Here comes the Printers' Ball!

Join F40 at the Fifth Annual Printers’ Ball:

Ludington Building
1104 South Wabash Avenue
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Admission to the Printers’ Ball is free and open to all ages.

Founded by Poetry magazine with other independent Chicago literary organizations, the Printers’ Ball is an annual celebration of print culture, featuring thousands of magazines, books, and broadsides available free of charge; live readings and music; letterpress, offset, and paper-making demonstrations; and much more. This year’s Printers’ Ball is co-produced with Columbia College Chicago and the Center for Book & Paper Arts, and is set to take place in the landmark Ludington Building, former home to the American Book Company. Select events during the Printers’ Ball are being recorded for Chicago Public Radio’s Chicago Amplified.

More than 1,500 people annually attend what has become one of the largest celebrations of print culture in the country. This year, for the first time ever, the Printers’ Ball features publishers outside of Chicago, showcasing more than 200 local, national, and international literary organizations and the various ways they bring print to life.

For more information visit the website!

Doug Fogelson talks to Time Out Magazine

Time Out Chicago Magazine talks with Doug Fogelson about his new book: The Time After. Read the interview by Jonathan Messinger.

Hot Potato writes about FFP at Hyde Park Art Center

Image: “Apocalyzer” (2007) by Ricky Allman; acrylic and ink on canvas

"Artists ignite annihilation debate"... read the article by Jason Verhagen on the upcoming Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture show on the Hot Potato blog.

FFP at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest

Please join us this weekend at the Midwest's largest literary event: the 25th annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest in historic Printers Row in Chicago (on South Dearborn Street, from Congress to Polk). This event is free and open to the public on Saturday and Sunday (June 6,7) from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. The outdoor festival offers the opportunity to hear authors speak and debate their works. It also features unique booksellers, poetry readings, exhibitors, kids activities, cooking demos, wine tastings, and much more. There will be 180 participating booksellers and 200 participating authors!

Front Forty Press will have a tent and will be selling all of our books at a special discount (our back catalog books will be available at a huge discount).

FFP Director, Doug Fogelson, will also be speaking at the "Chicago's Independent Publishing Pioneers" panel discussion on Saturday at 10:00 AM on the Center Stage. This event is presented by The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and will be moderated by Danielle Chapman (Director of Publishing Industry Programs).

The Fest will be held rain or shine. For printable PDFs of Saturday and Sunday programming schedules click here.

Beautiful/Decay reviews "The Time After"

"The Time After" gets written up by Beautiful/Decay. Read the review here: http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/05/28/book-review-the-time-after/#more-4817

The Chicago Urban Art Society presents “Muscle in the Hustle: Contemporary Approaches to Promoting Art"

Front Forty Director Doug Fogelson is scheduled to speak on the artist panel at this special event! Come join the discussion on current art movements and projects in the Chicagoland area.

Click image above for details or read below:

The Chicago Urban Art Society Presents
Muscle in the Hustle : Contemporary Approaches to Promoting Art
June 20, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
1048 West 37th Street. 3rd Floor
Chicago IL 60609
info@chgourbanartsociety.com

(May 25, 2009 – Chicago, IL) – The Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago’s emerging art maker collective, is proud to present “Muscle in the Hustle”, a 2 session panel discussion focusing on current art movements and projects in the Chicagoland area.

The first session will be an artist-led discussion on the successes / failures of promoting their art, and new and unorthodox approaches to the current market. The second session will be led by a panel of curators and gallery directors whose focus is emerging, contemporary, & local artists. They discuss their successes / failures in promoting their venue / vision, in artist selection, & original approaches to attracting audiences. Art makers and artists areas of interests include but not limited to DIY, street art, graffiti, mixed media, muralism, found object, performance, photography, public art, print-making, and literary arts.

Panel 1 (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
Panelists include: Ray ‘CRO’ Noland, Erik ‘RISK’ DeBat, Doug Fogelson, Rahmaan ‘STATIC’ Barnes, Maria Gaspar, Revise cmw, Dolan Geiman, and Tom Torluemke

Panel 2 (4 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
Panelists include: Anni Holm (Curator at Orleans Street Gallery), Anna Cerniglia (Independent Curator), Mike Nourse (Chicago Art Department), Jim Molnar and Kuna Na (mn gallery + studio), Lauren Pacheco (32nd&urban gallery/space), Lana Crooks (AOKAY Gallery), Kuaze (Volume One Magazine)

Moderators are: Angeline Gragasin of National Headquarters & Greg Hertzlieb of the Brauer Art Museum.

The Hole named "Rising Star!"

The Hole: Consumer Culture recently won the "Rising Star" Award at the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards! Click the link below to read more:

http://www.popcultureshock.com/2009-glyph-comics-award-winners/48374/

About the Glyph Comics Awards:

The Glyph Comics Awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. While it is not exclusive to black creators, it does strive to honor those who have made the greatest contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and commercial impact. By doing so, the goal is to encourage more diverse and high quality work across the board and to inspire new creators to add their voices to the field.

The awards are named for the blog Glyphs: The Language of the Black Comics Community (http://glyphs.popcultureshock.com), started in 2005 by comics journalist Rich Watson as a means to provide news and commentary of comics with black themes, as well as tangential topics in the fields of black science-fiction/fantasy and animation. For more information about the GCAs, contact Watson at rich.watson@gmail.com.