Welcome listeners to 5 Questions: A Critical Mass for the Visual Arts Podcast in which we ask 5 questions of our interviewees aimed at positioning and contextualizing their respective bodies of work within the St. Louis artworld.This episode we’re talking with Melon Press’ Sophia Malone and Dan Madrigal!
MelonPress is a community driven collaborative that gives artists the outreach that only print can achieve. Melon Press turns traditional printmaking on its head and experiments with the printed medium to its fullest capabilities.
Melon Press is a haven of radicalism in the traditional form of print. They practice a combination of risograph, screen printing and digital printing to publish our zines. Melon Press Print Studio has printed many zines and chapbooks for local artists, holds an annual zine-fest pop up, and is constantly collaborating with creatives around St. Louis. They donated a copy of our entire collection to the Historical Society of Missouri at the end of 2022, which is available for viewing at the Skinker library.
5 Questions is a program by Critical Mass for the Visual Arts – a nonprofit, self-formed visual arts collaborative dedicated to promoting, enhancing and initiating contemporary visual art in the St. Louis region.
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Melon Press at https://melonpressstl.com/
With Sophia Malone and Dan Madrigal and Joe Kohlburn
Editor – Sarah Hammond
Producer – Brett Williams
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