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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 1, 2005
Contact:
Pamela Smith
(505) 685-4486
e-mail shirinne@cybermesa.com
Passions
in Print
Discover New Mexico’s colorful
fine printing tradition with Pamela Smith,
former director of the Press at the Palace of
the Governors.
Exploring the little-known but remarkably rich
realm of private printing and publishing in the
state, this slide lecture weaves the story of
artists and writers who together produced some
of the region’s best-known literary treasures.
Handsomely crafted books from the 19th century
through the present are featured in this lively
account. A New Mexico Humanities Council
Chautauqua program.
Pamela Smith established and directed the Museum of New Mexico’s Press at the Palace of the Governors,
designing and printing award-winning limited edition letterpress books there for nearly thirty years. She
curated “Lasting Impressions,” an exhibition of private press work now showing at the Palace of the
Governors Museum and authored the book Passions in Print: Private Press Artistry in New Mexico, soon
to be released from the Museum of New Mexico Press. She is presently an adjunct faculty member at the
College of Santa Fe where she teaches classes in the book arts.
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For further information on the Chautauqua Series contact:
New Mexico Humanities Council 505-277-3705 or nmhc@nmhum.org
