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Join me for a conversation with Jody Chapel, artist and shop manager for The Mancos Common Press offering classes for letterpress, block printing, printing on presses, hand-printing methods and more.
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In this episode I’m excited to be speaking with Jody Chapel from Mancos, Colorado who is an artist, art educator and passionate advocate for the arts. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art from Regis University in Denver. Jody volunteered with arts advocacy groups and served as commissioner for Denver’s Office of Cultural Affairs. She is currently the shop manager at the historic Mancos Common Press offering many workshops and classes including the first letterpress 101 class in the region. The storefront for the Mancos Times Tribune stood empty until 2013 when a discovery was made that all the original print materials from 1911 were still inside the building. With encouragement from a visiting preservation professor from the University of Pennsylvania, a local citizens group was formed to explore the restoration and revival of the building and its contents to Its original interior which includes a rare American Cranston printing press. Today The Mancos Common Press, a non-profit organization offers a wide array of printmaking classes throughout the year featuring letterpress, block printing, printing on presses, hand-printing methods and more. The organization hosts youth groups and art classes for the area schools to share the experience of letterpress and the history of printing techniques and technology. There is also an Artist in Residence program offered once a year for visiting artists. With the need for more space, the Mancos Commons Building has just been completed next door including space for creatives, retail and workforce housing. Grants and funding were provided by Colorado Creative Industries, Ballantine Family Foundation and the Colorado Division of Housing. To find out more you can visit their website at www.mancoscommonpress.org Which includes a PBS documentary “Bringing the Past into the Present”
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