The Mountain School of Arts: The First Ten Years is a collection
of 217 application essays submitted to the school between 2005
and 2015. The essays were collected from the MSA's incomplete archive, and are unedited but anonymized. They include both students who were "accepted" to the program, and those who were not.
The hand printed risograph book will be available in a limited edition of 150.
Produced at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA)
Released May 2016
The book "15 Years of the Mountain School of Arts" was created to celebrate the anniversary of the MSA^ program. It consists of images taken by previous MSA^ organizers, faculty, and students during their time at the school, as well as texts by Nana Bahlmann and Andrew Berardini. The book is a document of the many different shapes, forms, and people that have taken part in the program since its inception.
8.5 x 11 inches
Digital print on-demand
293 pages
Released January 2021
