AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

from Franklin Furnace

Dear Friends,

The U.S. election has shaken our country and we have felt the deep impact it has had on so many within our own community: the artists and publishers that we represent, our staff, our customers, and our audience at large.

In the wake of the election, Printed Matter reaffirms its commitment to social and political justice and to free expression. We stand against all forms of bigotry and political oppression. And we reaffirm that Printed Matter is an open and inclusive space and welcomes all members of the public, regardless of gender, class, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, medical condition, physical or mental disability.

With new urgency, Printed Matter will continue to provide a physical and online space for the public to engage with activist and political publishing projects by artists. We encourage artists working with activist and political themes to submit their books to Printed Matter through our open submission program. And we are committed to develop Printed Matter as a platform to critique and challenge not only the incoming Trump administration, but the power systems that have made it possible.

We will continue to provide a forum where voices of dissent can speak freely and with amplification—and will support and encourage art that expresses both resistance and hope.

Thank you,

Max Schumann

Director

https://www.printedmatter.org/

Printed Matter, Inc.

Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists’ books and other artists’ publications.

Printed Matter, Inc. has received support, in part, through grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Booth Ferris Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund (The Charles E. Culpeper Arts & Culture Grants), The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Gesso Foundation, Mayor's Fund to Advance New York and the Fund for the City of New York, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Art Dealers of America Association, The Jerome Foundation, The Greenwich Collection Ltd., The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Orphiflamme Foundation, The Harpo Foundation, The Leon Levy Foundation, The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Furthermore Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Mondriaan Fund, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Schoenstadt Family Foundation, The Jay DeFeo Trust, Clinton Hill/Allen Tran Foundation, Society of American Archivists, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, New York Council for the Humanities, Shapco, and individuals worldwide.

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