“Hope is not an emotion, it’s an action.”

At the Ladies of Letterpress 2020 conference, Jenny Wilkson of Partners in Print (formerly the SVC Letterpress Program) reminded and inspired us that hope can be more than a feeling, it can be a call to action. By the same token, taking action—working with meaningful purpose—inspires hope. As artists and printers, let’s use the power of print to create and disperse messages of hope amongst each other and throughout our communities. Messages that will inspire action, new ways of thinking, and new ways of being.

You can use the Jenny’s quote above to jumpstart your imagination or use another message expressing a similar sentiment. There is no attribution line for Jenny’s quote, as the phrase is easily found online in a number of contexts and does not seem to be linked to one individual person.

Participation details:

• Create a broadside or other printed piece with maximum dimensions of 11 x 14, to fit in a standard USPS priority shipping box. Print run of 60. UPDATED quantity!
• Register by December 24, 2020. Limited to first 45 sign-ups. (If we have a higher demand we’ll start a second exchange.)
• Pay the fee (covers shipping costs)
  • $30 > USA
  • $50 > Canada
  • $75 > Australia, Mexico & United Kingdom
• Mail artwork to:
  The Printing Museum
  c/o Hope is Action
  1324 W. Clay St.
  Houston, TX 77019
• Please send artwork to arrive by the end of January 2021 to help us collate in a timely manner.

We hope you’ll join us spreading hope and driving positive change into 2021.

Questions? Email jsnow@printingmuseum.org