Symposium Profiles: Chris Fritton

As a lead-up to CanzineCanzine West and the Canzine Symposium, we’re going to post some tiny wee profiles of some of the wonderful folks we have presenting, performing and tabling.
Be sure to read up and come check out our Symposium on Saturday October 19th from 11am – 3pm. Facebook event here. Buy passes here.

 

Chris Fritton and Erin Oh
Beyond Zine Fairs: Building Communities 

and

Canzine Art Room
The Baltimore Catechism 

Chris Fritton is the Studio Director at the Western New York Book Arts Center. He holds a BA in Philosophy (1998), a BA in Poetics (2000), and a BA in Art History (2010) from SUNY at Buffalo, as well as an MA in Poetics from the University of Maine at Orono (2005).  A poet, printer, and fine artist, Fritton has decades of experience writing and making his own books, in addition to collaborative efforts with other writers and artists.

Since 2007, he has been the Organizer of the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair, a regional two-day event that draws hundreds of vendors and thousands of participants. He currently oversees the studio space at WNYBAC, works as an in-house printer/designer for Mohawk Press, and teaches letterpress and printmaking. Come see Chris share his expertise and knowledge with co-presenter Erin Oh in a workshop at our Symposium that explores building indie communities all year long!

Chris will also be presenting his work the Baltimore Catechism as a Canzine art room! The work consists of “an unintentional, fanciful, imaginary revision of A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Prepared and Enjoined by Order of The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore (1885) wherein the authors posit the most fundamental and absurd physical and metaphysical questions, and postulate ever more fundamental and absurd answers.” At Canzine it will manifest as 12 large woodcuts measuring 3′ x 4′ and 12 large prints measuring 35″ x 45″, along with paraphernalia from the construction of the artist’s book.

Be sure to check Chris out at the Symposium and at Canzine!

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