When We Were Twenty-Five.
2024
60 pp
5 x 8.25″, letterpress cover with gatefold; hand-stitched binding; digitally printed interior
ISBN: 979-8-218-40182-5.
$27.99
When We Were Twenty-Five. is a publication to mark Artadia’s 25th anniversary wherein we have asked 25 of our past Awardees, “Knowing what you know now, what advice would you offer your 25 year old self?”.
The responses range from lists, to poems, to letters. The publication includes texts from some of our earliest Awardees (1999!) to our most recent in 2023. Featured in the publication are Awardees:
Regina Agu
Selva Aparicio
Simon Benjamin
Diedrick Brackens
Jessica Caldas
Nick Cave
Nathaniel Donnett
Amir Fallah
Brendan Fernandes
Katy Fischer
Angelina Gualdoni
Gyun Hur
Lucy Kim
Autumn Knight
Matt Manalo
Joiri Minaya
Hendl H. Mirra
Diane Severin Nguyen
José Ibarra Rizo
Amie Siegel
Travis Somerville
Astria Suparak
Stephanie Syjuco
Hank Willis Thomas
dana washington-queen
Author and award-winning designer Hamish Smyth designed the publication. Smyth gained notoriety for his publication of the NASA worm, the MTA style-guide, and many other publications.
Foreword by Artadia Executive Director Patton Hindle
Afterword by Curator and 2016 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Juror Lauren Haynes
Featuring the words of 25 Artadia Awardees
Designed by Hamish Smyth
Printed by Peter Kruty Editions
*For any distribution inquiries, please contact info@artadia.org.