New Small Press Incubator Fellowship

Through its collections, exhibitions, workshops, and events, the Center for Book Arts (CBA) has sought to uplift and “democratize” all aspects of the art and craft of bookmaking from bookbinding and letterpress printing to illustrating and beyond, since its founding fifty years ago, in 1974. The latest initiative along these lines is its newly established Small Press Incubator fellowship, which launched in October. The fellowship supports BIPOC writers, poets, and textual artists and “equips participants with the essential skills, context, and supportive community needed to start and sustain a small press.” Camilo Otero, CBA’s artists program manager, and Tyler Roarty, its educational programs manager, say that the Small Press Incubator fellowship is “deeply intertwined” with the center’s mission and goals. The fellowship acknowledges and addresses the huge inequities that have…