How far would you go for your one true love? Would you give up all of your earthly possessions, your job, and your family? What if your one true love was a printing press...
At 40 years of age, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. abandoned the traditional American Dream to follow his own. Unsatisfied with his comfortable, middle-class life, Amos traded in his computer for a printing press and his white collar for a pair of overalls. Armed with life, liberty, peanuts, and a meager yearly income of $7,000, Amos cranked out a new, mutinous declaration of independence.
Proceed and Be Bold! joins Amos for a titillating retelling of his story, while examining the pretensions and provisions of the art world. The work of this self-proclaimed “Humble Negro Printer” raises emotionally-charged questions and reveals remarkable depth beneath the bold print. By learning the rules and then choosing to break them, Amos redefines what life (and letterpress printing) can be: exhilarating and subversive.
His provocative sense of humor seeps out of every word he speaks and his radical philosophies on the American consciousness (or unconsciousness) will awaken any listless bystander. After experiencing Amos' humble journey, you'll never look at your middle class life the same way again.
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At 40 years of age, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. abandoned the traditional American Dream to follow his own. Unsatisfied with his comfortable, middle-class life, Amos traded in his computer for a printing press and his white collar for a pair of overalls. Armed with life, liberty, peanuts, and a meager yearly income of $7,000, Amos cranked out a new, mutinous declaration of independence.
Proceed and Be Bold! joins Amos for a titillating retelling of his story, while examining the pretensions and provisions of the art world. The work of this self-proclaimed “Humble Negro Printer” raises emotionally-charged questions and reveals remarkable depth beneath the bold print. By learning the rules and then choosing to break them, Amos redefines what life (and letterpress printing) can be: exhilarating and subversive.
His provocative sense of humor seeps out of every word he speaks and his radical philosophies on the American consciousness (or unconsciousness) will awaken any listless bystander. After experiencing Amos' humble journey, you'll never look at your middle class life the same way again.
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT
Kennedy Prints! A
Letterpress Printery:
www.kennedyprints.com
Fine Press Book
Association:
www.fpba.com
Ardea Arts:
www.ardeaarts.org
Vespine Gallery:
www.vespine.org
Minnesota Center for
Book Arts (MCBA):
www.mnbookarts.org
Hamilton Wood
Type Museum:
www.woodtype.org
Micromentalist Movement:
www.micromentalists.com
Letterpress Printery:
www.kennedyprints.com
Fine Press Book
Association:
www.fpba.com
Ardea Arts:
www.ardeaarts.org
Vespine Gallery:
www.vespine.org
Minnesota Center for
Book Arts (MCBA):
www.mnbookarts.org
Hamilton Wood
Type Museum:
www.woodtype.org
Micromentalist Movement:
www.micromentalists.com
Kangaroo Press:
www.kangaroopress.com
Columbia College Center for
Book and Paper Arts:
www.colum.edu/Book_and_Paper
www.kangaroopress.com
Columbia College Center for
Book and Paper Arts:
www.colum.edu/Book_and_Paper
Lyons Share Gallery:
www.lyonssharegallery.net
Standard Deluxe:
www.standarddeluxe.com
Hatch Show Print:
www.countrymusichalloffame.com
Typeface, A Film By
Justine Nagan:
www.typeface.kartemquin.com
Gina Athena Ulysse:
www.ginaathenaulysse.com
The Bird Machine:
www.thebirdmachine.com