Riso Room Hosts MIZine Student Publishing Fair
The free fair showcased work by more than a dozen student artists in prints, magazines and small books.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Fine Art
The Riso Room, a public student-run risograph studio in the Fine Arts Building at the University of Missouri, hosted MIZine on Thursday, Nov. 6. The free fair featured original student publishing, with some prints, magazines and small books available for sale.
Why it matters
The event gives Columbia-area readers a look at how student artists use risograph printing, a process that prints one color at a time and has been sold in over 150 countries since its development in 1954. Kamei hopes to hold more events throughout the year to highlight student work.
Risograph printing requires switching ink and rerunning the paper through the machine for each color, and zines are typically printed in editions of less than 100 copies. Attendance and sales totals for MIZine were not reported.
The players
Riso Room
A public student-run risograph studio in the Fine Arts Building at the University of Missouri that hosts student publishing events and offers open lab hours for printing projects.
University of Missouri
A public research university in Columbia, Missouri, whose Fine Arts Building houses the Riso Room and the MIZine fair.
The details
MIZine featured prints, magazines and small books from student artists, and the Riso Room is open for lab hours on Thursdays from 4 to 8 p.m. Zines first emerged in the 1930s as self-published short magazines made by science fiction fans.
Timeline
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2026: MIZine fair held at the Riso Room in the Fine Arts Building.
Thursdays, 4-8 p.m.: Riso Room open lab hours.
1930s: Zines first emerged as self-published short magazines.
1954: Risograph printers were developed.
Industry Dynamics
MIZine continues the self-published tradition that began with science fiction fans in the 1930s, when zines first emerged as short magazines made outside commercial publishing. Its small edition sizes and single-color risograph process reflect that independent, low-volume model rather than mass-market print runs.
The Riso Room is open for lab hours on Thursdays from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building, giving students and visitors a way to try risograph printing. Prints, magazines and small books from the fair were available for purchase.
The takeaway
Risograph printing is a practical, low-cost way to produce small runs of original work, and the Riso Room's open lab hours make the process accessible to students and community members who want to experiment with it.
What happens next
Kamei hopes to hold more events throughout the year to highlight student work, though no specific dates have been announced.
Further reading
Explore more Fine Art coverage from Columbia to see how local student and independent artists are shaping the scene.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Maneater.
