Create a Spooky Zine

Ludmila Centurión is running a spooky zine workshop at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 31 October, from 10.30am to 1pm in the Top Studio. It's an all-ages session for anyone aged six and over, and the whole point is to make your own eerie, atmospheric mini magazine by hand. You'll work through the process under guided instruction, learning how to draw creepy illustrations, write chilling text, and assemble the whole thing from simple, accessible materials. Once it's finished, you can share it with friends or keep it as a mysterious memento of the day.

Centurión herself is an artist and educator who grew up in Asunción, Paraguay, and moved to the UK to complete an MA in Creative Arts in Education at the University of Exeter, graduating in 2021. She's been teaching art to a broad range of students for more than ten years, and her workshops draw on the ideas of the British philosopher and art historian Sir Herbert Read as well as on her own cultural heritage. It's a good spot to get stuck in and make something from scratch, whether you're coming with kids or just on your own.

The workshop is part of Exeter Phoenix's 'Spooky Season', a programme of ghoulish, ghostly and freaky activities for Halloween that runs alongside cult-classic horror films and fringe theatre, and it also sits within the venue's family programme for the autumn half-term. If you're planning to stay on after the session, attendees get 10% off food and hot drinks at the Café Bar.

Tickets are £18 per adult, £24 per pair, and £12 for each additional person in a group of three, all subject to a £1.50 ticketing system charge. It runs from 10.30am to 1pm on Halloween day, so it's a morning thing that leaves the rest of your Saturday free.