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Author:

Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., printer. printer.

Title:

[Amos P. Kennedy, Jr. prints collection from his 2019 open print session at the University of Iowa Main Library].

Publisher:

Amos P. KennedyJr.,

Copyright Date:

November 8, 2019

Description:

12 prints : color illustrations ; sheets 21-49 cm high

Subject:

Kennedy, Amos Paul,--Jr.
Kennedy, Amos Paul,--Jr.
Prints, American--21st century--Specimens.
Posters--Specimens.
Letterpress printing--Specimens.
Wood types (Printing)
Broadsides--Specimens.
Artists' books--Specimens.
Artists' books.
Broadsides.
Letterpress printing.
Posters.
Posters.
Broadsides.
Political posters.
Artists' books.
Letterpress printing.
Artists' books.
Political posters.
Posters.
Specimens.

Other Authors:

Kennedy Prints! (Firm), printer.
University of Iowa. Libraries, host institution.

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger. Some prints are numbered and signed by artist. "Visiting Artist Amos Paul Kennedy will be outside the Main Library Gallery on Friday, November 8 hand-printing posters from wood type. Participants and passersby will be invited to design background patterns or letters, which they will then have the opportunity to print. Text composed by Amos will be printed on top, after which participants will be able to take the posters home." --Taken from University of Iowa Events page : https://events.uiowa.edu/32145 Printed on chipboard with background images and/or text in color with quotations in black. Most prints also have Kennedy Prints! logo.

Contents:

Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor / James Baldwin -- Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom / George Washington Carver -- One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library / bell hooks -- Los libros son mi mundo. -- Proceed and be bold! / Sambo Mockbee ; architecture is about shelter for the soul. -- She who plants a garden plants happiness. -- There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it / Henry Moore -- La brutalidad policial es un lenguaje universal. Detén la violencia policial. -- I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people / Rosa Louise Parks -- How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the week and the strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these / George Washington Carver -- When I get a little money I buy books; and if there is any left I buy food and clothes / Erasmus -- If you over think it, you are thinking too much.

Summary:

A collection of relief and letterpress prints printed with wood type created by Amos P. Kennedy Jr. during his open print session at the University of Iowa Main Library on November 8th, 2019. Most are quotations from various authors or activists about politics, education, police brutality, libraries, books/reading.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1261758986

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)