Zine Fest 2026
Zine Fest 2026
Presented by the Zine Scene Team and East Hawai‘i Cultural Center
Saturday, July 11, 2026
10:00 AM-3:00 PM
East Hawai‘i Cultural Center (back parking lot)
Celebrate zines! Zines are the intersection of art making, community building, and political action to create radical, intentional space. Zine Scene Fest Hawaii is created for community, by community, using zine-making as our shared tool for storytelling, education, and connection. Never heard of a zine? It's a small publication (short for magazine) that can have information, art or writing on any topic! At Zine Scene Fest, we will have zinemakers and community organizations sharing what zines are, their history, why they are important, and how they can aid and connect community. Some folks will be selling wares, while others will be focusing on education and outreach; we will also have live music and a zine making station so you can try it for yourself. This is a family friendly event, all are welcome!
Instructors
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Bio:Tending a garden of healing ideas, Jesa (they/them) is a queer, pacifica artist and organizer rooted in a decade of organizing and facilitating around healing justice, birthwork, and aloha aina through Learn More -
Bio:Avalon Paradea (they/ them) is a neurodivergent queer creative raised in Waikōloa, where they continue to reside with their family. They are an ʻāina-based artist, working with found and foraged earth elements to create kapa, plant dyes, and natural paints. This co-creation with land and sea is a conscious, intentional form of reverence. Avalon uses their art as a means of discussing social, environmental, and political topics within Hawaiʻi and beyond through kapa, watercolor illustrations, zines, anthotypes, poetry, and photography. Learn More -
Bio:Native Hawaiian artist Malialani Dullanty was born in diaspora and raised on the Syilx/Okanogan Reservation. This provided her the opportunity to grow up immersed within native culture, even disconnected from her own. She makes art that explores those kinds of complexities; liberation and justice, generational trauma, depression, being biracial and native, climate justice, and how we are all connected. Learn More -
Bio:Bowie Mandelbaum is a librarian and zine artist based on the Hamakua Coast and in Waimea. They make art that celebrates silliness, fun, and play, always with the aim of bringing community together and encouraging the artist in all people. Their practice is rooted in anti-hierarchical thinking, and anti-imperialist politics. It is their goal to have everyone they know make at least one zine. Learn More
