Join us for the opening of the Oregon Health & Science University Health Zine Collection! 🧪🔬 To celebrate, the IPRC is hosting two workshops with Zine Library open hours to follow on Saturday April 22nd and Sunday April 23rd.

The OHSU Health Zine Collection was created by Maria Cunningham, the Director of Special Collections for OHSU, and developed through a Collection Equity Outreach Grant through the National Library of Medicine. The collection contains a variety of contemporary zines covering topics such as disability, chronic pain, racism, mental health, neurodiversity, and LGBTQIA+ health.

📚 Join us at the IPRC on Saturday April 22nd from 2-3:30 pm for Drawing Towards Our Autonomy: Trans Healthcare in Words and Pictures (A Comics Workshop) with Rimona Eskayo 🖍

This workshop will take a look at the current state of trans healthcare, introducing the possibilities of comics and independent publishing to address gaps of access and information. Participants will be introduced to a variety of comics and illustrated works that address trans healthcare and bodily autonomy more broadly – including facilitator Rimona Eskayo’s debut 2022 book, I’m Having Top Surgery: An Illustrated Guide For You And Me. Through guided discussion and hands-on comics drawing exercises, participants will get a chance to create comics of their own and take home a zine of their creations. Participants will leave the workshop with a better understanding of how to tell their own stories and engage with trans communities more broadly using words, pictures, and publications. This workshop is for trans folks only, nonbinary people included! No drawing/artistic experience required. Free – sliding scale. Register here.

The IPRC Zine Library and OHSU Health Zine Collection will be open for browsing on April 22nd and 23rd from 4-6pm. Come in and browse the new collection! 📚

*Masks and Proof of Vaccination Required*

+ Sensory Note: for anyone experiencing audio or visual sensitivity, please note that the IPRC is situated under a skatepark, which creates occasional disruptive background noise, and the lighting in the studio and classroom space is primarily fluorescent.

+ The IPRC has a wheelchair accessible entrance on the south side of the building.