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Pressed
Rick Griffith, Design DIrector & Principle at Matter is organizing, curating, and presenting: Pressed: An Exhibition of Letterpress Printed Ephemera along with few other forms of typographic mischief throughout Denver May 28th through July 4th.
On Friday the 28th of May Untitled #29: TYPO kicks off the weekend with Printing demonstrations, Spoken word, and various sorts of Typographic mischief that are sure to tickle senses throughout the night. The show opens at 7pm and runs until 10pm.
The following day the ABOUT FACE Symposia will be set into motion with two type related film screenings: Typeface, by Justine Nagan & Jack Stauffacher, and Printer by Jim Faris. The screenings will be followed by a Panel discussion lead by Nick Sherman of FontBureau & Woodtyper, Jim Sherraden & Brad Vetter of Hatch ShowPrint, Rick Griffith of MATTER and Tom Parson of Now it’s up to you publications.
Closing out the weekend on Sunday May 30th Pressed: An Exhibition of Letterpress Printed Ephemera will open to the public. The show will feature work from the Hamilton 10th Anniversary show, Hatch Showprint, and Works produced at the TypeLab/Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection. These works will be on display alongside pieces submitted through the open ‘Call For Entries’. A Store will run in conjunction with the exhibition and will be offering letterpress printed ephemera, t-shirts, and other printed goods for sale to the public with all proceeds going to make this exhibit live on in the next city.
Pressed : Call For Entries
The call for entries is open and will be closing May 20th. There is no charge for the call for entries, and no curatorial fees. More info available in the Pressed Prospectus (PDF Download).
Pressed : Exhibition Fund-raising/Sponsorship
More info available on kickstarter