Embodied Resistance
BHB press is a publishing curatorial collaboration founded by artists Allison Bogard Hall and Sam R. Butler. A call for art is NOW CLOSED for EMBODIED RESISTANCE: a Collaborative Artist Book dedicated too exploring and defending bodily autonomy in the now. Transgender, Non-Binary, and Women Artists and writers living and working in Cuyahoga County, thank you for your applications. All artists have been contacted and notified of their acceptance status as of 9/15/24. Thank you to all artists and writers for applying! Please email pressbhb@gmail.com with any questions. Stay tuned for future calls for art as BHB press continues forward.
BHB press is pleased to announce that our first collaborative artist book, Embodied Resistance, was presented and launched at Genghis Con on December 1st, 2024 at The Pivot Center for Art, Dance, and Expression in Cleveland, Ohio. Copies can be found at various venues around Cleveland, including SPACES Gallery, after January 1st 2025. Please see our digital flip book by clicking here, or view it below. There is also a link to view, download, and print the zine for yourself below.
Embodied Resistance is supported by the Urgent Art Fund administered by SPACES and supported by residents of Cuyahoga County and Assembly for the Arts through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
BHB Press is a collective currently made up of two artists: Allison Bogard Hall (she/her) of Lakewood, Ohio and Sam R. Butler (they/them) of Cleveland, Ohio. Hall is a painter and printmaker who graduated with her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014, and Butler is a photographer and videographer who graduated with their BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art in 2019. Though their work and practices at first glance couldn't be more different, both artists quickly bonded over a shared love of artist books and zines while working together at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Over many a coffee break and happy hours after work, ideas were born from a friendship that soon became BHB Press. This collective is looking forward to bringing in more artists and their insights in the future that share our pro-trans, pro-women, pro-bodily autonomy for all vision going forward as we continue to fight oppression in the reality that is our everyday world. Follow us on Instagram @bhbpress to stay up to date on our current publications and calls for art.
Meet Sam R. Butler
Meet Allison Bogard Hall
Embodied Resistance features the following artists + writers:
Aja Joi Grant - Alex Heard - Allison Bogard Hall - Audrey Spuzzillo
Celeste Stauber - Dana Willow Kiefer - Em Poor - Emily Donley
Hayley Modica - James Schaffer - Janoi Daley - Jordi Rowe - Jurnee Ta’Zion
Kenyatta Crisp - Leo R. Covault - Oliver Chapman - Sam R. Butler
Willow Campbell - Zoe Brester-Pennings
The single page PDF Files for this zine can be downloaded to print and share by clicking here.
The full spread PDF Files for this zine can be downloaded to print and share by clicking here.