The donation is being made based on sales to date for the title. To date, 500 copies have been sold, and 300 more copies have been donated throughout the community.

“We see Stark ARThology as an overwhelming success for our press, but more importantly, for the Stark County arts community and the artists who live here,” said Jessica Bennett, executive director of Indigo Ink Press. “The SmArts program is a measurable, sustainable way to ensure the future of the arts in this community. We’re proud to be able contribute to that future in this small way.”

“To date ArtsinStark has invested $200,000 and hosted 77 SmArts projects for 10,000 kids,” said ArtsinStark CEO Robb Hankins. “We are so excited about what Indigo Ink Press is doing and appreciate its contribution to the SmArts Program.”

The book is available online at IndigoInkPress.org, along with 19 local retailers and galleries and at Amazon.com. Sales of all future copies will benefit ArtsinStark’s SmArts program with $1 per copy being donated to the initiative.

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About the Book

For the first time in one anthology come 69 of Northeast Ohio’s most talented, eclectic and diverse artists, showcased through their work, their words and provocatively austere portraiture. Included in this compelling collection are works in oil, acrylic and watercolor, in photography, pen and ink, pencil, digital design, fibers, sculpture, pottery, metal and mixed media. This title is funded in part through a $6,000 grant from ArtsinStark, The County Arts Council, and a portion of the proceeds from the publication will benefit ArtsinStark’s SmArts Program, an educational initiative designed to bring the arts into our schools to create smARTer kids.

Stark ARThology | $29.95
Stark County Art • Stark County Artists
Edited by Jessica Bennett / Foreword by David C. Kaminski
978-0-9828330-0-1
1st Edition, Shrink-Wrapped with Jacket
9 x 11.5 in, 80 pp, 138 color photographs

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Seattle-based poet Kristen McHenry flew across country to attend the event and do a few readings herself, while fellow poet Chella Courington attended in spirit by doing a reading via pre-recorded video.

Click below to watch a few of the readings from the event, or visit our YouTube Channel to see more videos from the launch. Click here to view photos on our Facebook page.

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Readers participating in the event include local artists and arts enthusiasts, business and community leaders, along with a very special appearance by poet Kristen McHenry (Seattle, Wash.), one of two authors of the unique dual chapbook. Fellow poet Chella Courington will participate remotely from Santa Barbara, Calif.

Participating Readers:

∗ Barbara Abbott, board member, Arts In Stark, and community arts enthusiast

∗ Al Albacete, executive director, Canton Museum of Art

∗ Tim Belden, board member, Indigo Ink Press and owner, Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography

∗ Denise Burton, membership and sales director, Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

∗ Cheli Curran, program director, Children’s Network Child Advocacy Center

∗ Julia Dick, president, MOLA Productions and organizer, Canton Marathon

∗ Marti Jones Dixon, artist

∗ Craig Joseph, gallery curator, Anderson Creative

∗ Dave Kaminski, director of education & government affairs, Canton Regional Chamber

∗ John Kandl, professor of English, Walsh University

∗ James Tiberius Kirk, captain, Starship Enterprise

∗ Gail Martino, curriculum consultant, Stark County Education Service Center

∗ “Buzzbin” Mike Nasvadi, editor, Buzzbin Magazine

∗ Cindy Staudt, chair, department of English, Walsh University

∗ Ryan Sweet, professor of English, Walsh University

∗ Dina Tozzi, owner, Picciano’s Martini Lounge

The book released on Sept. 30 and is available for purchase locally at Buzzbin Magazine, Backlist Books in downtown Massillon, fine independent book retailers throughout the U.S., Amazon.com and the publisher’s website, IndigoInkPress.org.

Event Details

The poetry readings will take place between 7 and 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the Buzzbin Art & Music Shop, located at 339 Cleveland Ave. NW in downtown Canton. The event is free and open to the public. Free beer and wine will be served. The book will also be for sale at the event.

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Poetry so sharp it will cut the roof of your mouth.

One snips authentically around the edges of an erotic coming of age tale, then plunges into the heart of what it means to be a woman; the other stabs precisely into the chaos of love, loss and levity – all with complete ubiquity. United in Indigo Ink’s debut “flip” edition, two pointed, poignant poets will cleave you, leave you ragged with their jagged lines and barbed writing.

Paper Covers Rock by Chella Courington &
Triplicity: Poems in Threes by Kristen McHenry
$16.00 U.S. | 978-0-9828330-1-8
September 30, 2011
Poetry | Trade Paper | 6” x 9” | 92 pages
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Paper Covers Rock is a collection of poems, largely in first-person persona, that explores coming-of-age as perpetual transition—birth, death, love, loss, sex, illness, and transcendence.

Inspired by William Blake’s line, “To see the world in a grain of sand” (Auguries of Innocence), many of the poems suggest that we can find vast truth in small events, life continually unfolding its mystery in everyday happenings. Primarily narrative, the poetry is lean, direct and grounded in fresh images.

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Kristen McHenry on her flip edition companion: “The poetry in Paper Covers Rock is many things—among them, elegant, efficient, and intelligently crafted. But what is most impressive is the wide range of voices they embody; from wise and incisive, to fiery and rebellious, to wildly sensual and imaginative. Chella writes with a deceptively light touch; over and over poems that seem spare and airy stick the landing with a solid punch to the gut.”

While Triplicity: Poems in Threes didn’t start out as a collection of triplets, these utterly disarming poems fit quite snuggly into themed triads.

At once ethereal and cryptic, McHenry writes eloquently about everything – from pigs to prophets, from Vegas to victims, and the dangers of falling love with a Vulcan – and does so with the experience of a woman navigating her female-ness.

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Chella Courington on her flip edition companion: “Disturbing and lovely, Kristen’s poetry transports you to places where life and death, love and loss are at stake. The poems move through tough terrain embodying the voices of those often denied and forgotten: from prostitutes to the homeless, from slaughtered pigs to victimized girls. While her writing challenges the reader to look at life’s underbelly without turning away, you are given beautiful language that always rejects denial.”

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For the latest quirky and wry posts, bookmark the blog at IndigoInkPress.tumblr.com.

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Indigo Ink Press will be a vendor at ArtsinStark’s upcoming ArtisAlive, the annual two-day art show and sale at the Cultural Center in Canton. We’ll be onsite Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, selling copies of Stark ARThology and featuring the works of some of our first book’s featured artists.

More than 75 artists and artisans will be featured this year, with live entertainment, food and open bar for just $2 admission. Come and visit us in Booth #57!

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We would love to have you join us for a drink to celebrate Stark ARThology one more time! For more details – check out the event on our Facebook Page, and I hope we see you on April 12th!

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I’ve been like the proverbial kid on Christmas Eve, breathless with anticipation, awaiting the release of “Stark Arthology.” So imagine my delight when Jessica Bennett – founder and executive director of Indigo Ink Press, and who also designed and edited the book – advanced me a copy hot off the presses (and oh yes, that smell!) with an invitation to review it. Yes, June Godwit, there is a Santa Claus.

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Sales Locations

2nd April Galerie, 324 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton, Ohio
Akron-Canton Airport, 5400 Lauby Road, Akron, Ohio
Anderson Creative, 331 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton, Ohio
Aultman Hospital Gift Shop, 2600 6th Street SW, Canton, Ohio
Backlist Books, 39 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, Ohio
Blue Heron Cafe, 125 Lake Avenue NW, Massillon, Ohio
Buzzbin Art & Music Shop, 339 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton, Ohio
Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Avenue N, Canton, Ohio
Canton Regional Chamber, 222 Market Ave. N, Canton, Ohio
Carpe Diem, 215 Market Avenue N, Canton, Ohio
Cyrus Framing & Gallery, 2645 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton, Ohio
Elemental Arts, 236 Walnut NE, Canton, Ohio
Gervasi Vineyard Market Place, 1700 55th Street NE, Canton, Ohio
Lazar’s Art Gallery, 2940 Woodlawn Avenue Northwest, Canton, Ohio
Market Street Art Spot, 219 N. Market Street, Minerva, Ohio
Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon, Ohio
Ohio Arts & Crafts Guild, 338 4th Street NW, Canton, Ohio
Saxton Gallery of Photography, 520 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton, Ohio
Studio Arts and Glass, 7495 Strauss Ave. NW, North Canton, Ohio

Books may also be purchased online at www.IndigoInkPress.org and at www.Amazon.com. A copy of the book has been donated to each library and high school in Stark County.

Upcoming Events

Guests at the Stark ARThology Launch Party and Exhibit will get their hands on early copies of the book! Indigo Ink Press and the Canton Museum of Art are collaborating to host an exhibit featuring the work of the Stark ARThology artists at the CMA from Friday, Nov. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. The Stark ARThology exhibit will showcase the work of each artist featured in the book.

The book will first be available at the ticketed launch event and exhibit opening the evening of Friday, Nov. 19, with free admission for all on Saturday, Nov. 20 and Sunday Nov. 21. Tickets are available at http://starkarthology.eventbrite.com for $25, by calling (330) 417-7715 or at the door.

On Nov. 20, Borders Books & Music at the Strip in North Canton will be hosting a book signing from 3 to 5 p.m. Books will also be available during Six Six Sex, a solo-show for Massillon artist Scot Phillips, at Thirteenth Floor Gallery in downtown Massillon.

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The mark of universally great work is substance. Sheer, thought-provoking substance. Stark ARThology is a visual call-to-arms for the artists of Stark County, Ohio, and the result is a substantive, explosive exhibition bound in paper.

For the first time in one anthology come 69 of Northeast Ohio’s most talented, eclectic and diverse artists, showcased through their work, their words and provocatively austere portraiture.

Included in this compelling collection are works in oil, acrylic and watercolor, in photography, pen and ink, pencil, digital design, fibers, sculpture, pottery, metal and mixed media.

This title is funded in part through a $6,000 grant from ArtsinStark, Stark County’s Arts Council, and a portion of the proceeds from the publication will benefit ArtsinStark’s SmArts Program, an educational initiative designed to bring the arts into our schools to create smARTer kids.

*Cover Image: Ted Lawson’s watercolor painting “Mini Bittner”

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