Category: publication
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“Get to Do An Art or Craft: Applying to artist residencies for ‘non-artists’”
An 8-page minizine created by Amanda Wyatt Visconti. If like me you’re coming from outside the formal Art World, but are a crafter, maker, or artist (or do these but think “I’m not a real artist though…”) You might also not be aware you can apply for artist residencies (aka craft residencies & similar things…
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“Everyone inks the tympan sometimes: How to change the tympan on a Vandercook Press”
Everyone inks the tympan sometimes: How to change the tympan on a Vandercook Press by Amanda Wyatt Visconti is a 24-page zine tutorial on changing tympan and packing material on Vandercook cylinder floor presses like the SP-15, Universal, 3, and 4.
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“read censored history, thwart fascists.”
A 64-page standard-size, full-color zine documenting the National Park Service’s “Life Under Slavery at George Washington House” Exhibit—removed by the government January 22, 2026 in an act of censorship. Zineification by Amanda Wyatt Visconti. Exhibit & its text: the National Park Service (NPS); photos of exhibit: Stan Horowitz, NPS, Michaela Althouse/PhillyVoice, Historical Marker Database, William…
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“Absolute Units of Letterpress: Plus Rad Measurement Facts” by Amanda Wyatt Visconti & Shane Lin
A 20-page standard-size, full-color zine co-created by Amanda Wyatt Visconti and Shane Lin. “Absolute Unit”: An entity exceedingly pleasing to the eye & soul by virtue of unusual-for-its-kind square or stocky dimensions. Absolute Units are exemplars of: stability! solidity! abundance! confidence! A model for insisting we deserve at-homeness in our world. A righteous & unbothered…
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“Queer Book History” zine
A 34-page standard-size, full-color zine co-created by Amanda Visconti; Alex Wingate; Nicole Infanta Keller & Cait Coker; & the SHARP Queer Book History 2025 Bibliography Team. Book History is the study of the book as physical artifact (beyond just the written “content” it carries) made, circulated, read by humans—carrying that history, too. Queer Book History…
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“BookLab Time Machine” minizine
A values-charter-drafting minizine for BookLabs, humanities makerspaces, academic printshops, & similar, by [you????] and Amanda Wyatt Visconti. A full-size zine version, expanded and providing more context and resources for use, is in the works.
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“DIY Web Archiving” zine
A 22-page standard-size, full-color zine that shows you why everyone should participate in preserving the things on the web they care about, and how anyone can do so (no special expertise required!). Based on the 11/25/2024 virtual workshop co-sponsored by WebRecorder, SUCHO, and ACH; taught by Walsh, Kremer, Dombrowski, & Kijas; with additional text/resources from…
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“Yes, Virginia, there is ICE here too” zine
An 8-page, black-and-white minizine explaining how immigration rules and rhetoric impact Charottesville folks even though we’re in the middle of a state, far away from federal borders—and resources for supporting us and our neighbors vs. racist rhetoric and unjust laws. I also created a Photoshop template so folks can make your own localized version.
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“The Good Pets of UVA Library” zine
The Good Pets of UVA Library is a whopping 36-page standard-size, full-color zine created by Amanda Wyatt Visconti with text and photos of pets contributed by UVA Library colleagues.
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“Organized futures: speculative infrastructure design for more just and joyful scholarly community”
Peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Electronic Publishing special issue “On Gathering” (link).