In the first half of 2024 we worked closely with our Art Ready cohort to create our final Smack Mellon art exhibition.
Our first field trip was to the Brooklyn Museum and we spent most of our visit at the Copy Machine Manifestos, exhibit. This field trip turned out to be quite pivotal. We ended up choosing zines as our Art Ready project.
It was a wonderful journey into the world of publishing as we collaborated in creating art to be used in our respective zines. Each zine would be an exercise in self-expression. Collectively we chose the name “PINCH” as our title. Each issue of PINCH was a window into the world of each artist.
Pinch Zines is comprised of the following artists/mentors:
1. Dwayne Montgomery (mentor)
2. Josiah Marquis
3. Charlie Vasquez
4. Amy Dopwell
5. Taran Kilgour
6. Dioris Veloz
7. Angus Ni