Student Artist Books
Created as a part of an annual, socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads and Citation Needed Press to celebrate the work of Pittsfield Public School students through publication. Featuring poetry and art by hundreds of students and printed using xerography, risography, and letterpress.
A Couple Thousand Things I Like was created as part of an annual collaboration with Citation Needed to celebrate the work of Pittsfield Public School students through publication.
The culminating project of 10 weeks of art and poetry workshops at Morningside Community Elementary School, A Couple Thousand Things I Like is printed in full color and features poetry by third-grade students and mixed media illustration by second-grade students. 5”X 7”, 120 pages, neon spiral-bound. 2026.
Each of these student artist books features a unique combination of poetry, drawing, printmaking, secret codes, translation, risograph and color printing. They were created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between Pittsfield Public Schools, The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA),
Saddle-stitched, printed using Xerox and risography, featuring a letterpress cover with a unique, back cover polymer plate print illustration. Editions of 100.
The Sun in a Billion Years and You Eat Sweet Oranges were created by 2nd-graders in Miss Horn, Mrs. Somerville, Miss Jess, and Mrs. Quirk-Cairns’ classes at Morningside Community School.
I Am the Popcorn with the Energy, I Wish to be a Great Person, and A World Inside a Stone were created by 3rd-graders in Ms. Trivilino, Ms. Benoit, and Ms. Moon’s classes at Morningside Community School.
What Should This Book Be Called was created by ESL students in Miss Coppola’s class at Pittsfield High School.
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.
Caps for Sale
Each limited-edition knit cap is embroidered with a select line of student poetry. One size fits most. Every purchase supports more Fireside poetry workshops for more students!
Poetry by 2nd and 3rd graders from the Berkshires! Custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches, our local embroidery and screen-printing shop. One size fits most!
Poetry by 2nd and 3rd graders from the Berkshires! Custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches, our local embroidery and screen-printing shop. One size fits most!
Poetry by 2nd-5th graders from the Berkshires! Custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches, our local embroidery and screen-printing shop. One size fits most!