The fort gondo poetry series presents innovative local and national poets who have recently published a book or chapbook. The inaugural reading for the series will takeplace Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7 PM, with poets Chris Martin, Ted Mathys and Mary Austin Speaker. Books by the poets will be available at the reading for purchase and signing. Future readings will be announced as theyʼre confirmed. The series is free and open to the public.
Mary Austin Speaker
The series is sponsored in part by All Along Press, who will have limited-edition, hand-printed letterpress broadsides available at each reading — uniquely designed for each poet — as well as a bound anthology at the seasonʼs end.
The Broadsides are available for purchase here.
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ABOUT THE POETS
Chris Martin is the author of American Music (Copper Canyon 2007) and Becoming Weather (Coffee House 2011). He was the editor of Puppyflowers and is the editor of Futurepost, a response blog for Futurepoem books. After stops in San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Brooklyn, he currently lives in the oldest freestanding house in Iowa City with his wife, the poet Mary Austin Speaker.
Ted Mathys is the author of The Spoils (2009) and Forge (2005), both from Coffee House Press. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and his poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, BOMB, Fence, Conjunctions, Jubilat, and elsewhere. Originally from Ohio, he now lives in St. Louis and works in environmental advocacy.
Mary Austin Speaker is the author of the chapbooks, In the End There Were Thousands of Cowboys, Abandoning the Firmament (Menagerie Editions 2009 and 2010), and The Bridge (Push Press 2011). New work has recently appeared in Boog City Reader, Bright Pink Mosquito, Pleiades, Big Bell, 20012, La Fovea, Highchair, New Orleans Review and is forthcoming in Mrs. Maybe. She teaches writing and works as a freelance book designer in Iowa City, where she lives with her husband, Chris Martin.
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ABOUT THE CURATORS AND SPONSORS
Jessica Baran is the Assistant Director of White Flag Projects and a freelance art writer for the Riverfront Times. She is the author of the poetry collection collection Remains to Be Used (Apostrophe, 2010), as well as the chapbook Late and Soon, Getting and Spending (All Along Press, 2011).
Jennifer Kronovet is currently a writer-in-residence at Washington University St. Louis. She is the author of the poetry collection Awayward (BOA Editions, 2009), which was selected by Jean Valentine for the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in the Colorado Review, Fence, Open City, The Nation, Ploughshares, A Public Space, and elsewhere. She is the co-founder and co-editor of Circumference: Poetry in Translation.
fort gondo compound for the arts is a community arts form founded in 2002. For more information please visit www.fortgondo.com.
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Getting ready for Print League
CALLING ALL PRINTMAKERS!
In March of this year, Cherokee Street was fortunate enough to host an evening of printmaking madness as part of the SGC International Conference. With thousands of attendees (participants and on-lookers), the street was lit up in celebration of art and community.
Following on the heels of an event that brought international attention to Cherokee Street, galleries and businesses in the district are teaming up once again to showcase artists working in print media for the annual Cherokee Print League Holiday Sale: Saturday, December 3rd from 10am-7pm. This indoor print-themed arts and crafts sale will take place up and down the street, with businesses hosting over 50 artists from all over the St. Louis area (as well as the greater midwest) whose work isprint-related (printmaking, letterpress, screen printing, printed fabrics, anything printed goes!)
WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU PARTICIPATE!
Last year, hundreds of people turned up for the event to mosey along the historic shopping district and purchase the printed wares of local artists. As the first street-wide art event following SGC, this year’s show will be bigger than ever! Organized as a sale rather than an art show, the event promises a huge turnout and will be a great way to make some cash before the holiday season. Hosting businesses will be advertising the event extensively: 100% of participation fees go toward advertising.
All artists will be guaranteed a comfortable, easily accessible location to showcase their artwork. You will be provided with a table in an indoor, heated space, and your name and location will be included on a printed map of the event that will be available the day of the sale.
Participating Venues Include:
Aisle One Gallery – www.aisle1gallery.com
All Along Press – www.allalongpress.com
Foam Coffee and Beer – www.foamstl.com
Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts – www.fortgondo.com
Paper Boat Studios – www.paperboatstudios.com
Porter Teleo – www.porterteleo.com
Snowflake City Stock – www.snowflakecitystock.com
STyLeHouse – www.stl-style.com
The Firecracker Press – www.firecrackerpress.com
REGISTRATION
Reserve your spot in the show! Register online at www.cherokeeprintleague.com.
REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 18 for the Early Bird Rates:
Professional: $50 (tables can be shared, two artists for $25ea)
Student: $35 solo (shared tables available at professional rate only)
Entries received after November 18th are $65/professional, $45/student.
Approximate Table Size: 3 x 5′ with optional wall space (let us know if you’re interested in some wall).
Advertising prospects include: St Louis Magazine, RFT, KDHX, West End Word, handprinted posters by Sleepy Kitty, The Firecracker Press, and All Along Press and postcards by Paper Boat Studios.
After Party: FOAM 8pm-close
For more info on the event:
visit www.cherokeeprintleague.com
email Becca Moore at cherokeeprintleague@gmail.com
or call All Along Press at (314) 827-6185
The Contemporary Art Museum was kind enough to invite us down to do a workshop as part of their Sunday Studio series. From their Facebook:
Last weekend’s Sunday Studios, 25 guests learned from All Along Press about the history of screen-printing and its various uses. See examples of some of the screen prints that the guests created during the hands-on workshop.
The Contemporary will be having a lot of these Sunday Studios coming up, each based on the exhibition that is being shown in the Museum. Information on these studio workshops can be found on the Contemporary’s website.
Screen Print Workshop
Becca Teaching Screenprinting
Sal Randolph
Michael Worful
Art Opening November 11, 2011 – 7:00 PM at All Along Press
Hello China | Michael Worful
My Favorite Words | Sal Randolph
Sal Randolph lives in New York and makes art involving gift economies, social interactions, public spaces and publishing, including Opsound, (a site for the exchange of copyleft music) the Free Biennial and Free Manifesta (a pair of open “biennials”), Free Words (a book infiltrated into bookstores and libraries), and Money Actions (an ongoing series of interventions in which she has given away several thousand dollars to members of the public). She is currently investigating games, recipes, algorithms, codes, and texts, and is writing about about experience and participation in art.
Randolph’s work has been presented in the public environments of New York, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and other cities, as well as in gallery and museum exhibitions including Manifesta 4, and Don’t Miss in Frankfurt am Main, BüroFriedrich Gallery and the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK) in Berlin, the Palais de Tokyo and Bétonsalon in Paris, La Box in Bourges, Röda Sten in Göteborg, Live Biennale/Western Front in Vancouver, Art Interactive and Oni Gallery in Boston, as well as Art in Odd Places, Cinders Gallery, the Conflux Festival, Glowlab/Christina Ray Gallery, Pace Digital Gallery, and Salvation Gallery in New York.
Membership Card
This past Thursday, All Along Press hosted the inaugural meeting of Print Club, which kicked off with a bang. Folks came down to the shop from Webster, Washington University and their own studios to work in a community environment. Officially, Print Club is a gathering of print-minded students from Webster University, Washington University, and SIUE. The club meets at All Along Press on Cherokee Street one night a month to print, communicate, and collaborate. Unofficially, it is a huge boost of creative energy for us and other printmakers around Saint Louis. Thanks to everyone who came out! We had a blast.
This sort of community and creative energy has become a huge part of Saint Louis. We can only hope that more people can focus their creative energy in a similar way… Which reminds us… Work/Play, a new letterpress shop in the Grove, has met their Kickstarter goal! Congratulate them: twitter.com/Work_Play