Student Artist Books: The Complete Set
Student Artist Books: The Complete Set
This set of six unique artist books was created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). The material for the books was generated through a series of poetry and visual art workshops with 120 elementary school students and 25 high schoolers in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Each publication features a unique combination of student poetry, codes, and artwork made using printmaking, watercolor crayon resist, mixed media, and illustration.
The books are saddle-stitched and each feature a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Printed using both xerography and risography, each book is a unique size and was made in an edition of 100. The full set comes inside of a limited-edition, risograph-printed folder, created by the 26 high schoolers during a field trip to the PRESS room at MCLA.