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媒体 at 科罗拉多大学 is a letterpress and book arts studio, dedicated to education through the arts and histories of the book. 媒体 is an interdisciplinary, imaginative, and creative enterprise. We make books and prints, we teach people how to make books and prints, and we provide other educational opportunities to broaden and contextualize those activities. 媒体 is framed around the questions:

• What is the role of a letterpress studio at a small liberal arts college in the Rocky Mountains?
• How can our work utilize the strengths of immersive teaching on the Block Plan?

In our daily practice we address the minute and practical problems of the space between letters as well as the messy, theoretical questions around what it means to print and publish today. 媒体 at 科罗拉多大学 is a resource for the entire CC community: students, 教师, 工作人员, 和校友. It is a space to gather, a space to learn, and a space to give voice to our ideas and ideals.

LOCATION, HOURS, and CONTACT

媒体 is located in 泰勒大厅 (920 N. 级联大街.), adjacent to the Bemis Residence Hall.

小时 are Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm. Appointments are recommended. 学生 with permission to use 媒体 have 24-hour access. 

Jillian Sico, the Printer of CC的新闻界, can be reached at 719-389-6376 or by 电子邮件.

新闻界的课程

媒体 regularly works with 教师 to incorporate printing projects into their classes. 教师 in all departments are welcome to work with 媒体. Projects can include letterpress typesetting and printing, 装订, 海报, 杂志, 数码印刷, 出版设计, 等., and can be as simple as an afternoon demo and as complex as a block-long project. Contact Jillian Sico, the Printer of 媒体, to discuss options. 你可以看到一些 past class projects on our 投资组合的网站.

There are currently four full-block classes taught at the 新闻:

• 书籍艺术 & Letterpress, Summer Block B (odd years)
• AS210, Topics in Book Arts: Environmental Book Arts, Summer Block B (even years)
• AS226,书 & Book Structures, Block 6
• AS126, Letterpress Adjunct, Fall semester

媒体 also teaches occasional workshops open to the general public through the 比米斯艺术学院 at the Colorado Springs 美术中心 at 科罗拉多大学. Look for the 新闻 classes under "Printmaking."

新闻界的海报

媒体 can be hired to design and print 海报 for CC events. All of our 海报 are handmade by CC students. Please contact us at least three weeks before you need the finished 海报. We cannot guarantee that we can accommodate all requests, but we do our best based on student availability and our class schedule.

In general, we do not print 海报 for private clients outside of 科罗拉多大学.

学生,职员, & FACULTY INVOLVEMENT AT THE PRESS

There are a number of ways for CC students to get involved at 媒体: block classes, student worker positions, 海报印刷, 等.

We organize various programs that are open to students, 工作人员, 和老师, including letterpress and 装订 workshops, 一年一度的开放日, 展览, and workshops and lectures with visiting artists.

我们和学生一起工作, 工作人员, 和老师 on a limited number of projects that have a service or activist component. Projects will need to be funded 从 the sponsoring department, club, or individual. 媒体 can provide training and oversight for two projects per academic year.

Contact Jillian Sico (jsico2023) to learn more.

PUBLICATIONS BY THE PRESS

Publications by CC的新闻界 can be viewed and purchased through our 投资组合的网站.

历史

媒体 at 科罗拉多大学 was founded by James Trissel, a professor in CC's Art Department, in 1978. Under Trissel's guidance, 媒体 became one of the most notable academic letterpress studios in the country, regularly producing beautiful books on a variety of subjects, 从 Color for the Letterpress, to 十二哺乳动物头骨， to A Selection of Poems by Helen Hunt Jackson and Emily Dickinson. Since Trissel's death in 1999, 媒体 has continued its work under the supervision of Brian Molanphy (从 1999 - 2004), Chris Forsythe (从 2004 - 2006), Colin Frazer (从 2006 - 2010), and Aaron Cohick (2010 - 2023). Jillian Sico has been the Printer of 媒体 since 2023.