Published April 21. 2026 04:18PM<\/p>\n
Around 15 attendees were treated to a brief introduction to the history of zines and their role in activism and advocacy at the March 24 Connect & Create workshop hosted at the Lehigh University Art Galleries Lower Gallery in Lehigh University\u2019s Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
While guest artist Emma Ryan was unable to attend due to illness, LUAG Coordinator of Museum Experience & Accessibility Elise Schaffer stepped up to mentor the event. The zine artist and enthusiast led the hands-on zine-making workshop while explaining how these DIY booklets have been used to share stories, spread ideas, and build community.<\/p>\n
She demonstrated how an 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheet of paper can be folded multiple times and cut with scissors to create an 8-page mini magazine.<\/p>\n
This program was offered in partnership with Lehigh Valley Zine Exchange (LVZE).<\/p>\n
This event is one of Connect & Create free workshops that offer a brief exploration and creative conversation around a work of art from the LUAG collection, followed by a hands-on activity and\/or creative response led by a local teaching artist or student educator.<\/p>\n
Schaffer assured participants that Ryan, the artist behind \u201cLUAG\u2019s Little Zine Libraries\u201d installed throughout the campus galleries, will lead a future zine event at the university.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the next Connect & Create: \u201cMeditative Stitching\u201d workshop, led by Lehigh University Art Galleries teaching artist Rebecca Kelly is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. May 7. Registration required.<\/p>\n
Information: 610-758-3615, luag.lehigh.edu<\/p>\n
Press photo by Ed CourrierAt right, LUAG Coordinator of Museum Experience & Accessibility Elise Schaffer led a March 24 zine workshop in the Lower Gallery in the Zoellner Arts Center. Some of the 15 participants are at left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published April 21. 2026 04:18PM Around 15 attendees were treated to a brief introduction to the history of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-172144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}