Cattywampus Press

Independent Publishing in Pursuit of Art

 

Established in 2018, Cattywampus Press is an independent publisher of books and goods that celebrate artists and their work.

Activities

Novel Ideas Art Book Fair, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, Texas. Printed matter exhibition and sale. March 6–7, 2020.

Tuesday Evenings at the Modern, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. Lecture. October 29, 2019.

Texas Micro Press Reading Room, Austin Central Library, Austin, Texas. Installation. October 7 – November 10, 2019.

The Why Annual, Northern Southern Gallery, Austin, Texas. Group show. August 18 – September 12, 2018.

Paper Trail, printed matter show and sale, San Antonio, Texas, June 8–9, 2018.

Press Fest ATX, printed matter show, and sale, Austin, Texas, October 11, 2017.

San Anto Zine Fest (SAZF), printed matter show and sale, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas, October 7, 2017.

Lone Star Zine Fair, exhibition and sale, hosted by the University of Texas Libraries, Austin, Texas, June 11, 2017.

Media & Awards

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers. 2 Selections; Mushroom and Navigation to Nowhere. (2022).

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers. 1 Selection; A Purgatory of Nuns. (2020).

Glasstire: ArtBoors. Podcast. (October 15, 2018).

Celebrating the Art of Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Museum. NPR: Texas Standard (August 6, 2018).

The Magic of Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum. Glasstire: Profile (May 25, 2018).

Celebrating Barney Smith, the Norman Rockwell of Toilet Seat Art. San Antonio Current (January 23, 2018).

Collections & Stores

Albert B. Alkek Library, Texas State University, San Marcos—General and Special Collections

Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin

Butler Library, Rare Book and Manuscripts, Columbia University, New York

Hirsch Library, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Printed Matter, Inc., New York

South Congress Books, Austin, Texas

The Texas Collection and University Archives, Baylor University, Waco

The University of Texas at San Antonio, Libraries—General and Special Collections

The Wrong Store, Marfa, Texas