LP: The Letterpress Project
First Friday Art Trail, October 6, 2017
5&J Gallery, Charles Adams Studio Project, 1106 5th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79401
Victoria Marie Bee & Dirk Fowler present "LP: The Letterpress Project," the first invitational letterpress exhibition at the Charles Adams Studio Project's 5&J Gallery in Lubbock, Texas. With a goal to showcase contemporary practices & ignite conversations about printmaking, this international exhibition consists of letterpress prints from artists working across the United States & beyond.
The Aesthetic Union: James Lewis Tucker (San Francisco, CA)
Brad Vetter (Louisville, KY)
Camp Nevernice: Laura Baisden (Knoxville, TN)
Rodrigo Cuberas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Hammerpress (Kansas City, MO)
Hatchshow Print (Nashville, TN)
Inky Lips Press: Casey McGarr (McKinney, TX)
Isle of Printing: Bryce McCloud (Nashville, TN)
The Itinerant Printer: Chris Fritton (Buffalo, NY)
justAjar Design Press: Bobby Rosenstock (Marietta, OH)
Kennedy Prints: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. (Detroit, MI)
Lilco Studio: Lily Smith+Kirkley & Kim Cadmus Owens (Dallas, TX)
Pointed Press: Tricia Treacy (Philadelphia, PA)
Starshaped Press: Jennifer Farrell (Chicago, IL)
In the Helen DeVitt Jones Print Studio (next door to 5&J), during FFAT:
Curators Dirk Fowler & Victoria Marie Bee will be letterpress printing LIVE, celebrating College Radio Day with KTXT 88.1 who will be live broadcasting from the print studio during First Friday Art Trail!
The Aesthetic Union: James Lewis Tucker (San Francisco, CA)
three of his five prints in the exhibition: “Ojai” & “Joshua Tree” & “Donner Pass”
Starshaped Press: Jennifer Farrell (Chicago, IL)
three of five prints in the exhibition: “Urbs in Horto” & “Dive For Your Memory” & “The Well-Travelled Ampersand: Cooper Black”
The Itinerant Printer: Chris Fritton (Buffalo, NY)
three of his five prints in the exhibition, all “Untitled” & made on his journey as a tramp printer
Camp Nevernice: Laura Baisden (Knoxville, TN)
three of her five prints in the exhibition: “Sloth on a Bike” & “59 Parks Badlands National Park” & “Gillian Welch”
Rodrigo Cuberas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
three of his five prints in the exhibition: “V6” & “Superposition” & “Geometric”
justAjar Design Press: Bobby Rosenstock (Marietta, OH)
process photos of two of his five amazing prints in the exhibition: “Wonderous Wonder” & “Nelson Music Festival”