new post! little paragraphs! and this bathroom selfie!
a pineapple apart
tiny stories for you
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they/them•letterpress printer•writer•teaching artist moody skies•short stories•creative practice I make collage when I can't sleep. 💌 Keep Writing project since 2008 💌 newsletter: hopeamico.substack.com classes & everything else: hopeamico.com/links
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LAST YEAR of Keep Writing postcard project subscription — hope amico
Keep Writing, in its current format, will end in July 2027. Subscribe by July 31 2026 to receive the last year of postcards and questions! A monthly postcard subscription with a prompt for your re...
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a little story about the origins of the Keep Writing project. #postcards #mail #art
keep asking questions now
sadly there is no later.
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woo-hoo! The list I guest wrote for Sophie Lucido Johnson's newsletter is out! Obviously I shouted out some friends. @tenderheartpress.bsky.social @blackbirdletterpress.com and others.
10 Things: Hope Amico
All Hope's recommendations for things to help you survive and thrive
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www.instagram.com/reel/DY1FUh8... What to expect from "Is this art" collage workshop
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WHAT TO EXPECT// six weeks of cut, paste, & self confidence.info is where you look for it.“is this art?” collage workshopsix weeks starting 6/9tuesdays 5-7 pm PSTonline and recordedjoin live or at your leisure shirt by torea frey!#collage #art #dailypractice
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in which I misheard lyrics and forever have them wrong in my heart. #collage #themicrophones #artclass #artist #queer #queerartist
uh-oh, it's morning time again
news from the studio of hopeamico 5.26.26
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LET'S GET WEIRD/LET'S HAVE FUN// It's back--the 6 week introduction to collage for newbies and old hands alike. We talk composition, layering, image transfers, and of course, GLUE. Tues 5-7 pm PST 6/9-7/14 online and recorded $345 #collage #onlineclass #art hopeamico.com/classes
happy sunday, I read you a poem. #poetry #rossgay #poem
feet
Hope reads a poem by Ross Gay
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Nearly 800,000 Louisianians voted yesterday and won, rejecting all five state constitutional amendments put forward by Gov. Jeff Landry...
a day off is always deserved.
she of the dark mossy lands@sadcoreandpancakes.bsky.social · 3mo agoMay is my busiest month as an artist. Like, it’s flat out bananas. But I have one precious unscheduled day this month when I can go have leisurely coffee somewhere and make no other plans. That was some smart advice courtesy of @hopeamico.com who is the fucking best.
Even though my 9th grade honors geometry teacher thought I was a failure, because I nearly failed her class, this is the kind of math I love.
she of the dark mossy lands@sadcoreandpancakes.bsky.social · 3mo agoOne more tip for installing a show of pieces that are all the same size: call your letterpress friend because coming up with the grid and spacing is 100% their jam. I know because I have seen @hopeamico.com in action and they rocked the grid for the first Collage-O-Rama!
Closing out National Poetry Month with this from Dorothy Parker. You can also revisit every poem I read this month on my “sunday night poetry” page! #poem #poetry #writing #writer
Resumé
Hope reads a poem by Dorothy Parker
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a little nikki giovanni for folks who don't comply with coercive law enforcement. I'm still reading a poem a day for National Poetry month.
I Laughed When I Wrote It (Don't You Think it's Funny?)
Hope reads a poem by Nikki Giovanni
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It's National Poetry Month and I started a list of poems for a range of poeple/situations/moods. Some of them, I'll even read aloud to you! #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth #readapoem #queerpoetry #writer #read #booksky
YOU GET A POEM! YOU GET A POEM!
look under your chair, it's National Poetry Month
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still reading a poem aloud every day for national poetry month, and I'm not gonna lie, it was a little intimidating to read this one
Some They Can't Contain
Hope reads a poem by Buddy Wakefield
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I am reading a poem to you every day for National Poetry Month. Enjoy today's poem!
Date Night
Hope reads a poem by Saeed Jones
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maybe you didnt know you needed to hear a poem today but you do. this one. #poem #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth #read #poet #margepiercy
The Low Road
Hope reads a poem by Marge Piercy
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Gelli Plate Printing for Fun and Collage starts in just a few days and is an excellent excuse to take a break from the wild world and make something weird with me. sliding scale price, for 3 sundays of classes. #gelliplate #printing #learntoprint #queerart #printer #gelliprint #collage
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Life is messy, let’s print! Geli plates are a versatile tool for experimenting with printing layers and textures. In our first week, we will generate fodder for future collage through drawings, mark...
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I am reading a poem a day aloud and you can listen here. #nationalpoetrymonth #poem #poetry #queerpoet #april
Beautiful Short Loser
Hope reads a poem by Ocean Vuong
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www.instagram.com/reel/DW218Ka... I often think I am very funny. #printmaking #printer #artist #queerart #artclass
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Starts Sunday! Make Art Not War ! (seriously WTAF ) join me online ! hopeamico dor com / classes#gelliprinting #collage #artclass
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sunday's poem (Im reading one every day for National Poetry Month) hopeamico.substack.com/s/sunday-nig...
reading a poem to you every day for National Poetry Month.
Lilacs in September
Hope reads a poem by Katha Pollitt
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Im reading a poem aloud every day for national poetry month. Here's one for today.
Some Non-Descript Autumn Weekend
Hope reads a poem by Mary Ruefle
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COLLAGE!// when I started gelli plate printing, I was just playing around with a new medium that other collage artists seems to like. I immediately saw that I could create prints to be used in my work. Gelli Plate Printing for Fun and Collage starts 4/12 #collage #gelliprints #printmaker #enby
I’m reading a poem out load every day in April for National Poetry month. Here is today’s. #poetry #poem #april #spring
The Present is Constant Elegy
Hope reads a poem by Peter Gizzi
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