zine fest houston

William Sarradet talks with Houston's Sarah Welch and Fort Worth's Raul Rodriguez about the nature of zine festivals and the landscape of self-publishing in Texas.

This week: a solo show featuring vibrant fabric artworks in Houston, a group exhibition paying tribute to a Chicano gallery and the artists it showcased in San Antonio, a one-day studio tour in Dallas, and more.

Zine Fest Houston, an annual festival that provides low-cost table space to regional and national DIY publishers, returns to Houston for the 30th year on Saturday, November 18.

This week: the Dallas Art Fair returns, naughty waves in San Marcos, and a zine festival in Houston.

ZFH 2021’s theme is “Homecoming."

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on the solo debut of a Texas transplant, a show about sanctuary cities, and a show of disappearing Austin.

This is the third post in a series of zine roundups where I pull some zines from my library — some old, some new, some from Texas and some from abroad — and give you the lowdown on who created them and what they’re about.

In addition to being a low-cost venue for exhibitors and zinesters to sell their wares, Zine Fest Houston also organizes a stellar lineup of programs that are related (or loosely related) to the event's yearly theme.

If you’re looking to get prints, zines, and comics in Austin, you should know about STAPLE!, an annual independent media expo featuring self-published and artist-made goods. Now in its 14th year,…

Today, Zine Fest Houston (ZFH) opened registration for its 2018 event, set to take place on Saturday, November 17th from 12-6PM at Lawndale Art Center in Houston. This is the…

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the first awardees of the new grant program Festival Grant via the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA). Sixteen festivals with venues across Houston were selected for funding…

This is the first post in a series of zine roundups where I pull some zines from my library—some old, some new, some from Texas and some from abroad—and give you the lowdown on who made them and what they’re about.

Shane Patrick Boyle, the founder of Zine Fest Houston, died this weekend. A creative writing graduate from the University of Houston, Boyle split his time between Houston and Mena, Arkansas, where he cared for…

The University of Houston Library’s Special Collections department recently announced that it has acquired Zine Fest Houston’s records. The collection consists primarily of zines, ephemera and print items, some of which date…

Texas’ Zine Fever continues apace. UT’s main campus library, the Perry-Castañeda (PCL), will host a panel discussion this Thursday, November 3, featuring a solid lineup of artists who either deal with…

Today, October 28, from 6-9PM, we are hosting a party at the bar/performance venue/gathering place Notsuoh in celebration of Glasstire’s 15th anniversary! There will be Texas art-inspired bingo and a costume…

Today, September 17, is the second annual Comix Gauntlet at Houston art space Alabama Song. For seven hours today, a select group of artists will each create a seven-page comic from…

Yesterday, Zine Fest Houston (ZFH) announced a new partnership with Lawndale Art Center for their 2016 self-published book and zine festival, set for November 19, 2016. In past years, ZFH hosted their program…

Come hear some art this weekend at our Off Road talk between Robert Irwin and Michael Govan! (and other great picks this week). 1. Off Road: ROBERT IRWIN + MICHAEL GOVAN…

The annual one-day festival of “art, words and noise,” which brings together visual, literary and performing arts organizations, returns to the Menil campus this Saturday, April 18, 11am-6pm. The MenilFest…