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“People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory”
franklin delano roosevelt
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Since 1985, Thornwillow Press
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age of disposable communication, our books will last. Thornwillow enhances the relationship between the reader and author and celebrates the written word. Thornwillow titles include
Thornwillow’s publications are included in the permanent collections of The Morgan Library, Harvard University, Yale University, The British Library, The Getty Museum, MoMA, The Smithsonian In-
Updike, J.P. Donleavy, Peter
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The Vatican Library.
works of fiction by John
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The books we print embody our belief that ideas and stories matter and should be presented to inspire readers today and in the future. future.
“I am a part of everything that I have read”
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publications White House Cookies by Roland Mesnier Berlin Metropolis: Portfolio of Prints preface by Olaf Peters
Thomas Jefferson Illuminated by Wendell Garrett The Legacy of John Adams by Wendell Garrett
The Three Laws of Portraiture by Richard Wendorf
In Search of George Washington by W.W. Abbot
Seven Towers of Wonder: Wisdom by Bill Gordh, illustrations by John Hutton
In Love with a Wanton by John Updike
The Newburgh Suite: The Woodcuts by George Cochrane Freedom From Fear: The Life and Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by William vanden Heuvel Seven Towers of Wonder: Faith by Bill Gordh, illustrations by John Hutton Egon Schiele: Portraits by Egon Schiele Millennial Cities by Carney Gavin Nine Lives of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Seven Towers of Wonder: Justice by Bill Gordh, illustrations by John Hutton Effect of Color by Vasily Kandinsky, introduction by Peter Vergo A Fitzgerald Companion by Steve Garbarino
1963 by Harry Belafonte The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll, introduction by Adam Gopnik, illustrations by John Hutton Abraham Lincoln: Defender of Freedom by Harold Holzer A Presidential Miscellany by Lewis H. Lapham Seven Towers of Wonder: Hope by Bill Gordh, illustrations by John Hutton Bloody Mary by Jeffrey M. Pogash Late in the Season by Peter Matthiessen It Happened Here by Lesley M.M. Blume
Candy: A Poem by Mark Strand, monotypes by Wendy Mark Catullus: The Poems translated by Rodney Dennis Three Stories by John Updike, with photographs by Mariana Cook Gomes’s Book of Good Graces by Peter J. Gomes Alphababel translated by Savine and Charlotte Pontifell, illustrations by John Hutton Roger Eliot Stoddard at Sixty-Five: A Celebration Lighthouse Poems by Luke Ives Pontifell, Julie Agoos, A.R. Ammons, Debor Greger, Rachel Hadas, John Hollander, Carolyn Kizer, William Matthews, J.D. McClatchy, Sandra McPherson, W.S. Merwin, Carl Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Kay Ryan, Mary Jo Salter, David St. John, Charles Wright Lincoln at Home by David Herbert Donald Civil Wars: Three Tales of Old New York by Louis Auchincloss, illustrations by Elliott Banfield The Figure You by David St. John, monotypes by Wendy Mark Last Poems by James Merrill, photographs by Mariana Cook A Showing of Weimaraner by William Wegman The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms by J.P. Donleavey, illustrations by Elliott Banfield
Andrew Jackson: The Hero by Wendell Garrett
Monticello and the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson by Wendell Garrett
Seven Towers of Wonder: Courage by Bill Gordh, illustrations by John Hutton
The Bill of Rights: American’s Guarantee of Human Rights by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
New York City: Portfolio by Fabrice Herrault
Le Bateau Ivre by Arthur Rimbaud, artwork by Thierry Despont
Ars Omnia Tuetur: 25 Years of Fine Printing at Thornwillow by Ronald Patkus James Madison: American Intellect by Wendell Garrett Cinderella: The Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault, illustrations by John Hutton Let Me Count the Ways: A Selection of Letters and Poems by Elizabeth and Robert Browning Inaugural Address by Barack Obama While the Women are Sleeping by Javier Marias A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrations by John Hutton
Mozart: Portfolio of a Genuis by Neal Zaslaw The Presidency by Hugh Sidey A Partnership in Liberty by Helmut Kohl Remembering the Moon by Walter Cronkite, artwork by Irena Martens J.F.K. Remembered by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., woodcut by Michael McCurdy An August to Remember by William L. Shirer Hello Sun by Barbara R. England
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objects have a soul when... When they are made by craftsmen committed to excellence. When they are not commodities, but are about ones identity. When they are integral to creative expression. When they memorialize relationships and ideas and bear them into the future.
It takes 10,000 hours to start to be good at something, whether you are a baker or bookbinder. A violin exists between the composer, musician and audience. A book exists between the author and the reader. A good idea will last longer than you.
Perpetuating Art & Craftsmanship
In celebration of our 30th anniversary, we are pleased to announce the formation of The Thornwillow Institute, a not for profit 501(c)3 organization committed to promoting and perpetuating the art of craftsmanship in all its forms. We believe that how we communicate and preserve ideas matters. Objects you can touch, keep, and give are central to the identity of our culture. These objects become the legacy of our civilization. They memorialize our values, triumphs, challenges, and dreams.
“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket�
john adams
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the thornwillow institute
persues this mission through: Fellowships
Artists and Writers in Residence
When they are made by craftsmen Workshops and Master Classes committed to excellence. Job and Career Training When they are not commodities, Exhibitions & Publications but are about ones identity. Collecting to and providing When they are integral access to specialized equipment creative expression. (both historic and new) When they memorialize the historic structures that relationships Restoring and ideas and house our people and efforts bear them into the future. Community Outreach
It takes 10,000 hours to start to be good at something, whether you are a baker or bookbinder. A violin exists between the composer, musician and audience. A book exists between the author and the reader. A good idea will last longer than you.
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Thornwillow is located in
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suffered a terrible economic
beautiful Hudson River town
collapse. Poverty, lack of hope,
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Newburgh includes extraordinary architecture and landscape design, one of the first Edison plants, as well as the historic Ritz Theater, home of Lucille Ball’s debut. In the 1950s the city was celebrated on the cover of Look Magazine as the most beautiful city in America.
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Since our beginning, Thornwillow has supported American manufacturing, and this is why we established our workshop in one of the most troubled communities in the United States. At Thornwillow, we have dedicated ourselves to providing jobs and training our team members, improving local buildings and streetscapes, and
In more recent history,
bringing our community back
however, Newburgh lost its
to its former strength.
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it”
oscar wilde
Newburgh is located only an hour north of Manhattan, on bluffs overlooking the Newburgh Bay that inspired Hudson River School painters, and just a short distance from DIA: Beacon, Storm King, Boscobel, Hyde Park, West Point, and The Culinary Institute of America. Thornwillow knows there is hope and opportunity for this community that has been forgotten for too long. We believe positive change is possible through the pursuit of excellence and the community-based creation of lasting and vital works of art.
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Established in 1985, Thornwillow is committed to enhancing the relationship between reader and the written word. Our paper, printing, binding and books are a lasting and powerful method of communicating and preserving ideas in a modern world.
telephone (845) 569-8883 email mail@thornwillow.com website www.thornwillow.com
How can I be part of the world of Thornwillow ?
Read - Write Listen - Watch Collect - Give Subscribe - Visit Donate - Create Cultivate - Care
“People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory�
franklin delano roosevelt
Established in 1985, Thornwillow is committed to enhancing the relationship between reader and the written word. Our paper, printing, binding and books are a lasting and powerful method of communicating and preserving ideas in a modern world.
telephone (845) 569-8883 email mail@thornwillow.com website www.thornwillow.com
October 3rd, 2016 Dear Friend,
I am writing to you today to share an important new chapter in our work at Thornwillow Press. In celebration of our 30th anniversary, we are pleased to announce the formation of The Thornwillow Institute, dedicated to promoting and perpetuating the art of craftsmanship in our ephemeral world of letters. Through the Institute, a not-for-profit 501c3 organization, we are embarking upon a capital campaign that will provide the foundation for Thornwillow’s next 30 years. To build that foundation, we need your support. As you know, Thornwillow has always celebrated the idea that how we communicate and preserve ideas matters. Objects you can touch, keep, and give are central to the identity of our culture. These objects become the legacy of our civilization. They memorialize our values, triumphs, challenges, and dreams. In the enclosed portfolio, you’ll see how we pursue this mission through our handmade publications, personalized crafts and gifts, the newly created Institute, and, now, an artisanal campus we call Thornwillow Makers Village. This campus will emerge from an ensemble of structures adjacent to Thornwillow’s headquarters in the heart of Newburgh, New York, a beautiful but economically challenged Hudson River city. We are setting out to restore this collection of historic buildings as a thriving hub of craft and culture—a catalyst for economic growth and renewal that extends our core mission of making ideas count. At the village, we intend to host artists and writers in residence, produce workshops and master classes, offer job and career training, and provide access to artisanal production equipment for craftspeople and members of the community. the thornwillow institute - 25 spring street - newburgh ny I2550 (845) 569-8883 www.thornwillow.com/about-us/institute
We are already on our way to fulfilling this ambitious vision. This summer, for example, the Institute is launching fellowship residencies for five amazing students. For our first fellowship, in collaboration with Houghton We are already on our to fulfilling this ambitioustwo Library, the rare bookway library at Harvard University, vision. This forfirst example, Institute students willsummer, spend the halfthe of the summeris working at launching fellowship residencies for five amazing students. Harvard with Houghton curators, and the second half at For our first fellowship, in collaboration withprinting, Houghton Thornwillow learning the crafts of letterpress Library, the rare book library at Harvard University, two bookbinding, typography, and design. Our second fellowship, students will spend the first half of the summer working at in collaboration with Groton School, will bring three Harvard with Houghton curators, and the second half at students to Thornwillow, after having worked earlier this Thornwillow learning the crafts of letterpress printing, year with the rare book collection at Groton. We are bookbinding, typography, design. Ourtalented second fellowship, thrilled to welcome theseand exceptionally fellows. in collaboration with Groton School, will bring three In addition our fellowships, we have begunearlier a series of students to to Thornwillow, after having worked this exhibitions inrare our Carriage House. We hosted year with the book collection at recently Groton. We are an installation by artist Julie Tremblay that filledfellows. our thrilled to welcome these exceptionally talented 4,000-square-foot gallery space with gigantic organic In addition to our fellowships, we followed have begun series of structures, light, and sound. This anaexhibition exhibitions in our Carriage House. We recently hosted an on urban planning by Columbia University’s architecture installation by artistaJulie Tremblay filled our program, and Pivotal, collection of that life-size 4,000-square-foot gallery space with gigantic organic photographic portraits of the people of Newburgh created by structures, light, and ahead, sound. we This followed an music exhibition Ruedi Hofmann. Looking will host two on urban planning by Columbia architecture concerts this summer, as well University’s as a guest chef who will program, and Pivotal, a collection of life-size prepare a mid-summer pop-up feast. photographic portraits of the people of Newburgh created by All ofHofmann. these activities precipitate a large-scale Ruedi Looking ahead, we will host two music development plan for our campus to better accommodate concerts this summer, as well as a guest chef who willthe programming, workshops, residencies, and other events we prepare a mid-summer pop-up feast. are getting underway. We are very excited about the All of these activities precipitate a large-scale progress we are making but are in serious need of development plan for our campus to better accommodate the charitable donations to make our larger vision a reality. programming, workshops, residencies, and other events we Contributions to the not-for-profit Thornwillow Institute are getting underway. We are very excited about the are tax deductible. If you are able to support this cause progress we are making but in serious need of or direct us to organizations andlarger individuals share our charitable donations to make our visionwho a reality. interests and could help, I would be immensely grateful. Contributions to the not-for-profit Thornwillow Institute are tax deductible. If you are able to support this cause or direct us to organizations and individuals who share our With warmest as ever, interests andregards could help, I would be immensely grateful. With warmest regards as ever, Luke Ives Pontifell
Luke Ives Pontifell
Support The Thornwillow Institute All donors will be gratefully acknowledged in printed material unless anonymity is preferred. Naming and memorial opportunities are available for anchor support. Please advise us of your acknowledgment preferences.
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Thornwillow Exhibitions and Events [ ] I would like to contribute to the Institute’s Exhibition and Event Program: Patron - $2,500 Supporter - $500 Friend - $150
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I’d like to learn more about opportunities to contribute to the restoration and renovation of the facilities to allow for on-site residencies, exhibition and event space, studios and workshops, and access to tools and equipment. Capital projects range from $50,000 to $1 million, with an overall project plan phased over several years to a total of $15 million. Please contact me to discuss specific projects and how Thornwillow can most appropriately acknowledge my generous contribution.
To realize the Thornwillow Makers Village, our needs include: Residency, Exhibition, and Event Infrastructure Restoration Restoration Restoration Restoration
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