Grrrl Zine presents Feminist Christmas Fair

Grrrl Zine Fair are bringing the bunting, paste ups and tinsel to RAW Labs. We're creating a feminist christmas party hosting a zine, art and craft fair, interactive workshops and film screenings throughout the day, a zine library, a panel talk and the most finely tuned holiday playlist, creating an immersive alternative Christmas environment with traditional influences such as carols, festive foods, stocking embroidery and card making but with more glitter and less awkward relatives. The venue will be decorated inside and out, sprawling out around the docks with artist performances and DIY sculptures.

- ZINE, ART & CRAFT FAIR
Self-publishers and makers will be taking over the Royal Albert Wharf, selling their wares. Come support your local women & non binary artists. You’ll almost defiantly find the perfect gift for your favourite feminist or the perfect satirical card for your not so favourite relative.

🎀🎄✨full line up✨🎄🎀
Chloe Sheppard
Girls On Tops
Birdsong London
Cheer Up Love
Cause & Effect Magazine
Brie Moreno
Laura Wingrove
Fem Zine
Cuntry Living Zine
Homecoming Queen Zine
Hanecdote
Housmans Radical Booksellers
Kat Rose
Liv Wynter
OOMK Zine
Polyester Magazine
Rachel Louise Hodgson
Disaster Zine
Bricks Magazine
Sophie Brampton
Vagina Dentata Zine
Wunderpouch
TOKEN magazine

- PERFORMANCES, SCREENINGS, GRRRL ZINE LIBARY
Working with the traditional medium of Christmas Carolling, artist Ruth Spencer Jolly reimagines Mrs. Claus.

TANGERINE 2015
Tangerine is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean Baker, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor and James Ransone. The story follows a transgender sex worker on Christmas Eve who discovers her boyfriend and pimp has been cheating on her. The film was shot with three iPhone 5s smartphone and was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

We're collaborating with Girls On Film @girlsonfilmldn to screen seasonal themed work by contemporary femme film makers, contemplating ideas surrounding Home and Christmas, throughout the day. To submit your film please email info@girlsonfilmldn.com

Making a special appearance is the Grrrl Zine library installation, home to over 300 feminist and queer independent publications.

- WORKSHOPS:
All workshops are free and are first come first served.

~Card Making with Polyester Zine~
Bad taste angels of Polyester Zine are making Christmas cards and you’re invited. Bring your frills and bows and make a Christmas card you probably shouldn’t send to your nan.

~Festive Feminist Wrapping~
Draw and collage your own bunting flag and create present wrapping, with inspiration from female rappers with artist Drawing People Together. The bunting will be wrapped around the nearby bridge (weather permiting) as well as inside the venue and exhibited for the rest of the day. All ages welcome.

~Screen Printing~
Learn the basics of Screen-Printing and create your own personalised tote bag or A4 prints.

~Stocking Embroidery ~
Artist Gini Dickinson will teach you how to embroider your own Christmas stocking and give you a skill you can develop at home while you settle into your sofa for the holidays.
Free & Materials included.

~Zine Making with ROADFEMME~
ROADFEMME is a bi-annual intersectional newspaper zine that showcases raw, honest storytelling in a variety of creative methods, catapulting marginalised voices worldwide.
Learn how to make a mini Zine using simple folding techniques, some pagination and lots of collaging and we’ll see you behind a table at the next fair.

~Feminist Balls~
Make decorative baubles to give your tree some sass this season, with Artist Bex Pannett.

- PANEL DISCUSSION:
‘All I want for Christmas is Utopia’

To apply for a table at the fair,
click here-> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvvGEgh7b70Ls6yZ_DaKRPcxO7Kx8AxnXEg19pxSxZ4MV4oQ/viewform?usp=send_form

The ground floor of the venue where the fair and several workshops will be held, is accessible.

Entry is free but we advise you book a free ticket through the ticket link. We will have a donation box OTD.

Food stalls with vegan options will be available.