Cardboard House Press Volunteers

Cardboard House Press is seeking for volunteers for various stages of production of handmade chapbooks and conventional books. While we cannot offer monetary compensation for your efforts, you will be directly involved in the independent and small press publishing process, and will gain skills in bilingualism, cultural awareness, literacy promotion, and artisanal bookmaking processes. You will also gain experience working within a wide network of writers, editors, and publishers of Latin American literature. Volunteers can participate in one or more of these positions: 1. Assistant Workshop Coordinator: will be responsible for running and keeping the weekly workshop as smooth as possible. The workshops will likely meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at La Casa Latino Cultural Center during the regular school calendar year. La Casa provides with a small closet for storage of materials. The specific tasks of the Assistant Workshop Coordinator include but are not limited to: - Keeping our inventory well organized (cardboard, paints, etc.). - Contact the volunteers once/week to make sure production goals will be meet. 2. Outreach Coordinator: will be responsible to contact organizations, schools, and business that might be interested in our activities. This person will also reach out to newspapers, magazines, radios, etc. across the country and try to increase CHP's visibility. 3. Social Media: will help to reach a wider audience through social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, and the webpage. Rather than posting directly to these platforms, the volunteer will generate content such as flyers, posts, hashtags, photos, etc. and place them in a specially created digital depository (i.e. Dropbox) for future posting. Strong skills in publishing Software are desired (Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, etc.). The editorial board of Cardboard House Press includes writers and editors who live in various locations in the United States. For more information or to apply to our volunteers opportunities described above, write to cardboardhousepress@gmail.com About Cardboard House Press: Cardboard House Press is a publishing house dedicated to the edition of books of literature and art from Hispano-American and Spanish authors and artists. Why Cardboard House Press? "The Cardboard House" is the first book by Peruvian writer Martín Adán, published in 1928, and it is considered a precursor to the Latin American literary boom. The work covers part of Adán's life through a critical and ironic look at his surroundings in Lima at the beginning of the 20th Century. The Cardboard House is a small masterpiece that goes beyond literary genres and renews the narrative aesthetic in the avant-garde era. Our publishing project takes the name of this book as homage to one of the most important literary figures of the 20th Century, and we employ the title's meaning of breaking the mold and giving literature a new dimension. Some of our publications are available in an art book hardcover format. These books are made by hand in community-based workshops in Bloomington, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona, using recycled cardboard, marbled paper, stenciling, and hand-sewn binding with a full color dust jacket illustrated by an artist.