Skowhegan is excited to present a collection of alumni publications at The Skowhegan Book Meet. The Meet will be a unique opportunity to see the volume and breadth of printed works by participating alumni, whose years span 1956 to 2018, and will feature talks with artists Ali Fitzgerald (A '04) about publishing her first comic book, Josh Graupera (A '16) about his Philadelphia-based activist zine practice, and Pallavi Sen (A '17), Assistant Professor of Art at Williams College, moderated by Birgit Rathsmann (A '04), Skowhegan Alliance Member and this event's lead organizer.
Free to the public, no tickets required.
The event's primary focus is creating dialogue about art and book-making, and will feature some books in progress and unique works. Select publications will be available for sale, so people interested in buying work come prepared with access to PayPal or Venmo.
Printed materials are a site for exploration distinct from any other kind of art object.
Art books are objects which can move between gallery, library, research, and your bedside table. Books make projects immediately accessible, even if they happened far away, long ago, or for only one day at a now defunct space.
Zines are the DIY version of published art books. Economical and immediate, zines let artists focus on building community or have a singular exuberant outburst. They are intimate, printed and stapled at home.
New books, books in progress, and previously completed books by:
Bill Adams (A '80, F '04) • Alejandro Almanza-Pereda (A '04) • Nobutaka Aozaki (A '15) • Svetlana Bailey (A '16) • Rebecca Baldwin (A '04) • Ditta Baron Hoeber (A '61) • Patrick Bayly (A '18) • Keren Benbenisty (A '09) • Caitlin Berrigan (A '08) • Skyler Brickley (A '05) • Teresa Booth Brown (A '88) • Deborah Buck (A '75) • Lauren Cohen (A '10) • Tommy Dahlberg (A '15) • Elizabeth Dovydenas (A '76) • Peter Dudek (A '78) • Cathy Fairbanks (A '11) • Ali Fitzgerald (A '04) • Robert Flynt (A '74, '76) • Gabe Fowler (A '04) • Lynda Frese (A '85) • Josh Graupera (A '16) • Daniel Greenberg (A '18) • Julia Haft-Candell (A '16) • Sarah Hotchkiss (A '10) • Ginny Huo (A '15) • Tim Hutchings (A '96) • Sareh Imani (A '18) and Bahareh Khoshooee (A '18) • Valentina Jager (A '18) • Penelope Jencks (A '56, '57) • Kristian Johansson (A '13) • Yva Jung (A '09) • Juliet Karelsen (A '96) • Junte (Marcos Castro, Melanie McLain, Elle Pérez (A ‘15), Ian Gerson, Noah Garcia, Omar Mismar, Baris Gokturk) (A ‘16) • Becky Kinder (A '04) • Jay King (A '04) • Charlotte Lagro (A '15) • Ellen Lesperance (A '99) • Cyriaco Lopes (A '02) • Holli McEntegart (A '14) • Emcee C.M., Master of None (Colin McMullan) (A '07) • Helina Metaferia (A '16) • Adam Milner (A '18) • Jennifer Monick (A '99) • Shirah Neuman (A '12) • Ann Oren (A '09) • Melissa Oresky (A '00) • Birgit Rathsmann (A '04) • David Reed (A '66 F '88) • Naomi Safran-Hon (A '12) • Pallavi Sen (A '17) • Rudy Shepherd (A '00) • Pallavi Singh (A '15) • Slinko (A '10) • Frank Stockton (A '15) • Rob Swainston (A '07) • Mary Temple (A '99) • Marvin Touré (A '16) • Tomoe Tsutsumi (A '10) • Katrina Umber (A '11) • Deborah Wasserman (A '97) • Marisa Williamson (A '12) • Sichong Xie (A '18) • Ellen Xu (A '16)