As a part of the Small Press Incubator Program, Center for Book Arts will be hosting a 4 part lecture series from each of the mentors from the program. This lecture is by Lindsay Buchman and will cover Distribution. There will also be lectures from Gee Wesley, Rachael Wilson, and Christina Long.
This virtual talk with Lindsay Buchman will be held over Zoom on October 30th, 2024, from 5:00PM to 6:30PM EST. If on mobile please scroll down to RSVP.
About The Lecture
A presentation on approaches to distribution, understanding the consignment v. wholesale model, how to communicate about publications, and where to develop relationships with bookstores or potential stockists. Buchman will discuss general structures within the retail and distribution system while addressing expectations and best practices for social approaches through online and in-person communication.
About Small Press Incubator
The Small Press Incubator Program is a unique opportunity for BIPOC individuals to learn and develop their skills in different aspects of the book-making system. Recognizing that the book arts have a long history of being used by marginalized artists looking for ways to showcase ideas without relying on the exclusive systems of conventional publication or gallery representation, the goal of this incubator is to provide a platform for poets to take their ideas for poetry publishing from abstraction to reality by providing participants with the skills, context, and community to start a small press. From conception to production and distribution, participants will receive support and guidance to bring their creative projects to fruition.
This lecture and the Small Press Incubator Program is generously supported by the Poetry Foundation.
About Lindsay Buchman
Lindsay Buchman is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer, and publisher whose work explores image-making and writing through print media, lens-based media, and artist books. Buchman holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from California State University Long Beach. Exhibitions of her work include the Penumbra Foundation; San Francisco Center for the Book; TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image; LA Art Book Fair at The Geffen Contemporary, MOCA; New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1; Tokyo Art Book Fair, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; SPRINT Milano, Spazio Maiocchi. Her work is included in collections at the New York Public Library, SFMOMA, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and Harvard University. As an extension of her practice, she runs Seaton Street Press, an independent artists’ books and publications project that examines the intersections of site, language, and memory through archival histories, counternarratives, social identities, and geographies.
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