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March 2010

A Common Thread

on KCET

A thread is made from many strands, each strand strengthens the other, with time it will fray and eventually break, but if you continue to add to that thread, it will last for an eternity.

Juan Devis’s series Departures explores the waves of Chinese immigration to Los Angeles, my grandfather was part of the first wave immigrating to my home country Canada. His story is similar to the stories of Chinese immigrants to North America, the loneliness, the racism, the search for identity in a country that didn’t understand them and the gratitude for the chance to make a better life for themselves and their families  MORE>

2010 03 31

los angeles
this life

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Ucal McKenzie Breakaway Foundation

Coming Soon: The Second Annual UMBF 2011 Poster Calendar

MAR 30, 2010

A sneak peek of art in progress from contributing artist Ophelia Chong.

“Artists from around the country have come together again to contribute to the second annual Ucal McKenzie Breakaway Foundation 2011 Poster Calendar. Collaborators include GOOD Magazine, IDEO, Bruce Mau Design, Luba Lukova, Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Lorraine Wild’s Green Dragon Studio, Chris Pullman, Paul Goodnight, Ophelia Chong, Jim Marcus, Christopher Simmons, and students from Newton North High School.

The poster calendars will be ready early this year — in late spring — to help celebrate the World Cup in South Africa, and will appear at MoMA Design Stores in New York City, The New Museum in New York City, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, at the World Cup Boston events and on our Breakaway Foundation website. Proceeds will go to help fund the UMBF youth soccer and health clinics this summer in Boston.”

Thank you Suzanne McKenzie for allowing me the honor to work on this project with you. – Ophelia Chong

2010 03 31

art
collage

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Impressive / Gestalten Books

My latest letterpress work will appear in Impressive (imprint of Gestalten Press/ Germany).

Impressive
Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design

Editors: R. Klanten, H. Hellige
Language: English

Release: April 2010  Available Soon!
Price: € 44,00 / $ 69,00 / £ 40,00
Format: 24 × 30 cm
Features: 256 pages, full color, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-89955-288-1

Inspired by the challenge of hands-on tweaks and unpredictable results as well as the tactile qualities of different inks, papers, and binding techniques, today’s creatives are rediscovering old-fashioned printing methods and crafts. Impressive is a topical exploration of the interplay between current trends in graphic design and traditional handiwork such as letterpress printing, hand-cut linotype, chiselled woodblocks, and embossing. In addition to a rich selection of invitations, business cards, stationery, posters, and other material printed by hand, it offers personal insights from designers who are usingold-fashioned techniques to create cutting-edge work.

2010 03 03

art
letterpress

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Wordplay / Boston

BOB’S YOUR UNCLE / HEATHER BOONE /
MICHELLE BOWERS / THE BOWE HOUSE
PRESS / OPHELIA CHONG / JON CREIGHTON /
JASON DILWORTH / ED FELLA / BEN
GAYDOS / GOODGOOD / MEENA KHALILI / 
MATT KLIMAS / JOE KUSZAI / KRISTEN MILLS /COLIN OWENS / KURNAL RAWAT / PAUL RUSTAND / GRANT SHULER / KAREN STEIN / NICHOLAS TAZZA / JULIA YEZBICK / MARTIN & MICHELE YEELES

Word Play explores the human fascination with printed language. This diverse collection of artists, designers and craftspeople traverse the boundaries between the semantic and syntactic, using words as a conceptual and aesthetic force. This traveling exhibition—with stops in Detroit and Richmond—brings the work of internationally recognized designers and artists, such as Ed Fella and Kurnal Rawat, together with Boston-area artists. Word Play includes four installations specifically designed for the Fort Point space that engage text and language. From the experimental and unconventional to the traditional methods of Gutenberg, the artists in this exhibition playfully and poetically mark the proverbial page with words that both provoke and evoke.

EXHIBIT RUNS 03.11.10 – 04.23.10 AT ART AT 12 /WWW.FORTPOINTARTS.ORG / MAP /
12 FARNSWORTH STREET / BOSTON, MA 02210

2010 03 03

art
letterpress

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