Colouring Outside The Lines profile picture

Colouring Outside The Lines

colouringoutsidethelines

About Me



"Here were girls encouraging each other, directly and indirectly, to put their ideas into the world."

Colouring Outside The Lines is a zine featuring interviews with contemporary female artists; illuminating various corners of current female artistic and creative activity.

"We discover that behind the hysteria of male expertise lies the magic world of our unmade art"

"It becomes hard to make a clear division between art, politics and everyday living: the question 'what for' is answered in the activity"
COTL is 100% not-for-profit, but 100% for love
----------------------------------------------
*Issue 1* (August 05)
A4 98pages
Features interviews with:
Lisa Petrucci,Guerrilla Girls,
Ariel Schrag,Juliet Martin,
Gina Garan,Jeremy Dennis,
Elizabeth McGrath,Nikki McClure,
Lady Lucy,Jacinta Bunnell,
Allison Cole,Dame Darcy,
Kathleen Lolley,Isy,
Tara McPherson,Cat Mazza,
Jill Emery,Missy Kulik,
Debbie Dreschler,Shelley Sacks,
& Wynne Greenwood.
Plus cover artwork by:
R. Clout
Lucy Sweet (see her band )
Issue 1 is available from
* Manifesta Distro (on-line)
And also available, when in stock, from:
* Here (Bristol)
* OK Comics (Leeds)
* Roku Distro (Todmorden)
* Sister George Distro (Leeds)
* Basement Bookstore (Manchester)
* Bluestocking Books (New York)
* 25 Spaces (Leeds 6, UK)
* Cause & Effect Distro email: [email protected]
* Dead Trees and Dye distro,
* Copies can sometimes be found on ebay too, just search.

-------------------------------------------------
*Issue 2* (August 2006)
A4 64pages
Features interviews with:
Vanessa Davis, Yoko Kikuchi,
Cristy Road, Jean Smith,
Colleen Coover, Marion Peck,
Nicole Steen, Sarah Dyer,
Simone Lia, Alison Bechdel,
Penny Van Horn, Renee French,
Sarah Utter,
Plus artwork by artists from Sweden, UK, France, USA, China, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan and Belgium.
Plus cover artwork by:
Karolina Bang
Nichola Pemberton
**OUTLETS:**
Issue 2 available (when in stock) at:
* Etsy
* Manifesta Distro (on-line & sends zines internationally)
* OK Comics (Thornton's Arcade, Leeds, UK)
* Roku Distro (Todmorden, UK)
* Cyanide Cocktail (Next door to Out Of Step, Merrion Centre, Leeds)
* Ricochet! Ricochet! distro (London, UK)
* 25 Spaces (Leeds 6, UK)
* Cause & Effect Distro email: [email protected]
* Kate's Distro (Bristol, UK)
* Dead Trees and Dye distro,
Has also previously been distributed at: Ladyfest Newcastle (UK), Magical Girl Promotions (Dublin, Ireland), Canvas (Leeds, UK), Pretty Crafty Things (Leeds, UK), Freak Out Festival (Rome, Italy), Kaffe Kunst festival (Germany), Female Trouble (Manchester, UK), Ladyfest Leeds (UK), Zinefest! @ the Women's Library (London, UK).
*** COTL issue 2 is mentioned in a feature on zines in the Sept 06 issue of Another Late Night Magazine.
**ORDERING ISSUE 2:**
If ordered direct from me the 2nd zine is 4.10 GBP, postage paid within the UK. Email me at: [email protected] if you would like to order a copy & send me a cheque.
**PAYPAL PAYMENTS FOR ISSUE 2:**
*Folks in the UK can send payments of 4.40 GBP to me for a copy of issue 2 (postage paid) via PayPal
*People in the EU can send a payment of 5.50 GBP via PayPal
*For the rest of the world (including USA, Canada and Australia) please send a payment of 6.60 GBP via PayPal
----------------------------------------------------
*Issue 3* (May 2007)
(A4 84 pages)
Interviewees this time around include:
Leia Bell , Nicole J Georges ,
Genevieve Castree , Juliana Luecking ,
Ozge Samanci , Ellen Forney ,
Karen Constance , Elena Stoehr ,
Liz Adams , Erika Moen ,
Karolina Bang , k8 Hardy,
Jen Corace , Phoebe Gloeckner ,
Gina Birch
+ Cover artwork by: Elke Donders , and Erika Moen . ♥ ♥
+ gallery artwork from artists based in the UK, USA, Iceland, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Sweden, Italy, Australia, Turkey & Poland.
"like a committment to being reality makers in the face of rampant reality imprisonment"
Available from:
* Etsy
* Manifesta Distro (on-line & sends zines internationally)
Plus available (when in stock) from:
* Ricochet! Ricochet! distro (London, UK)
* Cherry Bomb Comics, Auckland, NZ
* Kate's Distro, Bristol, UK
* Craftista, Koln, Germany
* Candy Pop, Manchester, UK
* Lola & The Cartwheels, Sheffield, UK
* OK Comics, Leeds, UK
* Cause & Effect distro, Leeds, UK (soon!)
**PAYPAL PAYMENTS FOR ISSUE 3:**
*Folks in the UK can send payments of 5.00 GBP to me for a copy of issue 3 (postage paid) via PayPal
*People in the EU can send a payment of 6.50 GBP via PayPal*For the rest of the world (including USA, Canada and Australia) please send a payment of 8.00 GBP via PayPal
----------------------------------------------------
*Issue 4*
I'm itching to communicate and contact a whole host of artists for issue 4. However, I'll get started as soon as I've finished 101 other zine projects that I've been wanting to do for a while.
Rumoured interviewees in COTL#4 include: Carrie McNinch, Rachel Carns, Lizz Lunney, Meghan Murphy, Sarah Maple, TJO, and Leonie O'Moore.
----------------------------------------------------
Etsy
Buy Handmade
COTL
----------------------------------------------------
If you know of any distros or stores that may like to stock Colouring Outside The Lines, give me a shout!
Colouring Outside The Lines can be contacted at: [email protected]
Find COTL on Venus Zine's Yourls
Find COTL at MOLI
Find COTL under 'art' at Girlistic Feminist Links
This zine is a supporter of the Zine Wiki
Colouring Outside The Lines was involved with Ladyfest Leeds 2007
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
::The other zine I edit together, Reassess Your Weapons (the collective zine of the Manifesta feminist collective + their friends) is always looking for new submissions and contributions. Email: [email protected] to get involved!::
::My new zine, With Arms Outstretched will be coming before the end of the year;
Featuring interviews with...
Lex McQuilkin, Kate Bornstein, Carla Bozulich, Siobhan McNamara, Moe Bowstern, Madigan Shive, Tui & Melissa Cherry Bomb, David Lester, Nan Turner, Debi Withers (+ contributions from Fly, and Mirabai)::

My Interests

"Lick lick lick my art tit."

The truly amazing art work of: Lisa Petrucci, Guerrilla Girls, Fawn Gehweiler, Tammy Rae Carland, Ariel Schrag, Juliet Martin, Stella Marrs, Natalie Dee, Miss Van, Amy Earles, Jeremy Dennis, Gina Garan, Elizabeth McGrath, G.B Jones, Marion Peck, Yoko Kikuchi, Genevieve Castree, Nikki McClure, Jenny Hart, Lady Lucy, Gabrielle Bell, Jacinta Bunnell, Jean Smith, Allison Cole, Dame Darcy, Liz Adams, Camille Rose Garcia, Gina Birch, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet, Fly, Ana Bagayan, Rini Templeton, Kathleen Lolley, Isy, Tara McPherson, k8 Hardy, Kathryn Temple, Annette Lauder, Karolina Bang, Emma Hedditch, Abby Denson, Cat Mazza, Maya Hayuk, Jill Emery, Junko Mizuno, Miranda July, Missy Kulik, Debbie Dreschler, Renee French, Alison Bechdel, Penny Moran Van Horn, Julie Knoblock, Linn Olofsdotter, Lilli Carre, Jessica Abel, Shelley Sacks, Simone Lia, Marjane Satrapi, Meghan Murphy, Carrie McNinch, Fafi, Olivia, Lydia Lunch, Fiona Logusch, Kaori Kasai, Keri Smith, Donna Lee, Marci Washington, Wynne Greenwood, Nicole Steen, Lucy Sweet, Frida Kahlo, R Clout, Sarah Dyer, Juliana Luecking, Emily Ryan Lerner, Tszontoast, Sadie Benning, Lex McQuilkin, Georganne Deen, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Wangechi Mutu, Katy Horan, Susanna Hesselberg, Adidal Abou-Chamat, Heidi Kenney, Mikhaela Reid, Abigail Brown, Diane Dimassa, Cristy Road, Phoebe Gloeckner, Amy Davis, Sarah Utter, Laurenn McCubbin, Nicole J. Georges, Aya Kakeda, Vanessa Davis, Exene Cervenka, Colleen Coover, Yuiko Hosoya, Leia Bell, Jen Corace, Sarah Becan, Nichola Pemberton, Ozge Samanci, Chiho Aoshima, Yumiko Kayukawa, Susie Ghahremani, Megan Whitmarsh, Allyson Mellberg, Megan Besmirched, Abigail Stern, Cindy Sherman, Miriam Katin, Leigh Young, Heather Williams, Celeste Welch, Lynette May, Sylvie Sayamandara, Sharon Hayes, Aya Takano, Ellen Forney, Robin Mapes, Cynthia Connolly, Erika Moen, Andrea Helmer, Ariel Bordeaux, Tracey Emin, Holly Beth Herbert, Isabel Samaras, Sarah Doyle, Elke Donders, Isabelle Boinot, Daria Tessler, Rachel Domm, Irana Douer, Danielle Spires, Barbara Kruger, Korka, Rachel Carns, Jenny Holzer, Kirsten Ulve, Cathy Lomax, Sarah Knight, Melinda Beck, Elena Stoehr, Leonie O’Moore, Sarah Maple, Heather Williams, Eliza Lazy, Julie West, Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk, Marinaomi, Tara Jane O'Neil, Jule K, Enid Crow, Evah Fan, Courtney Wotherspoon, Lauren Weinstein, Betsy Walton, Anke Weckmann, Karen Constance, Audrey Kawasaki, Jo Spence, Dawn Cook, Katey Nicosia, Girlyhandwriting, Megan Gale, Lesley Reppeateaux, Jennybird Alcantara, Rebecca Gould, Kate Sutton, Saelee Oh, Violetta Lopiz, Lauren Gregg, Jeana Sohn, Lilly Piri, Liz Lunney, Sofia Niazi, Emma Mount.

Plus, the boys: Mark Ryden, David Lester, Daniel Clowes, Miyazaki, Casey Burns, David LaChapelle, Yoshitomo Nara, Jay Ryan, Daniel Johnston, John Zoller, & Helmet Newton.

"And then you find the stuff that is just uplifting and it's like a breath of fresh air." She giggles again. "It's like when you go to art college you've got a lot of rubbish inside of you that you want to get out, but then a lot of people's work you see and think, why are you doing that? Is it for your audience? Is it for you?' I think you want to think about the people that are receiving it as well. You want to give them a bit of a gift really".
(Simone Lia, 2007, in The Guardian)
All of the artists listed above have given me gifts in one way or another :)

Mary Ellen Meikle

I'd like to meet:



People into, and female artists making neat underground/ lowbrow/ DIY/ radical & progressive artwork and comics.


********************

People Are A Trip project...
More at: Queen Juliana's page

Music:

"When all words fail, she speaks; her mixtape her masterpiece"

This zine is written and put together with all of the following on endless repeat...

elliott smith, kristin hersh, hole, team dresch, evan dando, throwing muses, lou barlow, miss universum, mecca normal, rilo kiley, barr, the blow, sebadoh, lemonheads, scrawl, tanya donelly, the grates, geraldine fibbers, slant 6, belly, paul baribeau, ghost mice, bettie serveert, sleater-kinney, tender trap, huggy bear, lois, magnapop, mary lou lord, eels, madder rose, veruca salt, aimee mann, nirvana, tender forever, come, mary timony, helium, the muffs, polysics, cub, heatmiser, captain chaos, 50 foot wave, (early) pj harvey, laura veirs, le tigre, sentridoh, erq, scout niblett, voodoo queens, the slits, the breeders, diane cluck, soda fountain rag, cat power, pansy division, metric, rose melberg, avenue d, tullycraft, ted leo, sister george, frank black, pixies, juliette and the licks, marine research, ben folds, pony up!, matty pop chart, dream bitches, schwervon!, boyskout, bangs, dressy bessy, hang on the box, yumi yumi, the raincoats, tracy + the plastics, tuscadero, major matt mason USA, jenny lewis, hazel, built to spill, fiery furnaces, tracy bonham, jack off jill, wolf colonel, nina nastasia, the softies, frightwig, billy bragg, daniel johnston, dollyrots, daisy chainsaw, the vegas beat, central standard, thalia zedek, tiger trap, abbymatic, japanese pop songs, half japanese, B52s, katastrophy wife, vic chesnutt, blake babies, X, courtney love, julie ruin, babes in toyland, bikini kill, poison girls, ethyl meatplow, sidi bou said, infinite x's, discount, bonfire madigan, dan fishback, au pairs, jill sobule, auf der maur, bratmobile, patti smith, cadallaca, tribe 8, the shins, butchies, heavens to betsy, excuse 17, hazeldine, solex, third sex, strip squad, paradise island, gossip, the hissyfits, casual dots, cold cold hearts, the donnas, jeffrey lewis, (early) tori, kimya dawson, lunachicks, lush, chia pet, bongwater, regina spektor, the spells, silverfish, god is my co-pilot, grandaddy, hello saferide, 100 watt smile, brenda kahn, frumpies, atom and his package, julianna hatfield, mountain goats, violent femmes, gina young, scarnella, the gits, the icicles, candypants, matson jones, tattle tale, the cogs, melt banana, phoebe kreutz, the grown ups, butt trumpet, all girl summer fun band, beat happening, betty blowtorch, distillers, mika bomb, peaches, the amps, young marbel giants, dance hall crashers, au revoir simone, the fakes, mirah, liquorice, zuzus petals, bjork, tripping daisy, L7, helen love, neko case, tami hart, rachel jacobs, fifth column, dinosaur jr, red house painters, sophe lux, mika miko, emily haines, best friends forever, jucifer, marnie stern, the murmurs, joanna newsom, solex, the ettes, sonic youth, quixotic, mudhoney, delta 5, rose polenzani, white magic, the duloks, the vaselines, bat for lashes, cooties attack, jean genet, dawn landes, emily's sassy lime, dempster dumpmaster, bare knees, erin tobey, laura gibson, le paper dolls, fake tan, kicking giant, of montreal, space mountain, heavenly, shrinnirs, semiautomatic, beirut, family outing, elizabeth and the catapult, the paper chase, essential logic, pipas, myoclonic jerks, (early) liz phair + many more, too many to mention!!..

Check out my new family, for I am an honourary member: JPS

"The real truth about it is no one gets it right/
The real truth about it is we're all supposed to try."

"this isn't anything/
getting up is what hurts/
then you melt into the background"

"Only the sad ones admit the truth"

Television:

No time for telly really.

I do have lot of time & ♥ for these projects, and the creative ladies behind them though:

*Manifesta *Manifesta Distro *Tape Trade Yes *Independent Music Video Festival *Kicking and Screaming *Uplift *Rorschach Failure *25 Spaces *The Project Project *What's a pooka jewellery *The Riot Project *Letter I Never Sent *Local Kid *Female Trouble *Alien She *TTIS *Unskinny Bop *UK Art's Zine Emporium *The Feminist Library *Magical Girl Promotions *The Cross Bitch *The Post Lady *PedalKraft *ChaosXgrrlz *Lola and the Cartwheels*Les Petites Choses *Ruby Mag

Heroes:


All the creative ladies listed above

Plus:

**Jody Bleyle**

PostQueer Project

Nomy Lamm

Inga Muscio

Carla Bozulich

CLove

Billy Bragg & www.stopthebnp.org.uk

The Icarus Project

Margaret Atwood

- - - -

"I have to say that it
was a nice time of year
to lose one's mind
(if you're the type who
notices the weather)
the days sometimes seemed too warm
and slightly nauseating
but the evenings were so cool around
the edges
you hardly noticed
how hollow they were on the inside."

- - - - - - - - -

My Blog

Introduction to issue 3

I just realised that after posting the introductions to issue 1 and 2 of COTL in past blogs here, I never got around to doing the same for issue 3. So here it is, as a bit of an extra explanation to w...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:54:00 PST

The Truth Isnt Sexy Art Exhibition & Auction

A city wide art exhibition is occurring in Leeds during the first two weeks of November The art exhibition will highlight issues affecting women; either work that addresses any of these issues, o...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:51:00 PST

Call for artists and crafters!

CALL TO ARTISTS and CRAFTERS! The Truth Isn't Sexy needs YOUR donations for our 2007 Leeds Art Exhibition & Benefit event. We're putting together an art exhibition to highlight issues affecting...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:36:00 PST

Feedback on issue 3

I'd love to know your thoughts on the new issue. Feel free to leave me a note here (and don't worry, I take criticisms pretty well, so you don't need to sugar coat it!!) Melanie xox    ...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Wed, 23 May 2007 04:12:00 PST

Colouring Outside The Lines issue 3

The first batch of Colouring Outside The Lines issue 3 are being printed up as I type!!It's been quite a while in the making, so I'm relieved that it's now ready to go!First priority of these first is...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:42:00 PST

UK Ladyfest zine

The Ladyfest artwork and interviews zine is now available from the Manifesta Distro. The zine collects together artwork and interviews from creators of ladyfest promotional artwork in the UK from 200...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:38:00 PST

the need to recognise female talent that had so far gone unacknowledged

Tate admits need to buy more works by women artists By Arifa Akbar Published: 26 March 2007 The trustees of Tate Modern have admitted that the collection fails to give adequate recognition...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:00:00 PST

One of the greatest websites ever made?

I'll let you decide that, but I know for one that it sure cheered this sad girl up today!!  Miranda July - No one belongs here more than you do  http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/ Mela...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:42:00 PST

London Zinefest in May.

ZINE-MAKERS, DiY KIDS and CRAFTERS NEEDED! Zine Fest! The Women's Library, London   To promote the zine collection at the Women's Library, we're organising a one-day zine fest around women's crea...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:44:00 PST

Update from Cat Mazza ::Subversive stitch and knitting projects::

Aside news regarding microRevolt (www.microrevolt.org) projects ~ I want to announce a side project launched today on the 4th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq:Stitch for Senate http://www.stitch...
Posted by Colouring Outside The Lines on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:36:00 PST