Dates: 6-8 Nov 2020
Location: Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, USA
Website: Wayzgoose 2020
Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2020
The “Wayzgoose” is a traditional feast that a master printer sponsored for his staff. The concept has carried on in contemporary culture as a conference or festival for the printing arts. This year APHA is joining the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum’s annual Wayzgoose. We will explore common themes shared by our organizations, including the study of printing history, letterpress and other processes, lettering, graphic design, typography, papermaking, and fine printing.
The Hamilton venue, as the largest wood type museum in North America, will provide special opportunities for speakers to explore the themes of xylography, wood type design, and manufacturing. Its expansive collections of display type and billboard blocks also invite investigations into the early origin of advertising design. Surrounded by 19th- and early 20th- century machinery, speakers are encouraged to delve into areas of print culture including, but not limited to: technological innovations, models of regional printing, and the physical effects of the craft. This theme also sets the stage to investigate the historical roots of the Wayzgoose tradition itself.
Opportunities are available for teaching workshops using the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum’s multiple cylinder and sign presses, as well as an unparalleled teaching collection of hundreds of fonts of wood type.
Hamilton workshop equipment list:
❡ Large classroom space with 12 Showcard-style sign presses
❡ 10 cabinets of wood type in a variety of styles ranging from 1/2" to 8" tall
❡ Press room space featuring 5 Vandercook presses
❡ 2 iron hand presses ideal for printing wood engravings
❡ Studio space available for calligraphy, sign painting, & lettering
❡ Limited capability for papermaking
Send e-mailed proposals as attachments as PDFs to ameliafont@gmail.com.
Mail hard-copy proposals to:
Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, Vice President of APHA Programs RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection
90 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
Proposals are due April 1, 2020.
You will receive a timely acknowledgment that your proposal has been received.
For all Proposals: Please include the following contact information for each presenter at the beginning of the proposal: name, mailing address, phone number, email, and a short biographical statement (100 words maximum).
The review of proposals for individual and panel sessions will be by blind judging, so your name, biography, and contact information will be removed before judging by the program committee.
❡ Proposals for 30-minute short individual papers should include the paper topic, a title, and an abstract (500 words maximum).
❡ Proposals for 45-minute panels of three or four speakers are expected to come from the moderator. A description of the panel topic (500 words maximum) should be accompanied by contact details and short biographical statements (100 words maximum for each participant).
❡ Proposals for full-day, pre-conference workshops, (capacity 15 participants each), by practitioners in the printing arts should be accompanied by a short (250 words maximum) statement about your activities and qualifications, together with an explanation of the demonstration and equipment requirements. Examples of work may be requested by the program committee.
You will be contacted by May 1 if your proposal is accepted. Please note that presenters will pay for their own travel and hotel arrangements. Conference registration fees will be waived. Conference details will be at woodtype.org & printinghistory.org.
Location: Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, USA
Website: Wayzgoose 2020
Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2020
The Hamilton venue, as the largest wood type museum in North America, will provide special opportunities for speakers to explore the themes of xylography, wood type design, and manufacturing. Its expansive collections of display type and billboard blocks also invite investigations into the early origin of advertising design. Surrounded by 19th- and early 20th- century machinery, speakers are encouraged to delve into areas of print culture including, but not limited to: technological innovations, models of regional printing, and the physical effects of the craft. This theme also sets the stage to investigate the historical roots of the Wayzgoose tradition itself.
Opportunities are available for teaching workshops using the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum’s multiple cylinder and sign presses, as well as an unparalleled teaching collection of hundreds of fonts of wood type.
About APHA
Apart from its annual conference, APHA supports research and scholarship through its journal Printing History, an annual Lieberman Lecture named after a founder of the association, and a fellowship program. The association, founded in 1974, encourages the preservation of printing artifacts and source materials for printing history and related fields.Hamilton workshop equipment list:
❡ Large classroom space with 12 Showcard-style sign presses
❡ 10 cabinets of wood type in a variety of styles ranging from 1/2" to 8" tall
❡ Press room space featuring 5 Vandercook presses
❡ 2 iron hand presses ideal for printing wood engravings
❡ Studio space available for calligraphy, sign painting, & lettering
❡ Limited capability for papermaking
Conference Submission Guidelines
Electronic (preferred) or hard copy submissions will be accepted.Send e-mailed proposals as attachments as PDFs to ameliafont@gmail.com.
Mail hard-copy proposals to:
Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, Vice President of APHA Programs RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection
90 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
Proposals are due April 1, 2020.
You will receive a timely acknowledgment that your proposal has been received.
For all Proposals: Please include the following contact information for each presenter at the beginning of the proposal: name, mailing address, phone number, email, and a short biographical statement (100 words maximum).
The review of proposals for individual and panel sessions will be by blind judging, so your name, biography, and contact information will be removed before judging by the program committee.
❡ Proposals for 30-minute short individual papers should include the paper topic, a title, and an abstract (500 words maximum).
❡ Proposals for 45-minute panels of three or four speakers are expected to come from the moderator. A description of the panel topic (500 words maximum) should be accompanied by contact details and short biographical statements (100 words maximum for each participant).
❡ Proposals for full-day, pre-conference workshops, (capacity 15 participants each), by practitioners in the printing arts should be accompanied by a short (250 words maximum) statement about your activities and qualifications, together with an explanation of the demonstration and equipment requirements. Examples of work may be requested by the program committee.
You will be contacted by May 1 if your proposal is accepted. Please note that presenters will pay for their own travel and hotel arrangements. Conference registration fees will be waived. Conference details will be at woodtype.org & printinghistory.org.
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