moodysa <at> gmail . com
b. 1982 / Anchorage, AK
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
2020 MFA, Book Arts + Printmaking, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2005 BA cum laude, Art History, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Experience
2020- Apprentice, Russell Maret, New York, NY
2020 Intern, Conservation Lab, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Extern, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Intern, Russell Maret, Brooklyn, NY
Intern, Wells Book Arts Summer Institute, Aurora, NY
2018-20 Letterpress Studio Technician, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to Sarah Nicholls and Russell Maret, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2016-18 Printer’s Devil, Ilfant Press, Seattle, WA
Letterpress Assistant, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Honors, Awards, and Residencies
2021-22 Book Artist-in-Residence, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2020 Arts Aid PHL, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
UArts Cares Grant, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Wells Book Arts Summer Institute, Aurora, NY
2018 First Annual Scholarship Award, Ladies of Letterpress, St. Louis, MO
2018-20 Trustees’ Scholarship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2021 Reflex/Reflect, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
CMYKings: Zines in Four Colors, Risolve, Lancaster, PA
2020 CMYKings: Zines in Four Colors, Antenna Works, New Orleans, LA
Intersections: Book Arts as Convergence, College Book Art Association Members’ Juried Exhibition,
Carroll Gallery at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2019 Staff Art Show, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Variations of the Artist Book: Philadelphia Center for the Book Member Exhibition, City Hall,
Philadelphia, PA
ILSSA: Frameworks, Unrequited Leisure, Nashville, TN
Visual Voice: work by current MFA Book Arts + Printmaking students at UArts, Anderson Portal Gallery
at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Open Press Collection 2, LVR Industrial Museum Paper Mill Old Dombach, Bergisch Gladbach,
Germany
Open Press Collection, Kölner Graphikwerkstatt, Cologne, Germany
Works in Progress, Gallery 224 at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Collections
Borowsky Center for Publication Arts Archive, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Cecil H. Green Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Open Press Project Collection, Cologne, Germany
The Soapbox Zine Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Special Collections Library, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Memberships
CMYKings
Guild of Book Workers (Delaware Valley, New York chapters)
Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA)
International Duplicators Guild
Postcard Exchange
Additional Publications and Collaborations
Assistant printer for Colored Objects. Russell Maret, 2023.
Plant Thought by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and Kiki Smith. 2022 Chapbook Series. Center for Book Arts, 2022. (Forthcoming)
“Title” by Susan Howe. Spring 2022 Broadside Series. Center for Book Arts, 2022.
Assistant printer for Dispatches from the Lizard Brain. Russell Maret, 2022.
Assistant printer and binder for LX Checklist. Russell Maret, 2022.
Assistant printer and binder for A Pattern Book of Cádiz Ornaments. Russell Maret, 2021.
Assistant printer for Three Constitutions. Russell Maret, 2020.
“Goudy Broadside” (printed with Russell Maret). The Matrix, Issue 36. The Whittington Press, 2020.
“Fourteen Years Ago.” Clock Tower Nine #16: You Are Here (an atlas of everything). Daniel Noonan, 2020.
“Let it All Rain Down.” ToCall Magazine #13: Women Content. PSW, 2020.
Areas of Practice & Studio Skills
Letterpress printing / Bookbinding / Western Papermaking / Xerox alternative techniques / Typewriters / Machine maintenance / Studio maintenance
Volunteer
2023 Bindery Steward, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2020 UArts Fellow, The Soapbox: Community Print Shop and Zine Library, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Manifest(o): Paper Revolutions, North American Hand Papermakers, Philadelphia, PA