Find your creative voice: Zine-making with Satellite Foundation and HOISZN
Ready to discover colourful new ways to express your thoughts, ideas and experiences?
Join us for a vibrant 90-minute zine-making workshop where creative exploration becomes a journey of self-discovery! Through playful experimentation with words, drawings, and collage, you'll discover the joy of expressing yourself in ways that feel authentic and meaningful.
Creative tools for self-expression
This workshop offers a bright, welcoming space where you can experiment with the accessible art of zine-making. Through guided activities and gentle prompts, you'll develop skills to transform your thoughts and experiences into something tangible and unique. Our approach celebrates your perspective and creativity, empowering you to tell your story your way.
While primarily focused on building creative confidence and exploring a variety of techniques, you'll also discover how these skills might become useful tools for self-reflection and processing personal experiences, creating space for both playful exploration and deeper connection with yourself and others.
📍 Satellite Foundation—22 Easey St, Collingwood VIC 3066
🕕 6:30 pm – 8:30pm
🥟 Food and drink included
🧡 Spots are limited, register today so you don’t miss out!
What to expect
✨ Welcome – An introduction to zine-making and the power of creative expression
🎨 Creative exploration – Experiment and play with different techniques including: writing, drawing, and collage, that help express what might be difficult to capture in words alone
📒 Make your mini-zine – Create your own pocket-sized zine with guidance and support
🤝 Connect with others – An optional, gentle opportunity to share your reflections on the process and creative outcomes
Please note that this is a creative play workshop in a supportive environment. We will thread a connection to the potential creativity has to support individuals as they navigate moments of personal experiences or challenges of mental health. Our facilitators will create an inclusive space where you can explore at your own pace and comfort level. All activities are entirely optional—you choose how and what you share.
All materials will be provided.
No creative experience/skills necessary.
This workshop is for young people aged 18+
If you are facing financial hardship but would still like to attend, please contact us, and we will see what we can do.
Photography and/or video will be taken during this event for promotional and archival purposes. By attending, you consent to your image being captured and used by HOISZN and Satellite Foundation. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a team member know on the day.
About the hosts
Satellite Foundation is a not-for-profit located in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. We help children and young people amplify their voice and share their lived and living experiences of mental health through the extraordinary power of creative expression and meaningful connections.
Satellite publishes a zine called ‘All the Coloured Glasses’ to provide a space where individuals can share their voices, stories, and art around the themes of mental health and wellbeing with the wider world
HOISZN is a quarterly art and design magazine based in Naarm/Melbourne, dedicated to celebrating the talents of Asian-Australian creatives. Independently created, designed, and produced, HOISZN seeks to amplify perspectives that enrich our cultural landscape.
We collaborate closely with artists, writers, creatives, businesses, and organisations to bolster our presence and create opportunities and spaces for members of our community to thrive. We’re passionate about fostering creative talent, celebrating heritage, and redefining the future of Asian-Australian art and culture.