Out of the Blue
Poem by Ed Winns
Artwork and verse by participants in Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
Printmaking and Creative Writing Workshops
Book Arts instructor Beth Thielen
[Blythe, California]: Arts in Corrections, n.d. Edition of 26.

4.75 x 6.75"; 24 pages. Accordion structure. Relief prints cut from Battleship linoleum. Printed on Tableaux Paper using water-based printing inks. Registration and reduction methods utilized in achieving the color plates. Each print numbered and signed by the artist. Front and back cover designed by Chris Bell. Bound in blue cloth covers with handwritten paper title label inset on front cover. Housed in custom matching blue cloth box designed by Beth Thielen to pop-up the book when opened. Interior of box painted blue.

Inmates of the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in California participated in Printmaking and Creative Writing Workshops conducted by Arts in Corrections. The writers and printmakers paired to produce verse and images. The resulting book has nine images with accompanying verses.

Colophon: "The project was funded by Artsreach, UCLA Extension, and the Department of Corrections, Office of Community Resources. The workshop instructors were Artsreach Contract Artists: Ms Janet L. Kassner, Printmaking; Mr. Rigobero Garnica, Creative Writing; and, Ms Beth Thielen, Book Arts."
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