Vol. MMXXV · No. 04 Est. Anno 2009
The Common Press
Give Now
A Public Broadside · Pinned to the Schoolhouse Door

Art is a
Public Right.

Wherein the COMMON PRESS doth solemnly proclaim its mission to fund brushes, kilns, stages & songs in the schoolhouses our towns have most forgotten. 

woodcut children making art
PLATE I
CUT BY HAND
Section the Second

The Reckoning of Our Labors

Three columns of plain truth, set in heavy type so none may forget.

0
Children Reached

Pupils in grades K through 12 who held a brush, sang a verse, or pressed clay in our funded year.

0
Teachers Supported

Art educators carrying stipends, materials, mentorship, and the dignity their craft is owed.

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Projects Funded

Murals, plays, kilns, dance floors, darkrooms, chorales — each a small revolt against scarcity.

Audited by Goodwin & Hale, CPA Fiscal Year ending 06.30.2024 Form 990 available on request
Section the Third

Funded Works,
Plainly Pictured.

A gallery of recent grants — with statements from the children themselves, attributed by first name & grade as is our custom.

FUNDED
2024
Grant №2024-118 · Painting

A Sea of Her Own Making

"Painting lets me speak when words fail. I made the ocean even though I have never seen it."
— Clara, 5th Grade · Pinewood Elementary
Grant №2024-074 · Theater

A Midsummer in the Gymnasium

"I played Puck. My mother cried in row three. I had never seen her clap so loud."
— Marcus, 7th Grade · Hadley Middle
Cast
34 pupils
Performances
6 nights
Audience
1,420
Grant
$4,800
Grant №2024-209 · Ceramics

The Kiln That Came in March

"My hands knew the bowl before I did."
— Amara, 6th Grade · Riverbend K-8
Clay · 1,200 lb$6,200
Petition

Bring the Press to your School.

Nominate a classroom in need. Reviewed by our artist guild every season; selected works are funded within 90 days.

Nominate Read Criteria
Section the Fifth

Teach with Us.

A fellowship for art educators in underfunded schools. We carry the burden you should never have shouldered alone.

Stipend

A teaching fellowship pays $6,000 per academic year, on top of your school salary, deposited monthly without paperwork on your end.

Materials

Up to $3,500 in classroom supplies per year — you choose. We pay vendors directly so no reimbursement ever lands on your desk.

Curriculum

Open-license lesson plans co-authored by 28 fellow educators. Adapt, remix, or burn them — the choice is yours.

Community

Monthly cohort suppers, a summer residency at a working artist's studio, and an unlisted phone number when the year gets hard.

Apply for the Fellowship Next cohort opens Sept. 14 · 40 seats
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Plate II · The Teacher & the Hand
"I show her once; she finds it the second time."
Section the Sixth

Public Notices & Galas

A ledger of forthcoming occasions. Doors open early. Coats checked free of charge.

14
Sep · Saturday

The Annual Inkpot Gala

A formal dinner with live letterpress demonstrations and an auction of student-made broadsides. Black tie or workshop apron.

6:30 PM
Bellweather Hall
Reserve
02
Oct · Wednesday

Open Studios at P.S. 119

Walk the halls of a funded school. Meet the students whose statements you have read in these pages. Free; donations encouraged.

4:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY
RSVP
19
Oct · Saturday

The Children's Press · A Benefit Concert

Three school choirs, one borrowed cathedral. Proceeds endow the chorale program for two academic years.

7:00 PM
St. Mark's, Boston
Tickets
07
Nov · Thursday

A Reading of Student Statements

Local actors read aloud the words of grant recipients. Quiet, brief, and the most affecting hour we host all year.

7:30 PM
The Common Press
Attend