Featured Artist, June 16-23: Mark Mattes/Hot Brown Press
About the artist:
I founded Hot Brown Press in 2023. In part, HBP supports my work as an English professor at the University of Louisville, where I teach courses about how histories and technologies of "the book" shape literature. Many of my prints are about my interests in reading, writing, and bookish things. I also use Hot Brown Press to engage with communities that I deeply admire and to make fun stuff about cool things around town.
About the featured art piece:
"The Author & Her Books" is a letterpress print inspired by the poetry of Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson. Using a quill ornament as the central building block for the parent bird and a book ornament as the central building block for their chicks, the work elaborates a bird-and-her-brood metaphor for authorship. The alphabetic elements accentuate the generational relationships of the metaphor, with uppercase letters used for the parent and lowercase letters used for the chicks.
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Social media:
Instagram: @hotbrownpress / Bluesky: @markalanmattes.bsky.social
Be our next featured artist!
Artists of all ages, experience levels, and walks of life are encouraged to apply. No previous gallery experience is necessary. Email amy.talbott.draws@gmail.com for more information.