We had the great opportunity to design the book Hear Me Now for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, curated by Adrienne Spinozzi. This is the first museum exhibition in the Northeast to explore the work of enslaved potters who worked in the potteries operating in the Old Edgefield, South Carolina area in the 19th century. The show will be at the Met through February 10, 2023, then travel to the MFA Boston, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the High Museum of Art. We thank book production experts Peter Antony and Christina Grillo and editor Briana Parker for their superb work. It was printed beautifully by Ofset Yapımevi.
The clear PVC jacket design allows the title typography to appear with—but not obscure—the incised verse on this monumental storage jar created by David Drake, a literate African American potter.
Read Roberta Smith’s review in the The New York Times.