March
20–22, 2025
20–22, 2025
Boston University
School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
March 20, 2025
KEYNOTE—
RUBY J. THELOT
Ruby Thelot is an artist, designer and cyberethnographer based in New York. He is an adjunct professor of Design and Media Theory at NYU. He is the founder of the award-winning creative research and design studio 13101401 inc. He is the author of A Cyberarchaeology of Checkpoints (Irrelevant Press, 2024) and Stonemilker (Nueoi Press, 2022). His research and artwork— which has been shown and presented internationally (The Hague, Berlin, Ljubljana, Abuja, New York City, Montreal, Toronto)—focuses on the interactions between humans and artificial intelligence, the metaverse and the implications of being-on-line.
Introduction by Niharika Yellamraju (GD MFA 2025) and Maidah Salman (GD MFA 2025)
RUBY J. THELOT
Ruby Thelot is an artist, designer and cyberethnographer based in New York. He is an adjunct professor of Design and Media Theory at NYU. He is the founder of the award-winning creative research and design studio 13101401 inc. He is the author of A Cyberarchaeology of Checkpoints (Irrelevant Press, 2024) and Stonemilker (Nueoi Press, 2022). His research and artwork— which has been shown and presented internationally (The Hague, Berlin, Ljubljana, Abuja, New York City, Montreal, Toronto)—focuses on the interactions between humans and artificial intelligence, the metaverse and the implications of being-on-line.
Introduction by Niharika Yellamraju (GD MFA 2025) and Maidah Salman (GD MFA 2025)
March 21, 2025
FRIDAY
11:00 AM–2:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412
Free Registration
Limited to 20 participants
11:00 AM–2:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412
Free Registration
Limited to 20 participants
RISOGRAPH WORKSHOP WITH PANAYIOTIS (PAN) TERZIS
Panayiotis Terzis is an artist, printer, and publisher based in New York City. He has been working with printmaking, drawing, painting, and publishing since 2005 and has been working with Risograph printing since 2010. He is the co-founder and Director of the RisoLAB, a Risograph studio based at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Since its founding in 2015, he has directed the curriculum and graphic and conceptual identity of the space while teaching multiple classes in Risograph printing. His imprint Mega Press has published his own work as well as the work of over 75 contributors since 2014. Terzis's commercial illustration and design clients include Hermes, Bloomberg Digital, the Atlantic, EyeBodega, Elsewhere Space, and his work has been exhibited across the US and internationally.
Assisted by Caitlin Lu, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
Panayiotis Terzis is an artist, printer, and publisher based in New York City. He has been working with printmaking, drawing, painting, and publishing since 2005 and has been working with Risograph printing since 2010. He is the co-founder and Director of the RisoLAB, a Risograph studio based at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Since its founding in 2015, he has directed the curriculum and graphic and conceptual identity of the space while teaching multiple classes in Risograph printing. His imprint Mega Press has published his own work as well as the work of over 75 contributors since 2014. Terzis's commercial illustration and design clients include Hermes, Bloomberg Digital, the Atlantic, EyeBodega, Elsewhere Space, and his work has been exhibited across the US and internationally.
Assisted by Caitlin Lu, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
FRIDAY
12:00-3:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 410
Free Registration
Limited to 12 participants
12:00-3:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 410
Free Registration
Limited to 12 participants
ROMAN CAPITALS CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP WITH JAVIER VIRAMONTES
Javier Viramontes is founder of Format.xyz, a design consultancy with an international scope, engaging in all fields of visual communication. Viramontes believes in a research-based approach with the aim of finding solutions that are both subjectively meaningful and formally timeless.
Assisted by Hailey Wang, 2025 BFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
Javier Viramontes is founder of Format.xyz, a design consultancy with an international scope, engaging in all fields of visual communication. Viramontes believes in a research-based approach with the aim of finding solutions that are both subjectively meaningful and formally timeless.
Assisted by Hailey Wang, 2025 BFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
CMYK PRINTING ON THE RISOGRAPH: COLOR/SHIFT DEMO WITH TRAVIS SHAFFER (THERETHERENOW.)
Travis Shaffer is an artist and educator whose practice explores the intersection of photography and printmaking. In 2016, Shaffer founded theretherenow, a risograph atelier dedicated to applying risograph printing techniques to photography and photo-adjacent work. Through theretherenow, Shaffer investigates the materiality of images and the possibilities of reproduction, creating publications and printed matter that challenge traditional photographic representation. His work bridges contemporary photographic practice with experimental publishing, emphasizing process, collaboration, and the tactile qualities of print.
Introduction by Christin Kim (GD MFA 2026)
Travis Shaffer is an artist and educator whose practice explores the intersection of photography and printmaking. In 2016, Shaffer founded theretherenow, a risograph atelier dedicated to applying risograph printing techniques to photography and photo-adjacent work. Through theretherenow, Shaffer investigates the materiality of images and the possibilities of reproduction, creating publications and printed matter that challenge traditional photographic representation. His work bridges contemporary photographic practice with experimental publishing, emphasizing process, collaboration, and the tactile qualities of print.
Introduction by Christin Kim (GD MFA 2026)
FRIDAY
2:00-3:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412
Free Registration
Limited to 40 participants
2:00-3:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412
Free Registration
Limited to 40 participants
RISOGRAPH MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP WITH ROBERT BAXTER
Join this hands-on event with Robert Baxter and a Risograph machine to learn how you can properly maintain your Risograph to keep it happy, healthy, and printing.
Robert is an indie publisher of small books on arts research and practice and the shop manager and technician of a small community Riso studio in Seattle, WA.
Join this hands-on event with Robert Baxter and a Risograph machine to learn how you can properly maintain your Risograph to keep it happy, healthy, and printing.
Robert is an indie publisher of small books on arts research and practice and the shop manager and technician of a small community Riso studio in Seattle, WA.
FRIDAY
3:00-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 411
Free Registration
Limited to 20 participants
3:00-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 411
Free Registration
Limited to 20 participants
PAPER ENGINEERING WORKSHOP WITH KELLI ANDERSON
Kelli Anderson is a design alchemist blurring the lines between design, publishing, and technology, creating interactive projects such as This Book Is a Camera, which transforms into a working camera; This Book Is a Planetarium, which houses paper devices, including a planetarium; and Alphabet in Motion, her upcoming book about typography.
An educator and artist, Anderson has taught at NYU, Parsons, and Cooper Union, inspiring students to see design as a tool for connection and wonder.
Assisted by Lauren Greenblatt, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Madison Hoppler, 2026 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, and Rainbow Hui, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
Kelli Anderson is a design alchemist blurring the lines between design, publishing, and technology, creating interactive projects such as This Book Is a Camera, which transforms into a working camera; This Book Is a Planetarium, which houses paper devices, including a planetarium; and Alphabet in Motion, her upcoming book about typography.
An educator and artist, Anderson has taught at NYU, Parsons, and Cooper Union, inspiring students to see design as a tool for connection and wonder.
Assisted by Lauren Greenblatt, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Madison Hoppler, 2026 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, and Rainbow Hui, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
FRIDAY
3:00-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave, 4th Floor,
Room 409
Free Registration
Limited to 12 participants
3:00-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave, 4th Floor,
Room 409
Free Registration
Limited to 12 participants
CREATIVE CODING WORKSHOP WITH HALIM LEE
Halim Lee is a multidisciplinary graphic designer. She has a background as a mobile UX designer at Samsung and is currently teaching at Boston University after completing her MFA degree at the Rhode Island School of Design. By embracing diverse media, from print to digital, she strives to explore new possibilities in graphic design.
Assisted by Wenbin Huang, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
Halim Lee is a multidisciplinary graphic designer. She has a background as a mobile UX designer at Samsung and is currently teaching at Boston University after completing her MFA degree at the Rhode Island School of Design. By embracing diverse media, from print to digital, she strives to explore new possibilities in graphic design.
Assisted by Wenbin Huang, 2025 MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
FRIDAY
3:00-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412
Free Registration
Limited to 20 participants
3:00-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412
Free Registration
Limited to 20 participants
RISOGRAPH WORKSHOP WITH ALEX LUCIANO
Alex Luciano is an illustrator, printmaker, and Riso enthusiast based in Richmond, VA. She uses Risograph printing to create books and prints featuring her sculptures, drawings, and more.
Assisted by Shi Shi Jacobs, 2025 BFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
Alex Luciano is an illustrator, printmaker, and Riso enthusiast based in Richmond, VA. She uses Risograph printing to create books and prints featuring her sculptures, drawings, and more.
Assisted by Shi Shi Jacobs, 2025 BFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University
March 22, 2025
SATURDAY
11:00 AM-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave, 1st Floor
Free
11:00 AM-6:00 PM
Location:
808 Commonwealth Ave, 1st Floor
Free
MULTIPLE FAIRS ART BOOK FAIR
Join over 150 exhibitors to celebrate artist book publishing. This gathering of international creatives (artists, designers, students, and educators) focused on printed matter celebrates the intersection of art, design, and publishing. Speak directly with makers about their projects, pick up unique works, and learn about the broad expanse of artist publishing in the twenty-first century.
Open to all.
Join over 150 exhibitors to celebrate artist book publishing. This gathering of international creatives (artists, designers, students, and educators) focused on printed matter celebrates the intersection of art, design, and publishing. Speak directly with makers about their projects, pick up unique works, and learn about the broad expanse of artist publishing in the twenty-first century.
Open to all.
Programming curated by Boston Center for the Arts
SATURDAY
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 25 people
11:15 AM-12:00 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 25 people
POP-UP SUNDAY SOCIAL NEWS WITH DS4SI
We often consume the news alone–reading a newspaper over breakfast, doomscrolling on our phones, or listening on the go. DS4SI's "Sunday Social News" intervention asks, “What changes when we consume, critique, and even produce news together?” Join us as we prototype a new collective space and ritual for the news.
Please make sure to arrive with time to find a seat.
We often consume the news alone–reading a newspaper over breakfast, doomscrolling on our phones, or listening on the go. DS4SI's "Sunday Social News" intervention asks, “What changes when we consume, critique, and even produce news together?” Join us as we prototype a new collective space and ritual for the news.
Please make sure to arrive with time to find a seat.
SATURDAY
12:00-1:00 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 40 seats
12:00-1:00 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 40 seats
PRINT MEDIA AS A TOOL FOR COLLECTIVE SOLIDARITY
Moderated by Jameson Johnson with DS4SI, Fortunately Magazine, and Maggie Wong
This panel will bring together artists and collectives whose practices engage with print media as a tool for disseminating information, galvanizing action, and promoting solidarity. The conversation will examine how newsprint, pamphlets, magazines, and other print publishing initiatives can be a platform for organizing in the present while also creating an archive for the future. With artists Cierra Michele Peters and Mark Hernandez Motaghy, co-founders of Fortunately Magazine, artist Maggie Wong, presenting Unity Newspaper, and Design for Social Interventions (DS4SI). Moderated by Jameson Johnson, Founder & Editor in Chief, Boston Art Review
Please make sure to arrive with time to find a seat.
Moderated by Jameson Johnson with DS4SI, Fortunately Magazine, and Maggie Wong
This panel will bring together artists and collectives whose practices engage with print media as a tool for disseminating information, galvanizing action, and promoting solidarity. The conversation will examine how newsprint, pamphlets, magazines, and other print publishing initiatives can be a platform for organizing in the present while also creating an archive for the future. With artists Cierra Michele Peters and Mark Hernandez Motaghy, co-founders of Fortunately Magazine, artist Maggie Wong, presenting Unity Newspaper, and Design for Social Interventions (DS4SI). Moderated by Jameson Johnson, Founder & Editor in Chief, Boston Art Review
Please make sure to arrive with time to find a seat.
SATURDAY
2:00-3:30 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 25 people
2:00-3:30 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 25 people
STITCHING TOGETHER WITH MAGGIE RUTH HAALAND
We do not consent to division. Instead, we dream of interdependent communities and know we are stronger when we show up for each other. Join us for a stitch circle in the midst of the book fair–a time to slow down and hand-stitch together as we co-create a large fabric scroll representing our collective vision.
The first half hour of the circle will be more structured, and Maggie will offer gentle instruction on a few basic stitches to get us started. From there, participants will be given a fabric patch, needle and thread with which to create a block to keep or to weave into the larger scroll and folks can drop in to make their marks. The piece will be finished and sewn together after the event, and kept in a to-be-determined community space for display.
Please make sure to arrive in time to get a spot.
We do not consent to division. Instead, we dream of interdependent communities and know we are stronger when we show up for each other. Join us for a stitch circle in the midst of the book fair–a time to slow down and hand-stitch together as we co-create a large fabric scroll representing our collective vision.
The first half hour of the circle will be more structured, and Maggie will offer gentle instruction on a few basic stitches to get us started. From there, participants will be given a fabric patch, needle and thread with which to create a block to keep or to weave into the larger scroll and folks can drop in to make their marks. The piece will be finished and sewn together after the event, and kept in a to-be-determined community space for display.
Please make sure to arrive in time to get a spot.
SATURDAY
4:00-5:00 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 40 seats
4:00-5:00 PM
Location:
The Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Free
Limited to 40 seats
SPECULATIVE ARCHIVES
Moderated by Jackson Davidow with Caleb Cole, Ebony Gill from Boston Urban Archive, and Dell Marie Hamilton
This panel will look at archives and ephemera as they are used by artists and activists: how they are created, how they circulate, and how relationships between art and archives manifest in the world of print and art. We will look at how archives can work to challenge dominant narratives, and at the erasure of archives, and ask questions about who and what are included, and who and what are missing in these compilations. We will look at how artists and other creative practitioners unearth and share lost histories, examine the role of publication in making an archive or an artwork, and look at the role of print in this process.
Please make sure to arrive with time to find a seat.
Moderated by Jackson Davidow with Caleb Cole, Ebony Gill from Boston Urban Archive, and Dell Marie Hamilton
This panel will look at archives and ephemera as they are used by artists and activists: how they are created, how they circulate, and how relationships between art and archives manifest in the world of print and art. We will look at how archives can work to challenge dominant narratives, and at the erasure of archives, and ask questions about who and what are included, and who and what are missing in these compilations. We will look at how artists and other creative practitioners unearth and share lost histories, examine the role of publication in making an archive or an artwork, and look at the role of print in this process.
Please make sure to arrive with time to find a seat.
From the Archive
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2025 Graphic Identity by Kate Ragosta, BFA Candidate in Graphic Design at Boston University
2024 Graphic Identity by Bella Tuo, MFA Candidate in Graphic Design at Boston University
2023 Graphic Identity by Jaylen Wang, MFA Candidate in Graphic Design at Boston University
2022 Graphic Identity by Chen Luo, MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Boston University