Documentation and archive of contemporary book artists at the J. Willard Marriott Library
Characters is the fourth book in my 2019 chapbook subscription series, Tiny Ideas. Every other month I create a new chapbook and mail it out to my list of subscribers. The books are all about differen...
I position myself as a stand-in for African American victims of violence and police brutality to explore the phenomenon of their post-mortem criminalization. The pointed humiliation and dehumanization...
While I often work with poetry—which works well in ephemera because an entire work can usually be printed on a single flat surface—selecting an extract from a novel offers challenges. The extrac...
Ostensibly I finished Character Traits in early January of this year, but the question of when a book is finished is difficult to answer, and the answer differs from book to book. Sometimes I feel l...
Stranger & Stranger is a result of the collaboration and friendship between poet Katharine Coles and painter Maureen O’Hara Ure, both University of Utah professors. Working alongside one anothe...
DE|MARCATION was originally conceived by Amy Jorgensen to support the unique vision of artists in the state of Utah and to build on the rich discourse of image making in the region. Curated by Amy Jo...
Curated by Red Butte Press, This Book Is Now showcases the art of the book. We’re keen on documenting the varied life cycles of handmade books—how they develop from murky, inchoate concepts into full-fledged objects.
The aim of This Book is Now is twofold: we record the production stages of whatever book is currently under construction at Red Butte Press, and we present process notes and images from contemporary artists engaged in the art of the book.
We’ve heard, “Books are dead.” We brush off this melodrama and offer up a new claim: Books are dead is dead. Our aim is to unveil and to archive the process work underpinning some of the most innovative and electrifying books being assembled in the now.
Established in 1984 when premiere Bay Area printers, Lewis and Dorothy Allen offered an 1846 Columbian hand press to the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, Red Butte Press honors and extends the traditions of fine press printing, producing finely crafted, limited editions. The Press is committed to contemporary dialogue, publishing essays focused on the western states as well as the best in modern fiction and poetry. Red Butte Press commissions original artwork, uses quality paper and binding materials, and prints letterpress to make each book a reflection of its contents.
