Zine Fair Organising Committee

After joining 'The Zine Team' a tad later than the rest of the group, I really wanted to get involved and talk to people from other courses also involved with zine fair. I wanted to find out what kind of content of work people from other courses were producing and what kind of design and procedure they were using for creating their zine. 

Unit X seems very focused on collaborating with others, bringing you out of your comfort zone and dealing with uncertainty of new situations. With this in mind, I decided to throw myself in and sign up for the zine fair organising committee. As the only person from my course on the committee, not knowing anyone else, I have begun to make new contacts and working together with the other members of the organising team in order to bring the fair together. 

After the first meeting, clear roles have been set and I have volunteered to assist with marketing alongside Tom and Steph. The ambitions for the zine fair are as follows- 

• The event would now be a Zine and Print fair at 2022NQ on 16th May between 12-3pm. 
• We aim to have an exhibition of the zines displayed during and after the event for people to come and browse. 
• Catalogue of all the zine groups.
• Posters to be made and distributed to make people aware of the event.
• Special  invites to be made.

My tasks includes-

• Setting up of a facebook event.
• Keeping good contacts with the design group for updates on logos and the poster.
• Change the twitter name and info of @MMUnionART1 which I have used for marketing previous events.
• Contact specialist sites and organisations to promote the event, i.e. Manchester Print Fair, Manchester Wire, Manchester Confidential.
• Sending the invites to independent galleries and artists studios, i.e. Hotspur House, Islington Mill, Rogue Studios.
• Sending invites to lecturers, tutors and guest speakers who have been involved with Unit X. 

Through assisting with the organisation of the event I have collaborated with people from other courses, and prepared for the fair in a way in which allows each person to work to their strengths. 

I am also learning skills of professionalism when writing up the description, event invites and requesting promotion assistance from other established organisations.