Cut to the Chase: Becoming Visible & Valuable
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Coming from very different backgrounds Globe at MICA and Hullabaloo Press at UIndy have created and utilized their established or emerging legacies, identities, and stories to create awareness of the power of the press. From print shop open houses to protest posters Fisher and Fries generate appreciation and investment in their programs that have lead to fruitful engagement and institutional support. Together they will discuss how they build community, advocate, find partners to collaborate with, and how these endeavors provide students with meaningful experiences and lasting impressions.
Allison is a designer and letterpress printer from Baltimore, Maryland. She fell in love with letterpress while earning her BFA in Graphic Design at MICA. As a student she was bitten by the DayGlo love of Globe and devoted most of her senior year helping to rally student support for acquisition of the collection. Her love of Globe kept her in Baltimore, lurking around MICA’s campus, helping on projects and spreading the word of Globe until MICA finally hired her. Allison manages all things related to Globe from the production of new projects for clients like Hello Kitty and Smithsonian Institutions, wrangling Globe interns, overseeing archiving, working on community-oriented projects and more.
Katherine Fries, a studio artist/educator specializing in printmaking, letterpress, foundations, and painting explores storytelling and preservation through the understanding and use of objects as biography. Fries, Associate Professor of Studio Art at the University of Indianapolis, holds an MFA from Miami University. Fries actively shares her scholarly pursuits in a variety of ways including but not limited to presenting at international and national conferences, exhibiting her artwork locally, regionally, and nationally, as well as collaborating with community organizations and students. Previous conference presentations have included; Atypi: Association Typographique Internationale, College Book Arts Association, and Foundations in Art: Theory & Education.
