This Summer “printcation” took me to Western Massachusetts to Amherst to visit the Yiddish Book Center to borrow some of their Hebrew wood type to print the 20 Yiddish words needed to complete The Collection of Yiddish Words, vol. 1 that I have been working on for a while now. Continue Reading Post
Honored and grateful to have two recent prints including in Press On: A Juried Exhibition of Letterpress Art at Pyramid Atlantic in Baltimore. Continue Reading Post
Honored to be asked to contribute some work to the Special Collections at the University of Delaware. Continue Reading Post
When I received the email from Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum inviting me to design the brand identity for the Hamilton Wayzgoose 2024 I was initially stunned—and then flattered to be asked. Continue Reading Post
Sincerely honored to have the letterpress print, “Tipoteca Etna,” included in the New Impressions 2024 international juried exhibition produced by the very kind folks at Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Continue Reading Post
Sincerely honored and pleased to have produced the solo exhibition, “Base Press at Huddle: Letterpress Prints by Frank Baseman,” at Huddle Gallery in Center City, Philadelphia. Continue Reading Post
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