Happy Pride Month! This month is all about uplifting and commemorating the legacy, impact, and visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community. Celebrate by exploring our Pride Month Collection, which features consignment work by LGBTQIA+ artists.

Below you'll find zines, prints, and cards that highlight queer identity and/or are made by queer artists. Plus, a Q&A with our featured zine and collage artist, Kris Kalinowski!

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Better Homes & Dykes Zine

by Better Homes & Dykes

Cartoon Heart Zine

by Xiomar Luna

Nature is Queer Zine

by Eve Gordon

Star Gayz Zines

by Xiomar Luna

FTM Zine

by Seth Karp

TC Gaze Zine

by Late Night Copies Press

Gendy Nooch Letterpress Print

by Charliehorse Press

Keep Writing Postcards

by Hope Amico

Activist Quote Screen Prints

by OPTICTUNA

Coversgirl Print

by Sophie Wang

Rainbow Cupcake Card

by Warrior Printress

So Glad You're Gay Card

by And Here We Are

Kris Kalinowski (they/them) creates original analog collage artwork on the unceded lands of the Lenapehoking in Northeastern PA under the name artsnfartsnkris. Meticulously hand-cutting and pasting images sourced from periodicals and junk mail, Kris creates a colorful new story to inspire. Their work employs surrealist images, often incorporating celestial bodies and the natural world, vintage pieces, creepy cut-up faces, and overall weirdness. Using just their personal experiences and paper ephemera, Kris hopes to showcase how accessible materials can be used for storytelling.

What do you love most about zine-making/zine culture and/or collage?

As a recovering perfectionist, I love collage and zine-making because they are such inexplicable disciplines. Meaning I can't mess them up because there are no rules! And they are both extremely accessible mediums. I don't need to go to Michaels and buy expensive paints, tools, and other supplies. All you need to make a zine is a sheet of printer paper and a writing utensil. All you need to make a collage is some old magazines, a pair of scissors, and a glue stick. I used to be really precise about gluing down - "Am I sure this is where I want this to go?" It would give me anxiety. Now I've learned that there will always be more images, I don't have to worry about messing this one up. There's always another chance.

Tell us about an artist who inspires you/your work and why?

My friend Kirk Read inspires me. We were assigned to each other as accountability partners in Beth Pickens' Homework Club, and I just love that I get to meet up with another collage artist twice a week and have a little cut and paste party over Zoom. It keeps me in my practice. Kirk's body of work is huge because he's constantly making new pieces, but I tend to procrastinate. So having these dates in my schedule really helps me meet my goals.

Mushrooms I Have Known Zines

by Kris K

Why Birding Zines

by Kris K

For someone interested in starting to do collage or make zines, any advice on how to get started?

Just pick up some sort of periodical or junk mail and cut or tear out what catches your eye. Getting started is as easy as that. If you think three different things go together, put them together! Congrats, you've made something only you could make. The one-sheet 8-page minizine is a great way to get started with zines because the space constraint keeps it low-pressure. If you don't like the way something came out, just glue something else over it. You can't go wrong. I think hands-on creativity and self-expression are vastly underrated as a self-care practice in stressful times.

What are you doing for Pride Month? Or do you have any summer plans you're looking forward to?

I am really looking forward to visiting the NJ beach this month. I only overcame my fear of swimming in the ocean last year, and I'm convinced that having a gender-affirming swimsuit helped. Finally, being able to let go, surrender, and allow the ocean to hold me was a spiritual experience that I can't wait to have again.

River Walk With Me Zine

by Kris K

Summer Memories But Make it Literary Zine

by Kris K

Anna Bredeson, Director of Education, recommends exploring the Book Art Enamel Pins by The Paper Carnival! "I love the book arts pins! A collaborative project between book artists Julie Chen and Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, these colorful, high-quality pins are a fun way to show off your favorite book arts equipment."

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MCBA's educational and artistic programming is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant and an Arts Education grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Additional support is provided by other private funders, MCBA members, and individuals like you.