{"id":8,"date":"2021-09-25T19:47:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T23:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/okstamppress.ca\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:21:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:21:53","slug":"ok","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/okstamppress.ca\/ok","title":{"rendered":"OK Stamp Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Experimental Project Press<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

OK Stamp Press<\/strong> commissions & publishes collaborative projects, writing & miscellany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>All proceeds invested in reader communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Upcoming<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

OK Stamp Press x Volume 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are excited to return to Volume, the Montreal Art Book Fair<\/a>, for a second year in a row. Visit us and this fantastic list of co-exhibitors this weekend at Casa d’Italia<\/a>, 505 Rue-Jean Talon E. OK Stamp Press will be there Saturday, only, 14 October 2023 from 12noon – 6pm EST. Free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you may know, we are a mutual aid project. All our books have suggested price-points, which guide donations to organisations, communities or individuals who need support. During the fair you can either make a donation using your phone, or we will collect your donation (cash or e-transfer) and send the sum to Palestinian civilian relief and local food banks in Tiohtia’ke\/Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can learn more about events associated with this year’s Volume fair here<\/a>. We will be making updates from our IG feed: @okstamppress<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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OK Stamp Press is a fluctuating collective of folks who believe in creating inclusive spaces for sharing language, ideas and creative energy. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The baseline of this project is an annual publication conceived\/or mentored by the core OK Stamp team and brought to dissemination-stage in exchange for evidence of donations to local charities in the reader-collector’s community. As such, OK Stamp always operates from a core of accountability for the land upon which it creates as well as that of its readers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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When time, energy, funding and desires align, OK Stamp is also a mentoring structure, a collective for words, and an education.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It focuses on supporting emerging writers, editors, writers, printers and designers gain experience in publishing and disseminating their work. Each project is a series of relationships that shape the final outcome to suit the needs of those involved and their constituencies. OK Stamp accomplishes a dual task: generating publishing records that open-up funding opportunities for contributors; bringing considered cultural work into your hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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We use a mutual aid model for book and zine making that mobilises support in reader communities. All reader donations go to communities of their choice.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OK Stamp Press<\/strong> was initiated by maya rae oppenheimer in 2020.
M. Wright joined the press as co-director, in 2022. But really, she was involved all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit Roll<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our editors and content contributors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our book designers, authors + editors<\/strong>
[see individual book projects<\/a> for details and contact information]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Design Lab<\/strong> \u2014 Concordia University<\/a>
For putting us in touch with our book designers, year after year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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maya rae oppenheimer (phd) <\/strong>is the founder and co-director of OK Stamp Press. She\u2019s also a daughter, sister, aunt, plant-mother of Icelandic and Canary Islander descent who receives joy and financial remuneration as an arts writer\/researcher\/educator. She was born in Treaty 1 territory and spent over a decade living in London (UK). maya is now an uninvited guest on Kanien’keh\u00e1:ka territory where she preoccupies herself with writing as a social practice and the tangles of narratives that inform our worldviews. Experimental writing, performance, radical pedagogy, open-access publishing, DIY tactics and rogue archival gestures make up her tool-kit. maya joined the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University<\/a> in September 2017 as Assistant Professor in Art History and is now active in the Department of Studio Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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M. Wright<\/strong> is co-director of OK Stamp Press. As a book designer and typographer, she has built a creative practice over the past 20 years that is rooted in collaborations with artists and cultural institutions, including museums, galleries, and academic publishers. Her book design work has received awards from the Type Directors Club, Print magazine, the American Association of Museums, the New York Book Show, the Chicago Book Clinic, and AIGA 50 Books\/50 Covers. She is co-founder, with Kate Jarboe, of the queer-feminist art & design collective AK\/OK, whose socially engaged artwork has been exhibited internationally. She is currently an affiliate associate professor at Concordia University, and holds an MFA in Visual Communication Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an AB in Comparative Literature from Princeton University with a concentration in French literary translation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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St\u00e9phane Landry <\/strong>joined OK Stamp Press in 2022 as their occasional French-language editor and proofreader. In addition to helping initiatives with their grammar – using his former journalist and radio-host chops – he also works as an educator in labour protocols, gets his fingers dusty digging for records, and drops crunchy music write-ups on Instagram. You can look forward to a poetry collection coming from St\u00e9phane in the not too distant future. Follow him @plasticpalaceperson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Catherine Toews<\/strong> provides digital & design support to OK Stamp Press. Tulip Tree Creative<\/a> is Catherine’s one-woman design studio & small business, specializing in websites, branding & digital marketing for small businesses, creators and nonprofits. FLORA editions<\/em><\/a> is the artistic branch of Tulip Tree Creative, a collection of archival quality art cards featuring Catherine’s botanical & portrait drawings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To acquire one of our books, please:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Send us an email to okstamppress@gmail.com<\/a> that mentions which book you would like and an address for its receipt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Please, include a screenshot or mention where you sent your donation (no retroactive donations, please. This is a project meant to generate on-going support for those in need). If you are not sure where to donate, we are happy to share suggestions. We keep a list of consented recipients for each publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Keep an eye on the mail! And feel free to let us know what you think of the book or this project. We are always open to feedback and pitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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m<\/strong>\u00e9li-m<\/strong>\u00e9lo MAUREEN party mix<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This project is what it says it is! A delicious mix of writing, images, and things in between. Developed in conversation with the MFA Program’s student association at Concordia University, this project accompanied the annual graduate student group exhibition “Maureen”. Each contributor has a different size and textured paper to accompany their work, and readers can browse the collection using different indexes: artist name, keyword, or a dip-in-and-out approach for party-mix enthusiasts. It’s all wrapped up in a suitably shimmering cover.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recommended minimum donation price: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

$25 CAD <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Send documentation of a donation to a local cause of your choice along with a shipping address, and we will mail you a copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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REQUEST YOUR COPY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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