Meaning Maker at The Schneider Museum of Art

May 17th, 2010

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Meaning Maker American Citizenship Edition is included in the exhibition The Mythical State of Jefferson, May 6 to June 12 at the Schneider Museum of Art.

The Museum is on the Southern Oregon University Campus in Ashland, Oregon. The exhibition addresses a 1941 movement to create a new state, out of parts of Northern California and Southern Oregon, for the purpose of copper mining .

Meaning Maker in Philadelphia!

April 2nd, 2010

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PreNeo Press launched a new Meaning Maker edition: Higher Education Edition at the annual Southern Graphics Council Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference was held in conjunction with a rich and expansive city-wide celebration of print art phenomena, the triennial Philagrafika.

While touring historical Philly, Meaning Maker American Citizenship Edition was inserted into all of The Great American Citizenship Quiz books in the gift shop of the Independence Visitors’ Center. This amazing information center is run by the National Parks Service. This public service action is also known as shopdropping.

Whirligig Interview with Pod Post

March 16th, 2010

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Read what these delightful book, zine and mail artists have to say about being pods and more at www.whirligig.hungerbutton.org

Laura Mappin Residency

February 14th, 2010

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PreNeo Press celebrates Valentine’s Day with a Weekend Residency in the Print Studios with crochet artist Laura Mappin.

See the work at Laura’s Residency page.

Whirligig Interview with José Arenas

January 21st, 2010

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Visit Whirligig to read José’s interview:

http://whirligig.hungerbutton.org

Meaning Maker News

November 24th, 2009

mm_logo_smMeaning Maker Academic Conference Edition is published in Visual Communication Quarterly. This special edition of Visual Communication Quarterly is focused on Analog Interactivity and is guest edited by xtine. Volume 16, Number 3, July - September 2009.

Family Gathering Edition is included in the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts democratic assemblage project None of the Above. More at: Minnesota Center for the Book Arts.

Periodic Personal Evaluation Edition will be included in FLAT Journal, an annually released, journal-shaped, mobile art gallery comprised of original, editioned works.

And new Meaning Maker editions are on the horizon!

Meaning Maker, for a value-added existence.

Book Arts Jam 2009

October 16th, 2009

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PreNeo Press and Hunger Button Books are delighted to participate in the 8th Annual Book Arts Jam, Saturday, October 17, at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California.

Saturday, Oct. 17, 10am - 4pm

We will have books, prints, Meaning Makers, and democratic multiples for your visual and intellectual amusement. Additionally, Nanette will be writing poems on the spot at Spontaneous Word Combustion, a BABA fundraising collaboration with Robert Perry and members of Bay Area Book Artists.

Directions and info at: http://bookartsjam.org

Whirligig Interview: Jane Reichhold

October 2nd, 2009

riverabovePreNeo Press and Hunger Button Books are pleased to announce a new Whirligig Interview with award-winning artist, poet, prolific writer and haiku scholar Jane Reichhold.

Visit Whirligig and read Jane’s interview:

http://whirligig.hungerbutton.org

Open Studio on Saturday, Sept.12

September 7th, 2009

PreNeo Press will be participating in an Open Studio event at Linden Street Artists’ Warehouse in Redwood City.

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Time: 6 - 9 pm
Location: Linden Street Artists’ Warehouse

275-B Linden Street, Redwood City, California
Across the street from the Target Shopping Center on the west side of El Camino Real (just south of Hwy 84/ Woodside Road). Behind the Chinese Restaurant.

http://www.artsopolis.com/event/detail/54407

We hope to see you there!
Kent & Nanette

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Meaning Maker is blogged in Printeresting!

August 13th, 2009

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Printeresting blogger Jason Urban blogged today about PreNeo’s Meaning Maker project.

Visit Printinteresting and read about Meaning Maker.

Make some meaning with Meaning Maker.

http://meaningmaker.org

May & June Exhibitions

May 10th, 2009

for Kent & Nanette of PreNeo Press

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May 1 - 31  

The Doll Show
Olive Hyde Art Gallery
Fremont, California    

Our friend Pati Bristow has some very special fetish dolls in this show.

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PreNeo Press Open Studios
Join us and several other studios in the building.

May 16 & 17, 11 am - 5 pm

Linden Street Warehouse
275 Linden Street, Redwood City
SVOS Site 30
Across from the Target shopping center on El Camino (behind the Sleep Train)

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Polyglot: Expressive Media in Book Arts
Curated by Penny Nii and Sue Friedland

June 13, 2009 - July 6, 2009

Reception: Saturday June 13 from 5 - 7 pm
Gualala Arts Center
Gualala, California

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The Qì Project
Digital Art and Narrative exhibition 

June 20, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

in conjunction with Computers and Writing 2009 conference
at UC Davis, Art and King Lounges of the Memorial Union

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Bay Area Book Artists
Kent and Nanette both have work in two Bay Area Book Artists exhibitions.

Conversations
Martin Luther King library at San José State University through May 16

Conscious Books
currently at DeAnza College Library, travels to Pleasanton Library in July

Interview with Alice Templeton

April 28th, 2009

alicetempleton_smWhirligig has published a new interview with award-winning, San Francisco-based, poet, musician, songwriter, educator, and scholar Alice Templeton.

Visit Whirligig.

Jason Adkins Residency

April 13th, 2009

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PreNeo Press is pleased to share the work of our Spring Weekend Residency in the Print Studio artist Jason Adkins. Jason created a suite of 6 monotypes. 

See the work at Jason’s residency page: www.preneo.org/residency

Jason’s website: jmadkins.com

launching Whirligig

February 8th, 2009

 

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PreNeo Press and Hunger Button Books are pleased to launch Whirligig.

Whirligig is a platform for engaging in the lives and minds of creative individuals via the interview format.

Launching interviews are with Jack Toolin and Kent Manske.

Visit Whirligig.

Julia Bradshaw Residency

January 15th, 2009

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In December, Julia Bradshaw was our PreNeo Weekend Residency in the Print Studio artist.

Julia’s project, On Photographing Breasts, is delightfully poignant, smart and fun. The project consists of three folios with title band and includes screenprinting with tipped in pigment printed photos.

Visit Julia’s project page to see images and a description of her project.

 PreNeo Residencies

This is scope creep.

January 10th, 2009

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PreNeo Press is the conceptual space of Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde.