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2004 Art Exhibits
Goldsmith Press & Rare Type Collection - Fine Dining Area
December 7, 2004 - February 27, 2005 |
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A Selection of Projects from the Goldsmith Press & Rare Type Collection, Austin Peay State University, Center for Excellence for the Creative Arts Clarksville, TN |
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The Goldsmith Press and Rare Type Collection at Austin Peay State University (APSU) is a unique letterpress facility that includes thousands of hand-carved wood letters, typesetting materials, and antique printing presses. The wood type was originally created for a New England advertising company, Metropolitan Showprint, established in 1890. The collection was purchased in 1997 with a grant from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at APSU.
The letterpress and type collection was officially named in honor of Arthur Goldsmith - an advocate for public literacy, a lover of books, and a long-term supporter of the arts in Middle Tennessee. The Goldsmith Press has proven to be a valued teaching tool and a coveted studio for artists, designers, and writers. The Goldsmith Press is building a national reputation as a unique printing facility capable of producing a wide range of public art works, artists' books, narrative posters, and limited edition print portfolios.
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Objectives of the Goldsmith Press & Rare Type Collection
- to provide APSU students real and unique learning experiences with typography
- to record and promote community ideas using the Rare Type Collection
- to develop verbal, written, and visual communication skills in the general public
- to preserve and build the collection of rare wood type that defines the Goldsmith Press.
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Projects from the Goldsmith Press |
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Tell me a Story, created in 1998, was the first community project produced by the Goldsmith Press and was funded through a Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Builds |
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| Communities grant. The objective of the project was to produce a portfolio of letterpress posters that related inter-generational stories. A group of children, adults and senior citizens gathered over a two-month period to write, typeset, and print these very ordinary, yet quite remarkable, personal accounts. |
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Words of War began in July 2003 when a group of Clarksville residents: college |
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| students, teachers, teenagers, army wives, and seniors citizens, met to discuss and write about war. Clarksville is a city defined by military life, yet many of the participants did not feel at ease talking publicly about war. The result is a portfolio of public posters that relay some private ideas about war. |
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First Amendments Prints (2001) is a portfolio of posters that features quotes by world leaders concerning freedom of speech. |
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| Journalism students at APSU researched and selected the quotes; graphic design students designed and printed the posters. |
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Click Here to view selected comments from viewers of the exhibition. |
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Click Here to view prints from this project. |
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Click Here if you would like more information about this exhibit. |
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