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Kelsey
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Hi! I’m a middle-aged human muddling along on our marvelous terrible planet. Things I do: nonprofit directing, letterpress printing, community organizing, zine stuff. Librarian without a library. 💖 Currently working on: olympiamusichistory.org
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Stoked about this class at Community Print… we are so lucky to get a visit from the talented @tenderheartpress.bsky.social in 11 days! 💖
You can register at community-print.org/classes
Six letterpressed posters from Tender-Heart Press. 1. “Another world is not only possible, she’s on her way. Many of us won’t be here to greet her. But on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.”-Arundhati Roy / 2. “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man, I am something that you’ll never understand.”- Prince / 3. “Mistakes were made. Give it another go tmrw.”- tender-heart press / 4. “We live in Capitalism. Its power seems inescapable, but then, so did the divine rights of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed.”- Ursula K LeGuin / 5. “The world is coming to an end, but until then, let us print.” -school of bad printing / 6. “I call in my kindred through the wordless spirit web. I seed these spells in the dark of the new moon: to be known, to be loved wholly, to be useful, fully alive, & connected. Thread us through one another like electricity webbing down to the earth & skyward again through the return strike. Grow our connection slow like the long-waiting cicada. We emerge knowing each other undeniably by our vibration & song.” -tender-heart press 💖 A picture of E. Oscar Maynard with three large pieces of wood type spelling YES.
June 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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I really have no idea who sees anything I post on here, but any Olympia folks following along are invited to this art opening tomorrow night! We’ve got over 80 7-inch square collages related to themes of Dissent, Organize, Hope & Rage, and Renewal.
Collaged flyer announcing a World Collage Day show with over 80 collages. Show is at Ilk Lodge at 515 Jefferson St SE in Olympia, Washington. Opening is Saturday May 10 at 7 pm.
May 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Olympia, this is coming up next Friday! I hope to see you there.
A hand drawn PA with blackberry vines and text: That Summer Feeling: Thirty Years of YoYo a Go Go Friday, April 18, 4-6 pm COM building recital hall, room 107 "Long ago, punk rock stopped being simply a noun that was young, loud, and proud. Now it's also a descriptive term that tries to explain the difference between the buy in/sell out culture that wakes us up every morning for work, and the culture so many of us make every day with our own hands." -Pat Maley Join original Yoyo a Go Go organizers Pat Maley, Michelle Noel, Kento Oiwa, Ed Varga, and Pat Castaldo for a slideshow and panel discussion of Olympia's four Yoyo a Gogo Festivals. This event is hosted by The Olympia Music History Project and the Evergreen State College Daniel J. Evans Library. * ”That Summer Feeling,” Jonathan Richman, 1983
April 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Next up at Community Print! Share with your book arts loving friends in the PNW.
Images of four small artist books made with handmade paper. Class description: Treasure books are based on traditional Zhen Xian Bao (Chinese Thread Books) but go beyond the traditional format. Zhen Xian Bao (Chinese Thread Books) are made up of layers of folded pockets of different sizes in a portfolio-style cover. In this class, students will learn and practice several different methods to make four traditional pocket forms. Then, they will work on making books with both hard and soft covers, in different sizes, with different closures, and different numbers and arrangements of pockets. No prior experience is needed. Text: register at community-print.org/classes
March 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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We’ve got so many good classes coming up at Community Print! Here are the next two. Please share with your PNW/Puget sound area friends. More info:

www.community-print.org/classes
Images of junk journals made with brown paper sandwich bags. Description of Paper Bag Junk Journal class with Rene Westbrook, happening Saturday, March 15, 1-4 pm at Community Print in Olympia Washington. For more info or to register: community-print.org/classes Image of stationary with the text “Re-introduction to Letter Writing with Hope Amico,” happening March 22 from 12-4 pm at Community Print in Olympia, WA. Description of Re-introduction to Letter Writing with Hope Amico, happening Saturday, March 22, 12-4 pm at Community Print in Olympia Washington. For more info or to register: community-print.org/classes
March 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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When in doubt, make signs (said the letterpress printers)…
Thanks for documenting, Shanty!
February 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Needing your pet photos today and in the coming years.
Two large dogs, Bruno and Hazel, sitting for treatos. Bruno is white with dark spots, and Hazel is dark brown and red.
January 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Went to an amazing show this weekend… this was one of many highlights. Longstocking and friends throwing shirts out to the audience. 🥹 #queercore #thekidsaregrown
January 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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It’s just… what? I truly have no more words for what’s happening in our country.
January 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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#olympia the fab annual craft sale I organize is coming up in nine days! There’s something for everyone at this intimate sale, and it’s a fundraiser for our beloved print studio Community Print. Please share!
Flyer for Procrastinator’s Craft Sale, happening 2-6 pm, December 21 and 22, at 3 Magnets Brewing in Olympia, Washington.
December 12, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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A middle-aged white woman with glasses holding up a piece of wood letterpress printing type. A middle-aged white woman with glasses holding a taiyaki (a fish-shaped waffle cone with soft serve ice cream).
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
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Well, this is kinda weird.
May 6, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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Anyone from Olympia following me on here? If so, this it tomorrow and it’s going to be pretty cool!
Flyer advertising the Community Roots exhibit opening event at the Olympia Timberland Library on February 8, 5-7 pm: Join Window Seat Media for the opening of its Community Roots Exhibit! Community Roots is an oral history project that shares stories about how people come together to make change and create new possibilities for themselves and their neighbors. Since January 2023, a small team of community researchers has been gathering oral histories about three important local spaces–the Liberation Cafe, Camp Quixote, and Driftwood Daycare. Research ideas came to us from our cohort, who had personal interest and connections to these stories. Come experience the stories through an interactive exhibit and discussion with project participants. Light refreshments provided. View the exhibit and listen to audio stories from 5-6 p.m. Stay for discussion with project participants beginning at 6:15pm. The exhibit will be on display through March 11, 2024.
February 8, 2024 at 6:17 AM
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Hey Olympia! This rad sale is tomorrow. I may be biased because I planned the whole event, but I think it’s a particularly cozy and quality affair. 💝
Red ink on white paper flyer with many random images of vintage chairs. Text states “Procrastinator’s Craft Sale, Sunday December 17, 2-6 pm at 3 Magnets Brewing, 600 Franklin St SE. A fundraiser for Community Print.”
December 17, 2023 at 7:58 AM
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Speaking of Palestine, Bikini Kill tickets go on sale in 33 minutes! “We are playing a benefit show January 27th at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. The Ghost Ease will be opening and Selma Al-Aswad will be speaking.”
Bikini Kill poster featuring a picture of Kathleen Hanna, advertising a benefit show for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. The show is at the Capitol Theater in Olympia Washington on January 27.
December 14, 2023 at 5:31 PM
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Peak PNW shoe situation tonight… seven pairs of pull-on boots worn to a party by seven different people who didn’t consult with each other first. Backpack feature featured as a bonus PNW fashion choice. 😂
Many pairs of black and brown leather pull on boots owned by 7 different people at a party tonight.
December 10, 2023 at 9:39 AM
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Fantasy A was so good! I’m looking forward to seeing Clyde’s film at the Capitol Theater in January. 💖
Middle aged white woman posing in a movie theater with a mattress and Fantasy A, a black rapper from Seattle who played the main character in the movie “Fantasy A gets a Mattress.”
November 29, 2023 at 10:28 PM
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More pictures…
“Elements” University of Alabama Book Arts Program.; Bolick, Nannette.; Miller, Steve, 1950-; Sampson, Mary Ann.; Moxon, Paul. “Elements” University of Alabama Book Arts Program.; Bolick, Nannette.; Miller, Steve, 1950-; Sampson, Mary Ann.; Moxon, Paul. “Elements” University of Alabama Book Arts Program.; Bolick, Nannette.; Miller, Steve, 1950-; Sampson, Mary Ann.; Moxon, Paul. “Elements” University of Alabama Book Arts Program.; Bolick, Nannette.; Miller, Steve, 1950-; Sampson, Mary Ann.; Moxon, Paul.
November 29, 2023 at 8:04 AM
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Today in the Evergreen rare books room… “Elements,” made in 2000 in the University of Alabama Book Arts Program by Nannette Bolick, Steve Miller, Mary Ann Sampson, and Paul Moxon. 4ish inches, 32 pages made from a single cut and folded sheet (snake fold).
A collaborative artists book called “Elements” made by Nannette Bolick, Steve Miller, Paul Moxon, and Mary Ann Sampson. Inside of a collaborative artists book called “Elements” made by Nannette Bolick, Steve Miller, Paul Moxon, and Mary Ann Sampson. When unfolded, the book shows a poem called D(arryl), with Tattoos by Steve Miller. A collaborative artists book called “Elements” made by Nannette Bolick, Steve Miller, Paul Moxon, and Mary Ann Sampson. This view shows the book folded up. Front cover of a collaborative artists book called “Elements” made by Nannette Bolick, Steve Miller, Paul Moxon, and Mary Ann Sampson. Cream paper with red and black ink.
November 29, 2023 at 8:01 AM
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I’m learning how to use our new gigantic Chandler & Price treadle press, and I just had an evening of fail. It’s hard getting the rhythm down- grab a printed card out and put an unprinted card in while using a foot treadle. I also couldn’t get the cards to print straight. 😩 Try try again tomorrow.
November 22, 2023 at 8:20 AM
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I was organizing broadsides yesterday in the Evergreen State College Library’s James F Holly Rare Books collection (a mouthful!). These two letterpress prints jumped out at me as particularly delightful. I’ve always been a Richard Brautigan fan, and it looks like I’m a Charles Goodrich fan now too.
A letterpressed poem by Richard Brautigan titled “Karma Repair Kit.” A letterpressed poem by Charles Goodrich titled “The Uber-Rich Step Up.”
November 17, 2023 at 10:35 PM
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Olympia folks, come meet Hope on Sunday evening! Good opportunity to check out our scrappy print shop, too.
November 16, 2023 at 7:30 AM
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Today in the Evergreen Library Rare Books room- this cool zine. Description from Anagram Books: “focuses on a 60 year old Anarchist who makes radical zines that are mostly sent to prisoners, and also includes some of the art that prisoners have sent them.”
November 15, 2023 at 1:53 AM
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Stealing this as well.
Two large dogs, one brown and tan and the other white with spots, lovingly trying to eat each other’s heads on the human bed.
November 14, 2023 at 7:01 AM
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My friend Dory and I made wrapping paper today at Community Print, the entirely volunteer-run print shop that I manage in downtown Olympia. There will be a lot of wrapping paper printing over the next few weeks as we get ready for a flurry of craft sales. Let me know if you wanna come help!
November 13, 2023 at 7:29 AM