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Come join us and learn how to use community developed image editing software & make ace flyers, posters, stickers, booklets, zines & more.

Learn how to use community developed image editing software to produce ace flyers and posters while bypassing corporate software (and its hefty price tags). This session is for people who are new to image editing tools, or who want to reject commercial programs in favour of free and open source graphic programs (known as ‘Libre Graphics’).

We’ll focus on two popular Libre Graphics tools for this session: Inkscape and GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program). They are a great pairing for making flyers, posters and web graphics. We’ll explain the differences between them, and show you how to get the most out of using them together.

Inkscape and GIMP are both available for Windows, Mac and Linux. To get the most out of the session, please download and install them both in advance:

Inkscape

GIMP

This event is part of Antiuniversity Now 2023, a festival of radical educational events. Find out more at: https://festival.antiuniversity.org

On 02/09/23 LCG visited Rabbits Road Press – community and education focused risograph print studio and publishing press run by OOMK.  Lovely people, doing lovely work – do check them out!

Tiny update, in retrospective — Monday 03/07/23 at 13:30 in the Unique Sessions space — part of UAL EdEx2023 Conference — The workshop on Free/Libre/Open Source (FLOSS) software culture and practice in the context of art and design pedagogy will explore the intersection of these two fields. Participants will learn about the values of the FLOSS movement, including collaboration, transparency, and sharing, and how these align with the creative process in art and design. They will also explore how FLOSS tools and practices can be used to support pedagogical approaches in art and design, such as promoting experimentation, enabling access to a wider range of tools and resources, and fostering collaboration and community.

We got bit busy in May and had a couple lovely exchanges with Lím Collective & Kunsthal North, both based in Aalborg, Denmark. Here are a couple screenshots of the materials we developed for conversations and learning about Libre Graphics.

This time we used wonderful fonts made by women & collected by Loraine Furter – please check them out by following this link https://www.design-research.be/by-womxn/ + we often use OSP made fonts, in particular for the second image we used the official LGM font: OSP-DIN (Truetype Font). You can find it by following this link https://ospublish.constantvzw.org/foundry/osp-din/

We are delighted to inform all interested in catching up with LGC activities that we’ll be at Servus Design Week today for 1pm GMT. Join us via link below.

Dear all,

Libre Graphics Club (pilot) as conceived by Sam, Simone, Truus and Lara is now over and we’d like to express gratitude and say thanks to all who participated in our workshops since April.

We’d like to thank @GIMP_Official @inkscape & @scribus communities for making and continuously developing great tools.

Big hugs and thanks to our partners: @furtherfield @TheCommonHaus @antiuniversity & @AccessSpace for all the love and support.

And special thanks to @ace_national & @ace__london for funding this joyful effort!

We hope to resume the activities sometimes in the future and till then please explore this website for documentation of all the work we’ve collectively done. Please note, archive is still in the making, so you may experience some glitches and hiccups – bear with us while we’re polishing all up.

Here we are, libregraphics.club last workshop session for now.

Come join us and learn how to use community developed software & make ace flyers, posters, stickers, booklets, zines & more.

free event, please register here: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/libre-graphics-club-tickets-160588812461

We are using Big Blue Button for the event – it will be recorded for archive on libregraphics.club website. Please copy the URL below.

BBB link: https://de.meet.coop/b/lar-ix7-wsb-sqo

http://libregraphics.club, this tuesday: we’ll exeriment with
@scribus to see how to use this tool for self-publishing, to help inform & inspire communities & audiences. join us on 10/08 from 6pm BST

We are using Big Blue Button for the event – it will be recorded for archive on libregraphics.club website. Please copy the URL below.

BBB link: https://de.meet.coop/b/lar-ix7-wsb-sqo

In order to experiment further with our co-learning, come with questions about Gimp, Inkscape or Scribus and we’ll prepare & share files for live online practice.

Come join us and learn how to use community developed image editing software & make ace flyers, posters, stickers, booklets, zines & more.

For our July & August sessions we’re inviting all artists, community organisers and activist interested in Libre Graphics but not sure where to start. We’ll be focusing on three popular tools: Inkscape, Scribus and GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program). They are a great combo for making flyers, posters, web graphics, booklets and zines. We’ll explain the differences between them and show how to use them together.

All 3 are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. To get the most out of these sessions, please take a moment to download and install it in advance and look around the website for info on what we’ve been up to so far.

Inkscape

GIMP

Scribus

In order to experiment further with our co-learning, we’re changing the format to more participation – so come with questions and we’ll prepare & share files for live online practice.

All workshops are free, but please register by following the link here.

Come join us and recap on all the things we’ve explored so far about Gimp, Inkscape and Scribus.

20/06/21

6 – 8 pm BST

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libre-graphics-club-6-tickets-159592412201

BBB link: https://de.meet.coop/b/lar-ix7-wsb-sqo

About this event

In our Summer solstice session we plan to do an open discussion of all the things we’ve covered so far about Gimp, Inkscape and Scribus. All 3 are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. To get the most out of the session, please take a moment to download and install it in advance and check our libregraphics.club archive for info on previous sessions.

Inkscape

GIMP

Scribus