AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS
Tour of Paper Machine
Sunday, July 14, 2019, 2PM-3PM
Paper Machine, 6330 St Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117
Paper Machine is a 5000-square-foot printshop in the Lower 9th Ward housing a range of traditional and cutting edge print technologies, to enhance, amplify, and explore New Orleans’s rich printing heritage while providing significant opportunities for artists and residents of the Lower Ninth Ward and beyond. Paper Machine welcomes visitors during Kolaj Fest New Orleans. Learn more HERE. They are open Monday-Friday, 9AM to 4PM.
It is also the home of Hope Amico’s Gutwrench Press. A co-organizer of the Mystic Krewe of Scissors and Glue, Amico is a collage artist, trained letterpress printer and former community bike shop volunteer, living and working in New Orleans. She is the force behind Gutwrench Press–a letterpress shop, zine distribution, and home of the “Keep Writing Project”, a postcard subscription she started in 2008 while an undergrad at Louisiana State University. Her work has been shown in Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Denver, Colorado; and Barranquilla, Colombia.
On Sunday of Kolaj Fest New Orleans, Hope will lead a tour of this artist-centered printshop and highlight ways artists can work with Paper Machine to produce books, zines, and other projects.
About Kolaj Fest New Orleans
Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, July 10-14, 2019. Visit the website to learn more, see an overview of the program, and register to attend. Kolaj Fest New Orleans would not be possible without the support of Press Street, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, LeMieux Galleries, Mystic Krewe of Scissors and Glue, Antenna Gallery, Kolaj Magazine and Kasini House. Kolaj Fest New Orleans is made possible through a generous gift from Laurie and Doug Kanyer. WEBSITE
About Hope Amico
www.hopeamico.com
Hope Amico is a collage artist, trained letterpress printer and former community bike shop volunteer, living and working in New Orleans. She is the force behind Gutwrench Press–a letterpress shop, zine distribution, and home of the “Keep Writing Project”, a postcard subscription she started in 2008 while an undergrad at Louisiana State University. Her work has been shown in Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Denver, Colorado; and Barranquilla, Colombia. Currently, Amico co-organizes the Mystic Krewe of Scissors and Glue, a monthly collage meet-up in New Orleans.
Images (top to bottom):
Paper Machine
Courtesy of Paper Machine
Letting Go Is a Delicate Art
by Hope Amico
7″x7″
paper, fabric, papercutting
2018