Poetry by 2nd-grader Ashawn, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by 3rd-grader Amelia, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by 3rd-grader Emily, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by 3rd-grader Ederlin, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by 2nd-grader Anushka, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by Pittsfield 4th-grader James, custom embroidered by Elegant Stitches. One size fits most!

Featuring poetry, codes, and printmaking by third-grade students in Ms. Trivilino’s class at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

7 X 7 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using risography, featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

Featuring poetry, translation, multilingual codes, and printmaking by 26 students in Miss Coppola’s ESL classes at Pittsfield High School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

5.5 X 8.5 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using xerography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

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.

Featuring poetry, codes, and watercolor crayon resist artwork by third-grade students in Ms. Benoit’s class at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

4.5 × 10 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using risography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100

Featuring poetry, codes, comics, and illustration by third-grade students in Ms. Moon’s class at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

5.5 X 8.5 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using risography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

Featuring poetry, codes, and mixed media artwork by second-grade students in Mrs. Quirk-Cairns & Miss Jess’s classes at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

5 X 7 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using xerography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

You Eat Sweet Oranges features poetry, codes, and mixed media artwork by second-grade students in Miss Horn & Mrs. Somerville’s classes at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

4.5 X 6 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using xerography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.