This year Zine Fest Houston will be spearheading its first ever fundraiser to help raise funds for Zine Fest Houston 2016: Year of the Ama-Zines!

With 72 vendors and over 1,000 attendees in 2015, the fest continues to grow apace. Since 2013 fest organizers have been diligent in seeking out, collaborating on, and creating fresh year-round programming in the form of workshops, pop-up tabling events, and unique zine and creator driven events like Comix Gauntlet and the annual ZFH compilation release.

Burgeoning collaboration with artists and groups around Houston have created rich opportunities for rigorous programming, which will require a rigorous budget to match. We expect 2016 to be our biggest year ever. We need your help to make it happen!

WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 16 FROM 7PM-12AM

WHERE: HOMECORE (2010 COMMERCE, UNIT B, HOUSTON, TX 77002)

MINIMUM DONATION AT $10 IN ADVANCE (OR MORE IF YOU ARE FEELING GENEROUS!), $12 AT THE DOOR

YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH PAYPAL HERE

We will have lots of WONDERFUL RAFFLE PRIZES that you can win throughout the night! The more raffle prize tickets you purchase at the event, the higher chance you have of winning a great prize!!!

GET EXCITED TO WIN AWESOME RAFFLE PRIZES (ARTWORK, MEMBERSHIPS, AND GIFT CARDS, OH MY!) FROM THE FOLLOWING:

ARTISTS Angel Oloshove

Bill Daniel

Christopher Sperandio

Emily Link

Eyesore

Gabriel Martinez

Jason Poland

Kate Mulholland

Michael Bise

Regina Agu

Rene Cruz

Sarah Welch

LOCAL BUSINESSES/ORGANIZATIONS Art League Houston

Axelrad

DiverseWorks

Glasstire

Gulf Coast Literary Journal

Houston Center for Photography

Kaboom Books

Lawndale Art Center

Mystic Multiples

Space Montrose

The Creek Group

The Printing Museum

Underbelly

Yellow Rose Distilling

We will also have some AWESOME food and drink sponsors for this event, so don’t miss out! (list will be continuously updated)

FOOD: Green House Catering/ Food Music Life Food Truck, Tacos A Go Go, Dinner Bell Cafe and Bake Shop, Fat Cat Creamery DRINKS: Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company, Deep Eddy Vodka

Young Latino Artists 20: WITHIN REACH

Guest Curator: Ricky Yanas

June 12, 2015 – August 23, 2015

Opening Reception June 12, 2015

The Young Latino Artists (YLA) exhibition has historically provided Latina/o artists under the age of thirty-five with professional-level museum experience and exposure. Now in its twentieth year, the next YLA exhibition, Within Reach, will be guest curated by, visual artist, Ricky Yanas. YLA 20 will focus on two intersecting themes prominent in the works of nine artists: one of destruction/negation and one of re-interpretation/revitalization. Through processes of collage, archiving, and personal/environmental exploration these artists are beginning to break down the alienating messages produced by dominant corporate culture, finding new symbols and new mythologies in their own personal histories and the physical space around them. The title of the exhibition, Within Reach, refers not only to the proximity of these artists to their materials and their subjects, but also to a possible future free of corrosive mainstream influences and driven by trust in one’s own life experiences