IMPRESS(ed) at Webster University in St. Louis

My work is in another show this month. IMPRESS(ed), curated by Tom Lang, is an exhibition of contemporary letterpress prints featuring the work of national and international artists. The exhibition is part of The Southern Graphics Conference International (SGCI). The artists in the show include Lynne Avadenka, Robyn Awend, Amy Borezo, Inge Bruggeman, Ophelia Chong, Kathryn Hunter, Kelly Jones, Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, Emily Larned, Susan Makov, Toby Millman, and Erin Newell.

This exhibition features both traditional forms of letterpress, as well as depictions of contemporary evolutions linking the idea of text and image—and of letter and line—allowing these components to become co-expressive elements within the object or composition.

The show runs from Thursday, March 17 to April 9.

one night show at Motor City Brewing Works

The amazingly talented and wonderful Anne Roecklein (and I) are showing brand new work next Wednesday at Motor City Brewing Works. One night only.

Hamtramck gallery & studio tour

A last-minute post, because it's happening today, now, Saturday, between 1 and 6pm. Organized by Steve Panton of the gallery on Edwin Street and Public Pool, my studio is on the list of noteworthy stops.

Subjective cartography

That's the title for a lecture I'm giving tomorrow as part of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies colloquium series: Designing Nations - Maps and Statistical Modeling in the Middle East" at the University of Michigan.

Come. There will be lots of pictures, including this one - these are all the settlements in the Jerusalem area.

another experiment

This time, it's a cutout of the entire Wall (from of the OCHA map from April 2007)

work in progress

I'm starting on some experiments in preparation for my new book (which I'm slightly freaking out over... there's just too many possibilities). The book will tentatively be called "Facts on the Ground" and will draw from maps of Palestine, including the ones I've been using since I found them at the UN OCHA in Jerusalem in 2006.

This is the Wall in Jerusalem.

books and more books

I'm still living off the high from my first artist book, I keep getting great feedback from people! Thanks people! Also, thanks to Bill and Vicky from Vamp and Tramp Booksellers, Access & Closure has made it into a few more exciting collections.

Harvard University, Fine Arts Library
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Herron Art Library, Artist Book Collection
Wellesley College, Clapp Library, Special Collections
Williams College, Chapin Library, Special Collections

If you live near any of these places, check it out. Or if you live in the Detroit area, one of my favorite neighbors - gallerist, photographer, engineer, all-around-good-guy and perhaps soon-to-be-cat-owner Steve Panton has agreed to circulate a copy to interested parties.

In other news, I found out that I got another residency for book #2, this time at the Women's Studio Workshop in New York. This one will be a quasi-atlas of Palestine but I'm going to wait on sharing the details until I've got something to show for it. Til then, I'll post an excerpt from a legend of a 1941-42 Survey of Palestine that I photographed at the Map Library at University of Michigan. Does anyone know what lava would be doing in Palestine?