Completely honored to have produced the solo exhibition, “Base Press at Land Collective: Letterpress Prints by Frank Baseman,” at GALLERY Land Collective in Old City, Philadelphia. Continue Reading Post
The solo exhibition, “Rebus Quotes & Other Typographic Explorations: Design Work by Frank Baseman” opened at the Rose Lehrman Gallery at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with a public lecture and reception. Continue Reading Post
During June of 2022 I was very fortunate to be able to do an Artist/Designer/Printer-in-Residency at the fabulous and magnificent typography and printing museum, Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione in Cornuda, Italy. Continue Reading Post
Way beyond honored to be included in the Reverting to Type 2020: Protest Posters Exhibition at Standpoint Gallery in London, UK. The project was organized and curated by New North Press, and is “an exhibition of approx. 200 contemporary letterpress protest posters from 105 artists in 16 countries. These are artworks with something to say: sounding a warning signal about the global climate crisis, railing against fake news and surveillance capitalism, calling out racism, sexism and fighting for equal opportunities and, of course, reacting to the coronavirus pandemic.” Continue Reading Post
Was completely honored to co-host the popular Zoom gathering of letterpress printers and type aficionados and enthusiasts, “Ham Hang,” produced by the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. Continue Reading Post
During Summer 2020 I was fortunate to be able to spend a three week residency as Artist/Designer/Printer-in-Residence at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. If you have read this far on this blog you will recognize mention of Hamilton, as I have visited the Museum several times. But this time, with the support of a Faculty Completion Grant from Thomas Jefferson University, I was able to visit and work at this incredible, amazing facility for three weeks. Continue Reading Post
We were completely honored and humbled to be among 25 designers and printers worldwide invited to design and print a “birthday gift” letterpress poster to celebrate and honor the twenty-fifth anniversary of the wonderful Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione Museum in Cornuda, Italy. Continue Reading Post
Honored to have work included in the New Impressions 2020 exhibition produced by the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The letterpress print, “50 States,” produced during Summer 2019, was selected to be included in the exhibition. Continue Reading Post
During this strange times inwhich we live with the novel Coronavirus Covid-19 creating a global pandemic and keeping many of us shut indoors for a three-month period, this term “We are all in this together,” began to take hold as a sort of mantra to try to keep all of our collective spirits up during this difficult time.Continue Reading Post
Completely humbled and honored to be featured on the Plebeian website with a long-form interview. Many huge thanks to Forrest Hines of Plebeian, who I met at Phila MRKT2019.Continue Reading Post