Wasted Ink Annual Report 2021

WASTED INK ZINE DISTRO 2021 Annual Report

HELLO ZINESTERS, ZINE READERS, AND ENTHUSIASTS, 2021 was a year of growth for Wasted Ink Zine Distro and the Phx Zine Fest! We moved into a bright new location, distributed close to 4,000 zines, led many great zine workshops with youth and adults, and hosted a 3-day virtual Phx Zine Fest!

We care greatly for the communities we represent here at Wasted Ink and we are happy to report that we welcomed over 100 new zine makers with many new zines to the distro, with titles like “Ability: Emerging from the Social Constraints of Neurodivergence and Disability” by Andrew Coltrin, “Butches in Bloom”

by Liuxing Johnston, and “Rez Bot” by Damon Begay.

Thank you for your participation in our programming and events and for supporting zines being distributed nationally and internationally, and all across our home state of Arizona. We have big plans for 2022 and we look forward to even more zines, community, and wasted ink.

With Gratitude, Charissa & the WIZD Team

ABOUT WASTED INK Wasted Ink Zine Distro (WIZD) is a zine store and community space led by a passionate queer, neurodivergent, disabled zinester named Charissa Lucille. WIZD uplifts QTBIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled and chronically ill, neurodivergent, and Arizona creators by distributing their work locally and internationally, hosting the Phx Zine Fest, and by hosting community events, art shows, and workshops. WIZD was originally founded in 2015 and has grown and is now part of a community space called Nurture House which also includes Palabras Bilingual Bookstore, Wasted Ink Zine Distro, Pachanga Press, and Abalone Mountain Press.

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ZINES DISTRIBUTED IN 2021 January

172

February

336

March

299

April

343

May

307

June

227

July

356

August

358

September

294

October

450

November

307

December

468

3,917

NEW VENDORS ADDED IN 2021

133

in total

46 BIPOC 19 Disabled or Chronically Ill 82 LGBTQIA+ 44 Neurodivergent

47 of the 133 zine makers are 2+ identities

GRANTS AWARDED Nonprofit Arts & Culture Stabilization Grant Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture

Festival Grant Arizona Commission on the Arts

EVENTS HOSTED

Ebo Barton

Ifer Moore

Workshop: “How to Love This Queer Body”

Workshop: “Processing Trauma Through Zines”

Charissa Lucille

Jean Munson

Workshop: “Zines 101”

Workshop

WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS Albuquerque Zine Fest

Pueblo Del Sol

Tucson Zine Fest

Phoenix Country Day School

Portland Zine Symposium

Peoria Flex Academy

Phoenix Public Library

ASU Zine Fest

Girls Rock Phoenix

ASU Projecting All Voices Workshop

in Raiz Gallery

Shela Yu “Spaces Between”

Nurture House Space & Squad “From The Ground Up”

TABLED AT Punk Rock Flea Swap • Art Gawk • ArtNight

LEARNING •Creating Value Cohort (Arizona Commission on the Arts) Study Into Action Cohort (Art.Coop) Telling the Library Story through Community Engagement & Zines for Critical Reflection & Pedagogy Classes (Library Juice Academy)

PHOENIX ZINE FEST 2021

80

vendors

40 from Arizona 29 from different states 11 from different countries

3 Virtual Fest Days with over

260 ATTENDEES

5 Special Events

6 Panels

Workshops

30 Panelists

Presentations

Live Spanish Translation

Zine Show and Share

Recorded Audio and Video

Big thanks to PZF Organizers, Yolie C, Theo Quest, Moon Gordy, and Charissa Lucille

Shoutout to our sponsors!

DT PHX Inc Bookmans Broken Pencil

Sojo's Donuts Zia Records Ash Ave Comics

Wasted Ink Zine Distro LBX Printing & Design

GOALS FOR 2022 • Launch the Wasted Ink Zine Library catalog • • Curate a zine-related art show • • Host an in-person Phx Zine Fest (if safety allows) • • Lead five engaging youth zine workshops • • Distribute as many zines as possible! •

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