Pressing Issues: A Month With Letterpress Artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.

Proceed and Be Bold! Documentary Trailer from 20K Films on Vimeo.

Letterpress printer and "Proceed and Be Bold" documentary subject Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is returning to "seriously impact Upstate New York".

Letterpress printing may not be well-known to the world, but hanging up your suit and tie to pursue a creative passion is something most people have dreamed about at one point or another. Amos did just that at the age of 40, trading in his computer and comfortable salary for a letter press... and the life of - what he calls - "a humble negro printer".

Get to know this provocative artist through a series of FREE movie screenings and talk backs, workshops, and poster exhibits. For more info on Amos visit Kennedy Prints.

EVENTS CALENDAR

Friday, Jan 14: "Proceed and Be Bold" screening with talk-back.
Time: 5 - 8:30
Location: Gowen Room, Wilson Commons,University of Rochester.
FREE

After-Party/Poster Sale/Meet and Greet with Amos
Time: 8:30 pm
Location: Boulder Coffee (Brooks Landing location, within walking distance from U of R campus)
FREE

Saturday, Jan 15: Letterpress Workshop with Amos
Time: 10 am - 2 pm
Location: Printing & Book Arts Center at Genesee Center for the Arts
FREE: Call Mitchel Cohen at (585) 244-9312 to reserve your spot

Sunday, Jan 16: Brunch and Letterpress Workshops with Amos for professional printers.
Time: 10 am - 2 pm
Location: Printing & Book Arts Center at Genesee Center for the Arts
Cost: $50. Call Mitch Cohen at (585) 244-9312 to register. Limited to 12.

Monday, Jan 17: Community day with "Proceed and Be Bold" screening, talk back, and poster sale.
Location: Frederick Douglass Resource Center
Time: 6 pm
FREE

POSTER EXHIBITS:

January 4: University of Rochester Art & Music Gallery (Ground floor of Rush Rhees Library)

January 7: Genesee Center for the Arts & Education

January 11: Frederick Douglass Resource Center

January 13: High Falls Fine Art Gallery

DIRECTIONS

To: Wilson Commons and Rush Rhees Library, U of R.

Driving directions: Coming from off-campus, turn onto Wilson Blvd. from Elmwood Ave. Make the first right onto Trustee Road, then left onto Intercampus Drive. The Intercampus Drive parking lot is on your right. Also nearby is Library Lot, which you'll find on the left, immediately past the intersection with Library Road.

Wilson Commons is right next to Rush Rhees Library (with the famous bell tower). The Commons has huge brick and glass walls: you can't miss it. The Gowen Room is a small lecture hall and theater on the second (ground) floor of the Commons. From the main lobby, cross the atrium and look for the black double-doors with white lettering.

The Art & Music Gallery is located on the ground floor of Rush Rhees Library.

Click here for University of Rochester River Campus Map

Pictures: Rush Rhees Library (top), Wilsom Commons (bottom).

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To: Frederick Douglass Resource Center

36 King Street, Rochester NY 14608

Off W. Main Street in the City of Rochester. Across from Susan B. Anthony Square (Check out the bronze sculpture of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony having tea while you're there). Click here for a map.

To: Genesee Center for the Arts & Education

713 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607

From 490, take the Monroe Ave exit and head NW towards the City. The GCAE is on the corner of Monroe Ave and Wilcox Street in an old brick firehouse. Parking is available on the street or in the church parking lot across the street.