experiment with writing and art while building their own small, handmade magazines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey use pretty much scrap paper, old magazines and old books that have been damaged here. You cut out the words or pictures, and then you can add your own art over the top of that. There\u2019s no pressure that it has to be perfect. Zines are allowed to be super messy and allow kids to create without pressure,\u201d said Contreras.<\/p>\n
Contreras said participants can write several short poems or create one longer piece that stretches across multiple pages, and that Monday\u2019s program was the third Zine Zone the library has held so far, with plans to continue the series through the summer.<\/p>\n
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