Printers' Ball Coverage

Printeresting posted a great article about Printers' Ball, mentioning my demo on journal-making with the Chicago Books to Women in Prison and pics from the Collaborative Broadside Project:
http://www.printeresting.org/2010/08/05/the-printers-ball-2/

Leo-like End of Summer

What started as a lamb of a summer is going out like a lion, so help me celebrate my first year in Chicago at a few killer art events I am involved with in July and August:

a sneak peak of one of the printed fabric sculptures I will be installing

Here. It. Comes........

Sat. Aug. 7, 2010: Art on Track

8 Trains. 1 Track. Gobs of Artists.

Have you ever gotten on the L-train and something so strange was going down that you felt completely disoriented, unsure of where you were?

Well, get ready to feel that again. On purpose!

We will be circling the Loop for 5 hours on the Orange Line in trains converted into mobile art installation environments, each one with different artists and different approaches. Your ticket lets you jump trains to your heart's content as we circle downtown Chicago.

The details:

When: Sat. August 7, 2010 5-10pm

Where: Downtown Chicago, The Loop Orange Line, Entrances at Adams/Wabash and Washington/Wells

Admission: $10 at station (or get a 30% discount online when you use the promotional code AoTFriend at www.artontrack.com)

Car I will be on: Train 8(Addington Gallery)

Who will in our car:

Featuring:

CJ Mace

Michelle Mashon

Sanya Glisic

Liz Born

Nevena Pilipovic-Wengler

Renee Robbins

Addington Gallery

featuring: Beth Mercer

Like a marathon of art, we have only a few hours to install the whole train with, with no electricity and twenty minutes to de-install.

This is the Iron Man of Art. Come see how the race unfolds!

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July 30, 2010 The Printer's Ball: Print Loves Digital

The sixth annual Printers’ Ball, which this year takes as its theme “Print Loves Digital,” is an annual celebration of literary culture founded by Poetry magazine and other independent Chicago literary organizations. The Printers’ Ball is produced with the Center for Book & Paper Arts and the Student Affairs Offices of Columbia College Chicago.

FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010 /// 6 PM TO 11 PM

THE LUDINGTON BUILDING

1104 S WABASH AVE

CHICAGO

Lots of magazines. Books. Posters. Galore.

Broadsides & busy beavers. Newspapers & weeklies.

Zines. Poetry, fiction & all that. Buttons, stickers

& more. Reading & performing, or something like it.

Red carpet. Screenings, Web things & digital

writing — electrified in general; because PRINT <3DIGITAL .

Making, inking, stamping. Getting hands dirty.

Dancing, music, DJs. Playing. All free.

+ Beer, food & revelry.

As part of the Printers' Ball, in a collaborative project organized by the Chicago Printer's Guild, the Center for Book and Paper, and Poetry Magazine, 20 artists were paired with 20 poets to produce a portfolio of broadsides to be released at the celebration.

In collaboration with poet Leila Wilson, my contribution can be seen below :

The portfolio release time has not been announced yet, so come to the party and view the portfolio while you are there getting your hands dirty with a little letterpress, screen printing, papermaking, and the Copy Jam!

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Sat., July 24th, 2010 Spudnik Press Celebrates 3 years!

Three Far Out Years

Spudnik Press Fundraiser and Celebration

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Open House

11-4 pm at Spudnik Press Cooperative,

1821 W Hubbard, Suite 308

Fundraiser and Celebration

at Happy Dog Gallery,

1542 N Milwaukee, 2nd Floor

6 pm – Midnight

Silent Auction ends at 10pm

This is the cooperative where I do a lot of my printing, especially my screen printing. They both provide a space for artists to print and do a lot of community education. Featured artists include:

Sanya Glisic, Rachel Niffenegger, Paul Nudd, Jeremy Tinder, Sonnenzimmer, Ellen Gradman, Sue Coe, Michael Miller, Andrew Blair, Cynthia King, Jeremy Lundquist, Wrik Repasky, Dutes Miller, Alex Chitty, Kathryn Rodrigues, Kim Heiney, Minna Sora, Angee Lennard, Jessica Taylor, Laura Szumowski, Liz Born, Brian Hoffmeister, Stano Grezdo, Pablo Phillipps, Erick Jurado, Dan Falco, Stacey Colangelo, Julia Hendrickson, Mischa Kegan, Daniel Mellis, Justin Santora, Jay Ryan (The Bird Machine), Tom Wilder, Matt Nichols, Hilesh Patel, and Fred Stone & Chris Flynn (donated by Anchor Graphics, a program of the Art & Design Department at Columbia College Chicago).

With music by New Now Know How and DJ Tomeeo.

The P.I.T 5x7 Box is Available!

It may be summer break, but Pulp, Ink, Thread, the graduate student group of the Interdisciplinary Book and Paper MFA program at Columbia, has a new publishing project now available for sale. This project is a fundraiser, proceeds going to group activities like visiting lecturers andprofessional development trips. This is an awesome taster project by a great group of artists with more work to come. To view this project or if you are interested in purchasing this project, please e-mail me.

screenprint on handmade abaca, hemp, flax paper

screenprint on Lettra

Contributing artists:

Haley Nagy

Maggie Puckett

Don Widmer

Daniel Mellis

CJ Mace

Amy Rabas

Trisha Martin

Jana Sim

April Llewellyn

In addition to designing and printing the cover and colophon, my contribution to this project is Mantis Mash-Up!, a lasercut, screenprint that can be pulled apart to make a modular sculpture. How you put it back together is your choice!

The First of the Pics--Live!

Here is a preview of the Open Studio. I ducked out for a second to post a few images:

Long view of Signal Mirror 1

Close-Up

Kaitlin Kostus in Manifest Regalia

Books can be touched!

One Year Down, Two More To Go: Open Studio Event at Columbia College, Chicago

Announcing a very special event to celebrate the end of my first year of graduate school. My peers and I will be showing off the work we have produced over the last two semesters at the:

Interdisciplinary Arts MFA

Open Studios

Columbia College-Chicago

Friday, May 14th, 2010

1pm-3pm

Media

916 South Wabash

Second Floor

Rooms 204 & 205

4pm-7pm

Book & Paper

1104 South Wabash

Second Floor

Papermaking Studio

Featuring the Work Of:

CJ Mace

Victoria Bradford

Jenny Garnett

Kaitlin Kostus

April Llewellyn

Daniel Lubniewski

Haley Nagy

Michael St. John

Daniel Mellis

As you can see by the announcement, there are two buildings of fun.

My print projections and animations, a new body of work for me, will be installed in the papermaking studio of the 1104 S. Wabash on the second floor. I would love to see you, have a conversation, and hear feedback about these new pieces.

Many of you do not live in good ol' Chicago, so if you cannot attend the event, please come back here to Studio High Horse to see pics. They will be posted shortly. The animations and projections will also be posted on my flickr page.

Hope to see you there!

Printervention Pics

Here are some great pics from the Printervention show grabbed from the Lumpen flickr set at
www.flickr.com/photos/versionfest/sets/72157623878543502

You can see my print in the background, second from the right. Much of the work on display was graphic screen prints on commercial paper. I wish there was more time for those contributing to produce work with a slightly difference thrust, but I also like the way that anyone can feel comfortable contributing. I want to get pics of my poster installed outside, as I don't think it is really suited to this venue.

Thanks to all the Printervention crew, who worked so hard to organize and install the show.

Here is a shot of the marquee:

lingerloop(the frenetic fade)

lingerloop(the frenetic fade),
originally uploaded by cjmace.

Opening tonight, at the Chicago Cultural Center:
Printervention // Printing for the Public

Linger., my contribution to this show, is an attempt to engage the WPA poster tradition without making a poster, really, or at least by making a poster you want to touch and that changes over time. My contribution functions both as a single work and as an installation, and will be hung outside around Chicago and Detroit for the 2010 U.S. Social Forum.

Here is a summary of the description of the project:

linger. is a cyanotype under screen print on handmade paper

Though appearing thin and fragile, the paper is very strong, capable of withstanding handling and weathering. The cyanotype image will fade in natural light over time, a chemical reaction characteristic of this photo process, but return if kept in the dark for a while. Additionally, if you look at the fifteen prints of this edition side-by-side, the cyanotype image underneath fades gradually from view, leaving skeletal traces and text. This edition is an animation, really, that questions both the assumption of a static edition and the viewer’s interaction with the installed piece, a printed object that alters itself.

Here is a description of Printervention and a list of participating artists:

Following the success of last years' Version Festival program: the Bridgeport WPA pilot project, we have asked artists from around the country to create works that raise awareness of social and political issues of our day.

Join us for an incredible exhibition of over 70 posters and prints.
Plus a mural by the Montreal based duo Seripop.

CHICAGO TOURISM CENTER GALLERY
72 E. RANDOLPH STREET

Artists include //
Alex Valentine
Andrew Blackley
Andy Luce
Angee Lennard, Spudnik Press
Antonio Pazarán, Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
Bryan Christopher Baker, Stukenborg
Chad Kouri, The Post Family
Christina Vantzou
Cirilo Esquivel, Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
CJ Mace
Clay Hickson, WORKSPACE
Cody Haltom, Public School
Colin Matthes, Justseeds
Cynthia Marris, The Printstitue
Damon Locks
Dan Grzeca
Dan S. Wang
Danimal
Delicious Design League, Billy Baumann and Jason Teegarden-Downs
Derek Dietrich-Muller
Dominic Fortunato
Eric J. Garcia
Gregory Calvert
Ina Weise
Jennifer Farrell, Starshaped Press
Jenny Beorkrem, Ork Posters
Jeremiah Chiu, Plural
Jessica Owings
Jessica Taylor
Jon Resh
Jose L. Gutierrez , Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
Julia V. Hendrickson
Justin Cox, Public School
Katie McCauley, Strangelight
Renata Graw
Keith G. Herzik, Alamo Igloo
Kenton Quatman
Laura Klein
Letterform, Inc, Julie Morelli & Andy Schwegler
Lise Haller Baggesen
Luke Williams
Margot Harrington
Marvin Chan, The Printstitute
Mary Tremonte, Justseeds
Mat Daly, WORKSPACE
Michelle Mashon, Spudnik Press
Nick Adam
Nick Bahr and Janet Webber
Nick Du Pey, Young Monster
Nicolas Lampert
Rand Renfrow
Rebecca Ann Rakstad, Rar Rar Press
Ricardo Serment, Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
Richard Repasky, The Printstitute
Richie Bearden, WORKSPACE
Reuben Kincaid
Ryan Duggan
Salvador Jiménez, Yollocalli Arts Reach
Sanya Glisic, Spudnik Press
Seripop
Shaun Lind, Public School
Sonnenzimmer, Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi
Steve Walters, Screwball Press
SuperKonductor, David R. Head, Jr. and Jen Hazen,
The Little Friends of Printmaking
Thirst, John Pobojewski + Bud Rodecker
Tyler Galloway
Vanessa Sanchez, Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
Veronica Corzo-Duchardt, winterbureau
Will Bryant, Public School

Printervention, organized by Emily Clayton, Chris Roberson and Ed Marszewski, is part of Version Festival 2010, an annual arts festival in Chicago produced by the Public Media Institute that brings together hundreds of artists, musicians and educators from around the world.

www.printervention.org
www.versionfest.org

As always, you can see more example of my work(and more video animations) by clicking on my portfolio in the upper right corner of this page. That will take you to my complete flickr portfolio.