Exhibit: Posters from Kyle Schlesinger’s “A People’s Curriculum for the United States”
Now through June 16, 2017
Lobby, Olin Memorial Library
A People’s Curriculum for the United States is a public poster project written, printed, and distributed by the people and for the people. It asks us to ask ourselves and one another: what does America need to (re)learn under the Trump Administration? What’s missing from the American curriculum? Is it peace? Is it civil rights? Is it close listening? If you could teach America something, in just a word or two, what would it be? In Schlesinger’s workshops, participants use the printing press as an agent for social change, redistributing the power of literacy and knowledge from the few to the many by setting their messages in type, printing posters, and sharing their ideas publicly, fostering a community of understanding, empathy, and equality.
Talk: “Poems, Pictures, and Prints: Cuneiform Press”
Friday, May 26, 2017 — 11:00 am-12:00 noon
Develin Room, Olin Memorial Library
Kyle Schlesinger, Director of Cuneiform Press, discusses the state of the book in our current cultural climate, while sharing his passion for producing enduring works that merge historically-informed typographic practices with the latest industry trends. From letterpress-printed chapbooks to collaborations with writers and artists such as Johanna Drucker, Bill Berkson, and Jim Dine, Cuneiform publishes poetry, artists’ books, and nonfiction with an emphasis on enriching the humanities. Works will be on display in both the Develin Room and the Olin Lobby, including posters from Schlesinger’s recent social-movement letterpress project, A People’s Curriculum for the United States.
This talk is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Wesleyan Library. For more information, email libfriends@wesleyan.edu.