At Counterproof Press, collaboration is at the heart of what we do. Through UConn Collabs, we partner with departments, faculty, student groups, and initiatives across campus to explore how printmaking and publication can amplify ideas, research, and creative expression. These collaborations range from one-day workshops to semester-long engagements, often resulting in a published artifact: a book, broadside, print portfolio, or experimental publication. We work across disciplines—pairing poetry with design, theater with printmaking, motion capture with visual storytelling. Whether you're an artist or not, we believe print is a powerful tool to tell your story.

How It Works

We co-design each project based on the goals of our collaborators. Students are invited into the shop to learn hands-on techniques, explore the letterpress and risograph, and contribute to a shared final product. Faculty and staff collaborators have access to creative and technical support from our team, from concept development to printing.

Interested in a collaboration? Contact us and let's start planning!

Recent & Ongoing Collabs

MFA Exchange Portfolio
An reoccurring print exchange portfolio initiated and curated by MFA students, designed to foster collaboration across studio art disciplines and graduate cohorts.

ENGL 3701: Creative Writing and the Printed Word
In partnership with faculty in the English Department, creative writing students write, typeset, and print their own broadsides or chapbooks in a single-day workshop. Students leave with new skills, a deeper understanding of form, and a copy of each other’s work.

Poetry Collabs
Undergraduate and graduate poets from across campus contribute original work or translations. Their writing is then paired with visual artwork created by MFA students and printed collaboratively in our shop.

Visualizing Movement: Dramatic Arts + Print
In partnership with Professor Marie Percy (Department of Dramatic Arts), students explore the intersections of choreography, space harmony, and print. Motion capture technology informs new forms of visual composition, resulting in prints that trace the body's gesture and form.

Book Arts & Translation: “Ithaka Imprints”
A collaboration between poet and translator Brian Sneeden and MFA artist Jelena Prljevic resulted in a letterpress chapbook of a translated poem by Greek author Phoebe Giannisi. This interdisciplinary project brought together translation, design, and print production.

Let’s Collaborate

Are you part of a UConn department, student group, or research initiative looking to co-create a project with Counterproof Press? We'd love to hear from you. Collaborations can be small or large, informal or deeply embedded into a course or research agenda.