Independent publishing
Special Collections Press, Demos, SPLITS, Color & Color, T-shirts, Aprons
Independent publishing in various forms is important to my work for its responsivity, collaborative-nature, accessibility, and its intimate and democratic structures. Here are a selection of recent publishing projects that range from a Risograph-based arts press to editions of screen printed garments.
The School of the Dead Manifesto, Angela Hennessy, 2017. Risograph artist book printed at School of Art/College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati. Photo: Courtesy of Angela Hennessy
Special Collections Press began as partnership between myself and colleague, Jordan Tate, in partnership with the The College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) Arts Library at the University of Cincinnati. The press has published a collection of artists books, broadsides and hosted book launch parties and readings. Special Collections has participated in book fairs and art fairs from Cincinnati to CDMX. Hot Take Press, a spin-off student-run press, shares the equipment with us.
Image above: Angela Hennessy's The School of the Dead Manifesto, 2017, Edition of 100, pp 63
Images below: Special Collections in action 2016-2019 (Lukaza Branfman-Verisimo, Welly Fletcher, Robert Fletcher, Bean Gilsdorf, Angela Hennessy, Fabiola Menchelli,Raul Gongora, Rebecca Morgan, Jesse Ring, Steve Roggenbuck)
Demos, ERNEST, Container Corp and c3initiative, 2015
Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility, produced by ERNEST, c3:initiative, and Container Corps, in Portland, Oregon.
The publication is 31 pages long, and contains 5 original essays. Includes contributions from c3:initiative, Ace Lehner, Sarah Fontaine, Ernest Jerome DeFrance, Pete Brook, Dan Gilsdorf, and ERNEST.
Available at Printed Matter NYC.
Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility, illustration insert by Ernest Jerome France
Color & Color is a four-issue artist publication co-edited myself and Erik Scollon (2009-2012). Each issue takes on a different color pairing and invites artists to respond to the colors. Book launch parties were important and friends were made. :)
SPLITS, words by Sara Shelton Mann, book cover/wrapping by me, published by Lauren McKeon, Edition of 80, 8 x 6 inch booklet with 60 x 15 inch screen printed cotton cover, 2014
