Zines, Books, and Beyond: The Practice of Jac Batey

I run MA illustration and teach on BA illustration. Also supervise practice-based PhDs. Specialism is in illustration/artistbooks/zines and teaching. My own creative practice is mostly as in artists book /artzines and as an artist. I work both digitally and also with real materials like drawing, collage and print. I think social awareness and research skills are an important part of teaching illustration. I initiated and curate the UoP Artzine collection Zineopolis, this is a research hub and a collection of over 500 artzines from lots of countries and makers. I include student zines as well. This resource is used for teaching (we have zine modules) but also to generate staff research both in conceptualising and disseminating. There’s a summary on the REF database since this was an IMAPCT case study in REF21https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/...The main Zineopolis site is herehttps://zineopolis.blogspot.com/p/abo...You can see my practice here:https://jacbatey.com/This site also links to specific sites on artists books (Damp Flat Books)https://dampflat.blogspot.com/p/artis...And Zines (Future Fantasteek!)www.futurefantasteek.comRecent project Paper CutsFuture Fantasteek no.22 and touring exhibition, collages about language we use to bully each other, especially in the workplace.https://jacbatey.com/drawing/What I’m working on now – You Love Libraries Collaboration with Jessy Randall (US poet) about the value of libraries and books.To be a dos-a-dos zine of two poems that will be gifted to libraries in the UK and US.https://jacbatey.com/work-in-progress/Since its inception in 2019, Design Education Talks podcast has served as a dynSince its inception in 2019, Design Education Talks podcast has served as a dynamic platform for the exchange of insights and ideas within the realm of art and design education. This initiative sprang from a culmination of nearly a decade of extensive research conducted by Lefteris Heretakis. His rich background, intertwining academia, industry, and student engagement, laid the foundation for a podcast that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of educational discourse.See all of our work on on https://linktr.ee/thenewartschoolFollow us on twitter at @newartschoolRead our latest articles at https://newartschool.education/and https://heretakis.medium.com/Equipment used to produce the podcast:Rodcaster pro IIRode NT1 5th generationElgato Low profile Microphone ArmMonster Prolink Studio Pro microphone cableThe rest of the equipment is here 👉https://kit.co/heretakis/podcasting