Rai Peterson anticipates a great Wayzgoose in 2020 Five Questions with Book Arts Collaborative Founder Rai Peterson Book Arts Collaborative: First, to take the words in order, what is an Interrobang? Rai Peterson: The interrobang was a speculative bit of punctuation designed by Martin K. Speckter in 1962.  It’s name derives from the word for question, “interrogative,” and the printer’s name for an exclamation mark, “bang.” Originally, it was meant to express be ..read more

By: Chase Martin Local artist and 2011 Ball State graduate, Tracy Jarrett is an exciting artist to watch. She found her passion for art after being immersed in the local scene following high school. First starting with 3D digital art, she then switched to working with glass and paper marbling while she was in college. “Glass is a very cooperative art form; you are almost never working alone, and like many people that age, I was trying to find a place that felt like I belonged,” Jarrett said of her course work at the Glick Center for Glass. A drawing major, she became involved in several glas ..read more

By: Peyton Scott Meet Sam! Ball State University, senior, English major, Sam, is on the product team, and completing her first semester with Book Arts Collaborative (BAC). Sam is working towards a concentration in creative writing, pursuing minors in Women and Gender studies and professional writing.   From Fort Wayne, Sam’s hobbies are just as quirky and fun as she is; she enjoys jamming out to music in the shop and binge watching YouTube.  More recently, she has begun taking on painting, a hobby which has taken over her ..read more

By: Peyton Scott Meet Evan! Ball State University, Department of English sophomore, Evan Humphrey, is in his first semester with Book Arts Collaborative. He is an English major pursuing minors in German and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with a concentration in creative writing. Evan is a native from Pendleton, Indiana. While he attended Pendleton Heights High School, he was active on his show, "A Walk After Dark" on WEEM-FM (91.7 FM). WEEM- FM is an award-winning, student run high school radio sta ..read more

 By: Allie Striegle Hatch Show Print is a 140-year-old letterpress design and print shop located in Nashville, Tennessee. Their main specialty is posters, having produced posters of all sizes from their earliest days of business. While they used to print mostly advertisements, they now mainly print commemorative posters for live shows or events, which are sold on merchandise tables or distributed by clients as keepsakes of the events. These posters are printed using the shop’s 140 year-old collection of wood and metal type ..read more

 By: Kelcey Parker Ervick/dəˈfəNGkt/no longer living, existing, or functioning Defunct: A Resurrection is a book of my paintings and mini-essays about all things defunct, from my vintage Polaroid camera to my Ellis Island ancestors. It is being letterpress printed and hand bound in a limited run of 65 copies by the Book Arts Collaborative in Muncie, Indiana. It will be released this Friday, April 12, 2019 as part of their Interrobang festival!* Who reme ..read more

 By: Alona Krantz We are in the midst of registering for classes for Fall 2019 at Ball State University, and there are some of us who are unsure of where we want to be next semester. There are unique opportunities here known as immersive learning projects, where students get to experience a hands-on learning environment with the professor as a guide. This semester, Dr. Rai Peterson convinced me to sign up for the Honors Colloquium for Book Arts Collaborative, the immersive learning project she has overseen for three years n ..read more

 By: Reid Frick Brad Vetter is an independent letterpress printer, artist and designer based out of Louisville, KY, where he operates as Brad Vetter Design. An alumnus of the famous Hatch Show Print, Vetter has worked with actual rock star clientele, such as Chris Stapleton and Mumford & Sons, and huge companies including Nike and Chili’s.But to Vetter, the idea of working with big names has meant less and less over time, as he realized there were people like himself behind the scenes. “I started to realize that there w ..read more

 By: Dillon O’NailKaren Fisher owns and operates the local shop Art Mart where she supplies students and professionals alike with their art-related needs. Karen will be joining us at Interrobang Wayzgoose as a vendor this year. An Interrobang veteran, Karen has attended every year and has been a staple in the festival since its beginnings. She has a wealth of experiences with Interrobang that have not dealt strictly with printing, bookbinding, and art. Just last year, Karen was watching one of the many presentations Interrobang hosts when she noticed a bat was flying around! Everyone had a gre ..read more