Imprint of the SFCB: Ward Schumaker
April 9, 2009
Come celebrate with us as the Imprint of the San Francisco Center for the Book launches its quarterly Small Plates editions for 2009. Our first artist this year is Ward Schumaker, whose book God’s Femur is hot off the letterpress. Ward will treat the guests to a reading of what he describes as “a reminiscence of an event in which my drawing skills were pitted against the power and imagination of the government of Nebraska.” He even promises to show a photo of the offending painting — “but only if you promise to look with a clean mind.”
The release party will also feature an exhibit of framed original art from Ward’s two artist’s books created in collaboration with Yolla Bolly Press: Two Kitchens in Provence by MFK Fisher with an afterward by Alice Waters, and Paris France, a memoir by Gertrude Stein with an afterward by George Plimpton. Both letterpress editions are illustrated throughout by Ward and produced by Jim and Carolyn Robertson. On view for one evening only!
When: Friday April 10th from 7-9 P.M.
Where:The San Francisco Center for the Book, 300 DeHaro Street (entrance on 16th Street) in Potrero Hill. 415-565-0545 | www.sfcb.org | imprint@sfcb.org
This year’s Small Plates series, whose theme is anatomy, will also include books by Daniel Gonzalez, Emory Douglas, and Allison Weiner. Please visit the Imprint page for more on the Center’s publications and our Etsy page for sales.