Making Good Trouble with Bad Printing Letterpress Workshop with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
Tuesday, October 10th, 10am-5pm and Wednesday, October 11th, 10am-2pm
FREE
Join Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and Frontline Arts at our studios in Branchburg, NJ for two days full of “Bad Printing”! Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is visiting Frontline Arts and is facilitating a series of workshops, culminating in a FREE artist talk at the Newark Public Library. This visit was made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Frontline Arts will be holding two drop-in style letterpress workshops on Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday the 11th. The workshops will start with an introduction by Amos, and followed up with a bonanza of printing on all of our various letterpresses!
The Tuesday workshop is a slightly more intensive day of printing, due to the longer schedule. Wednesday is a shorter day to allow for traveling up to Newark for the artist talk at Newark Public Library’s Main Branch!
Participants are welcome to attend one day or both days of workshops, and to come whenever they are available. This event is completely FREE and drop-in. Come in and make some prints with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and the Frontline Arts staff!
About the artist:
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is a Detroit-based letterpress artist known for his inky, layered, textured and text-based posters on chipboard. Kennedy’s work usually centers on social justice and political commentary, directly addressing uncomfortable issues of race, as well as gatekeeping and pretension in the arts. Kennedy received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has works in the collection of the Library of Congress, was a United States Artists Glasgow Fellow in Crafts in 2015, and is the subject of the 2008 documentary film “Proceed and Be Bold.”
Traveling to Frontline Arts:
We are at the intersection of Station Rd and River Rd, just off Rt 22, near Somerville.
Public Transportation
Frontline Arts is directly on the North Branch stop of the Raritan Valley Line. See schedule here, entering North Branch Station as your destination:https://www.njtransit.com/train-to and by sure to check the site for current alerts and rider guidelines.
Please be aware that this station does not have a platform and is therefore not considered accessible. However, you can book a ride with NJ TRANSIT's ADA paratransit program known as Access Link. See eligibility and ride booking details here:https://www.njtransit.com/accessibility/access-link-ada-paratransit
NJ Transit Accessibility: Many of NJ TRANSIT's rail stations are accessible by elevator, ramp, mini high-level platform or portable lift. All accessible stations are shown on the system map with the international symbol of accessibility. If you need fully accessible transportation, please contact Lindsey Knipe at lindsey@frontlinearts.org
Ridewise: For assistance navigating NJ Transit and Somerset County Public Transit, contact Ridewise for TransitConnect Travel Training. Please contact them by October 6th for assistance navigating to our workshop.
RideWise, Inc.
360 Grove Street
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Phone: 908-704-1011
staff@ridewise.org
Somerset County Residents who are eligible can also use Paratransit services.See Somerset Co details by clicking here.
The train stops at FA approximately every 1.5 - 3 hours during weekdays only. Be sure to get on the correct Raritan Line train that stops at North Branch (goes all the way to High Bridge), or it ends in Raritan, 4 miles from here. Also, most schedules require a transfer in Newark to get to NY Penn Station. Some schedules are direct. The connecting line between Newark and NYC is normally the Northeast Corridor Line.
Frontline Arts’ Accessibility Services can be found here: https://www.frontlinearts.org/accessibility-services
Registration deadline is Monday, October 9th at midnight.