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Save the evening of August 23rd for a late summer Typeface benefit. We're partnering with local gallery Medicine Park and several graphic artists to provide a fun and aesthetically interesting event to reward your generous donations.

Kartemquin's Typeface, is featured on Veer's "The Skinny" blog today. Read the post. Additionally, Director/Producer Justine Nagan has been invited to present scenes from the film at this year's Typecon conference in July. Meanwhile, the busy crew continues to edit and fundraise simultaneously.

Kartemquin's doc in progress, Typeface recently received a generous donation of $5,000 from Mohawk Paper for continued post-production on the film. These funds come at a critical time for the project and will allow editing to continue . The crew is poised to kick-off a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $50,000 by September. To help support this effort, visit www.typefacethefilm.com

Additionally, Mule Magazine recently interviewed Director Justine Nagan for their latest edition. Read the story on page 53 about the film and the Hamilton Museum. Copies of the magazine will also be available around the Chicago area.

Production is wrapped on Typeface, and the filmmakers are heading into the editing room. As we work to raise completion funds for the film, several blogs have picked up the cause to help. Check out recent posts on Design Observer and Typophile.

Kartemquin's Justine Nagan traveled to Plymouth, MN on Thursday to speak to two classes at Robbinsdale Armstrong High School about her career in documentary film making. The ninth and tenth grade AVID students participated as a part of their english and social studies coursework and were inquisitive and open during the discussion. Thanks to Ms. Fuller and her colleagues for instigating the visit.

A Kartemquin crew recently visited local Chicago designers, The Post Family, during a shoot for Typeface. Read The Post Family's Blog about the experience.

Kartemquin is excited to announce that the Illinois Arts Council has awarded Typeface with a $10,200 grant for continued production. We are so grateful.

Kartemquin's Director of Communications and Distribution, Justine Nagan, participated on a panel entitled, "Getting Your Film on Television" as part of the Midwest Independent Film Festival, at Landmark Cinema last night. She joined Street Thief Director Malik Bader, WTTW's Annie Potter, and Current TV's Erik Nordby, to address the sold-out crowd prior to a screening of Bader's film.

Last Friday, over 150 graphic design and film enthusiasts gathered in the gallery at The Center for Book and Paper Arts in Chicago to raise production funds for Kartemquin's work-in-progress. Guests enjoyed live blue-grass music, desserts from MJ Catering, wine from Toad Hollow Vineyards and a silent auction featuring nearly 60 works from artists across the country. A seven-minute trailer for the documentary screened, and over $8,000 was raised to support the film. Thanks to all of our supporters and sponsors, including those listed above as well as Steracle Press and Hall's Rental. Read more about it.

Join us tonight for a benefit for Kartemquin's latest doc-in-progress, Typeface. Partygoers will enjoy a screening of a 7 minute trailer for the film, while drinking champagne, eating sweets, and deciding which of the over 50 works of donated art in the silent auction to bid on. Buy tickets now.

Mark your calendars! You're invited to a benefit for Typeface, Kartemquin's work-in-progress on cultural preservation and graphic design history in the Midwest.

Please join us Friday, June 15th at 7pm for champagne, desserts and stunning original art in our silent auction--all to support production on Kartemquin's latest project. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door.

Buy tickets now.

Typeface, a new Kartemquin documentary by Justine Nagan, received a $10,000 grant from the Illinois Humanities Council for continued production on the film.