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short-form independent arts writing experiment hosted by Ellen Mueller (emphasis on zines, broadly defined)
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Art Sprawl @artsprawl.bsky.social · Aug 29
Hello Readers!
I'm taking a pause for the rest of 2025 to focus on a few new opportunities, including my McKnight Fellowship at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. I plan to return to publishing in 2026, and in the interim, might post some brief posts to Bluesky as I get out to exhibitions.
artsprawl.bsky.social
Stopped by UMN #KatherineNashGallery last weekend for "Vaivén: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora" - excellent! Recommend getting over there. Here's a small selection of the works on view:
#CristinaCórdova #GeoVannaGonzalez #DavidAntonioCruz @naydacl.bsky.social #NaydaCollazoLlorens
ceramic work featuring two joined white faces with black floral hair a grid of maps with partial circular forms in shades of blue a detail of a larger painting featuring a translucent glove with pearls a pink steel seating structure featuring blue plexi panels
October 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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paperammunition.com
A new free mini zine for you! (Wink.) Issue #4 is here! Print some!

PBS.org
InterfaithAlliance.org
ALA.org (American Library Association)
NIMJ.org
CitizensForEthics.org
Revolution2025.info
UnfoldedLabel.com
"How to Report ICE" zines by @meganpiont.bsky.social
A punk song by Screeching Weasel

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(Wink.) - Mini Zine Issue #4 Featuring: PBS.org InterfaithAlliance.org ALA.org (American Library Association) NIMJ.org CitizensForEthics.org Revolution2025.info PaperAmunition.com UnfoldedLabel.com "How to Report ICE" zines A punk song by Screeching Weasel
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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spsnomad.bsky.social
We're currently assembling packets containing a whistle and the instructions (quick blasts for ICE spotted, long for ICE detaining someone.) Here's what we're using. (Thanks to Pilsen Arts & Community House for the flyer design in English and Spanish)
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Resources for Whistle Warriors - Google Drive
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October 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
artsprawl.bsky.social
Stopped by @mnmuseum.bsky.social last weekend for #QueeringIndigeneity #exhibition - excellent show! Here's a few works by #DeliaTouché #AwanigiizhikBruce #RyanYoung @c0lew0rld94.bsky.social
#2Spirit #NativeQueer #GenderExpansive #MinnesotaMuseumOfAmericanArt #Minnesota #Art
Col Redhorse Taylor's narrative textile using traditional methods of appliqueing fabrics and featuring four matriarchal ancestors Awanigiizhik Bruce's mural sized photograph depicting Awanigiizhik creating a ceremony in which the participats are all Awanigiizhik as the one being doctored, the ceremonial niiganii, the oshkawebisag, and the various societal helpers Delia Touché artwork featuring green ribbon streaming from the artwork to the floor, featuring the word vunzév Ryan Young photograph of a person facing the sky with the words "We define our selves" beaded on their back
October 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I have been soooo over-booked lately, but last weekend I squeezed in a visit to @betheluniversity.bsky.social and caught the Faculty show before it closed! There was more, but 4 is what you get on Bluesky!
@amandahamilton.bsky.social #MichelleWestmarkWingard #KennethSteinbach #JeffreyWetzig
Amanda Hamilton's large painting of a black pointed form radiating gray and black marks Michelle Westmark Wingard's cyanotype work with pink sewn line work Kenneth Steinbach's box sculpture with cracked poured plaster, laser cut letters and a photo of a deer Jeffrey Wetzig's Woodblock print of rectangles in coral, blue, and black
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
artsprawl.bsky.social
Quick post of #MikeMarks exhibition at @betheluniversity.bsky.social #JohnsonGallery - was able to chat with Mike - get over there and check it out!
#graphite #drawing
graphite landscape drawing graphite landscape drawing with rain graphite landscape drawing of a tree falling from a beaver graphite landscape drawing - detail
October 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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zineclubchicago.bsky.social
We loved discussing #zines as tools of resistance + community building with @wbez.org's Sasha Ann-Simons and Oscar Arriola of ZINEmercado! ✂️
carceralabolition.bsky.social Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · Oct 1
Fans say handmade paper zines more relevant than ever in an age of digital surveillance

“Zines bring people to the table and they can move people beyond, toward action,” says Cynthia Hanifin, founder of Zine Club Chicago www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...
Fans say handmade paper zines more relevant than ever in an age of digital surveillance
“Zines bring people to the table and they can move people beyond, toward action,” says Cynthia Hanifin, founder of Zine Club Chicago.
www.wbez.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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bluetruthfreedom.bsky.social
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Creative Resisters: Begin Reclaiming the 4th Estate with Zines” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Creative Resisters: Begin Reclaiming the 4th Estate with Zines · Indivisible
Our media has largely been taken over by technocrats like Elon Musk or oligarchs like Rupert Murdoch. Our public channels NPR and PBS are being defunded. And we are seeing voices such as Stephen Colbe...
www.mobilize.us
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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paperammunition.com
This one is for #Oregonians, #Portlanders & @ashely95.bsky.social !
We have free stickers, signs & zines for you! Resistance is as easy as pressing Print!

PaperAmmunition.com - 200+ free protest printables. Why? Because we love ‘we the people’. #nokings #resist
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Sticker on a pole reads: DISOBEY ILLEGAL ORDERS SCAN TO LEARN MORE or visit nimj.org Sign has linear illustrations of army men holding guns down. Below is a silhouette man in blue holding a briefcase his hand out stretched towards a pink tank. It reads: WHOSE STREETS? OUR STREETS! A bunch of cut out stickers that read things like: ILLEGAL ORDERS? YOU'RE JOB IT TO RESIST THEM! A hand holding a folded mini zine full of resistance resources.
October 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
artsprawl.bsky.social
Hello Readers!
I'm taking a pause for the rest of 2025 to focus on a few new opportunities, including my McKnight Fellowship at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. I plan to return to publishing in 2026, and in the interim, might post some brief posts to Bluesky as I get out to exhibitions.
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
artsprawl.bsky.social
Check out this #interview #zine featuring
@amycoart.bsky.social and #MaryBergs talking about their latest work at #ThePhippsCenterForTheArts - free blog post + download, or paid color print: art-sprawl.com/2025/08/08/a...
#Photography #assemblage #collage #ArtSprawl
a cream and blue zine
August 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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jennikosche.de
✨New Zine: How to be a Zinemaker – a (very) serious guide –✨
How to be a Zinemaker – a (very) serious guide – When in doubt: Make more Zines YAY ZINES Q: “Why do you make zines?” A: [gestures vaguely at everything]
August 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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August 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Check out this #interview #zine featuring
#NancyAriza talking about her latest work at #HighpointCenterForPrintmaking - free blog post + download, or paid color print: art-sprawl.com/2025/07/30/a...
#Printmaking #piteado #JeromeFellow
An Interview with Nancy Ariza
July 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
artsprawl.bsky.social
Check out this #interview #zine featuring
#EmmaUlenKlees talking about her latest work at #HighpointCenterForPrintmaking - free blog post + download, or paid color print: art-sprawl.com/2025/07/29/a...
#Printmaking #Debossing #JeromeFellow
An Interview with Emma Ulen-Klees
July 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Check out this #interview #zine featuring @condorcondorcondor.bsky.social talking about his latest work at #HighpointCenterForPrintmaking - free blog post + download, or paid color print: art-sprawl.com/2025/07/24/a...
#ConorMcGrann #Printmaking #Drawing #BlackAndWhite
pink and blue zine featuring An Interview with Conor McGrann
July 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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marc-fischer.bsky.social
The 19th printing of my text Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? since May 1st. The print run is over 1,200 copies now. Still just $3.00 from www.halfletterpress.com.
A stack of the booklet Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? by Marc Fischer with burgundy printing and black ink rubber stamping on reddish beige paper.
July 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Recently featured on Art Sprawl, @shoshanafink.bsky.social !
shoshanafink.bsky.social Shoshana Fink @shoshanafink.bsky.social · Jul 13
I have my first solo exhibition at Form+Content Gallery. It is a multi-sensory installation entitled, Marked.

On View:
Jul 17th - Aug 23rd

Opening Reception:
Sat Jul 19th 4PM - 7PM

Artist Talk:
Sun Aug 3rd 2PM

Hours:
Thurs - Sat, 12pm - 6pm

Location:
210 N 2nd St
Minneapolis, MN
July 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
artsprawl.bsky.social
I created a starter pack for all the artists and orgs that have been mentioned on Art-Sprawl.com that have a Bluesky profile -- let me know if I'm missing anybody!
go.bsky.app/KQbnbyv
July 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Check out this #interview #zine featuring an interview with #MeghanDuda talking about her latest work at @silverwoodpark - free download or paid color print:
art-sprawl.com/2025/07/04/a...
#PinholePhotography #Photography #ArtsPublishing #SilverwoodParkGallery #silverwoodpark
"On Tree Time" neon yellow quarter-page zine with black laserprint
July 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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fanzines.bsky.social
’Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism’ is a #zine by Jewish anarchists on how people can organise and act in this changing world.

Download it (it’s free and it's a starting point): itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/u...

Read, print and distribute it IRL! 💪🏾 💪🏻 💪🏽
A photo of six booklets for the zine, each a different colour (pink, orange, green, yellow, blue white). The title reads in all caps: DON’T JUST DO NOTHING TO COUNTER FACISM. The cover decoration is a sentence across the entire front and reads in all caps: YES, YOU. YES, NOW / 20 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO COUNTER FACISM. End ID.
March 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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cursedmorsels.bsky.social
Twin Cities folks: we'll be hanging out at Powderhorn Park for Autonomous Zine Fest this Sunday! Come join us after the pride weekend festivities and enjoy all the rad local zines.
Flyer for Autonomous Zine Fest, Sunday June 29th, 3 to 7 pm. Powderhorn Park north of lake by stage.
June 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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fanzines.bsky.social
"zines have no algorithm" 💘
A screengrab of Tumblr user Gemini Zines's text post reads "i think everyone should make zines. about everything all the time. make a zine about a playlist, about a good sandwich you made, about a cool bug you saw, about a skill you can teach, about a cause you care about. put them everywhere. pin them to community boards and tape them to poles and leave them in cafes and in between library books. i hate how social media has been taken over more than ever now by big greedy corporations and people and has become a mess of churning shit out for the algorithm. zines have no algorithm it is just the love in your heart the passion in your soul whatever your pencil decides to put on paper!! and it's beautiful!! make zines now!"
June 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
artsprawl.bsky.social
Playing with the form of the #zine (does a #tube count as a zine?) This post features an #interview with #ShoshanaFink talking about her recent installation at #SilverwoodPark  - free download or paid color print:
art-sprawl.com/2025/06/21/a...
#OlafactoryArt #InstallationArt #SoundArt #Photography
a green tube of paper printed in dark purple
June 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM