PUBLISHING FROM THE GROUND UP

PUBLISHING FROM THE GROUND UP: A SYMPOSIUM ABOUT INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING AND THE CREATIVE COMMUNITIES IT SUSTAINS Saturday, April 25 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship 112 N. Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK 74103 Free The University of Tulsa, in partnership with Tulsa LitFest, Art Directors Club, and Tulsa Artist Fellowship, presents Publishing from the Ground Up—a symposium exploring independent publishing and the creative communities it sustains. Join us for a full day of conversation and making, featuring two roundtable discussions and a hands-on workshop with writers, editors, designers, and publishers working at the forefront of literary and art publishing across the U.S. All events are free and open to the public. This symposium is made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the TU College of Arts & Sciences. 9:30–10:50 AM | Panel 1: Promoting Translation & Building Readerly Communities Matt Carney (editor-in-chief of The Pickup) will moderate a panel about publishing and promoting literature in translation, organized by Boris Dralyuk and featuring Will Evans (founder of Deep Vellum, Dallas), Shook (poet, translator, and founder of Phoneme Editions), and Daniel Simon (editor-in-chief of World Literature Today).  RSVP 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | Panel 2: The Art of Publishing & Community Solidarity The second panel, moderated by M. Wright, will feature graphic designers who publish in collaboration with artists and activists: James Ewald (partner at Velvet Jam Press, publisher of Meta Flop, and co-organizer of the Oklahoma City Art Book Fair), Eric Von Haynes (founder of Flatlands Press, president of Chicago Printers Guild, and co-owner of Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago), Emily Larned (founder of Alder & Frankia Press, co-founder of Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts, and book arts instructor at the Women’s Studio Workshop, Bridgeport, CT), and Jimmy Van Luu (co-founder of the design studio Group Project, and its publishing division Riso Riso, Austin). The two panel discussions will be followed by a hands-on bookbinding workshop. RSVP 1:30–3:00 PM | Bookbinding Workshop Please join us for a bookbinding workshop to make a blank book using simple stitching techniques. Participants of all ages and experience levels are welcome. All materials will be provided, and light refreshments will be served. REGISTER ABOUT THE MODERATORS M. Wright is an associate professor of graphic design and creative director of TU’s Third Floor Design Studio. She received her MFA in visual communication design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, following an undergraduate degree in comparative literature from Princeton University. Over the past 20 years, she has built a creative practice that specializes in collaborations with artists and cultural institutions. Her design work has garnered national and international awards and has been exhibited in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philad...