Hybrid event, RSVP to publications@papermachine.works to reserve one of 20 in-person spaces, or for zoom link for the event.

Cheryl Derricotte will be discussing her book arts project Friend of John, currently in the development during her month-long residency at Paper Machine. This book arts print project explores the Louisiana intersections in the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a trusted confidant of abolitionist John Brown. She was also once the richest Black woman in San Francisco, a self-proclaimed “capitalist” on the 1890 census.