Detroit, MI: Detroit Artists' Workshop, c.1965. First Editions. Single Sheets. "The Artists' Workshop Society will open its new gallery April 14 with a show by Detroit artist Stephen Ligosky. The Workshop Gallery, like the other activities of the Society, will be a cooperative operated by artists of the workshop. Co-directors of the Gallery are Robin Eichele, George Tysh, and Martine Allgire. these directors will be coordinating the operations of the..... More

New York, NY, USA: The Poetry Project, 1974. Mimeograph Facsimile. Stapled Sheets. A contemporary mimeograph facsimile of the early twelfth number of the venerable New York School-&-Beyond Poetry Project's newsletter, edited by Bill MacKay. The primary figures among the various cutting-edge groups mentioned for live events or tributes here are too dizzyingly numerous to mention them all, but include: Gregory Corso, Kenward Elmslie, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Michael McClure, Jerome..... More

Detroit, MI: Artists' Workshop Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. "FUCK THE GAMES. No more games, no more hiding the dope in the coffee can, or in the drawer under the underwear. No more putting your dope in your crotch to go over to your girl's house. No more. No more. It's time to bring dope out in the open, no more musty cellars or sacred rooftops. SMOKE DOPE EVERYWHERE."..... More

Detroit, MI: Artists' Workshop, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. “Music this week is again by the Workshop’s houseband, the Pierre Rochon/Bob McDonald Quintet, with trombonist Patrick LaNier, bassist Frank Vojcek, & drummer Ronald Johnson. Pierre is the trumpeter, Bob plays piano. The Detroit Contemporary 5, the Workshop’s first houseband, will play the 2nd set of the afternoon, after the readings. The group comprises Charles Moore, cornet; Brent Majors, saxophone; Hach..... More

Detroit, MI: The Artists' Workshop Press, 1967. Limited First Edition. Stapled Sheets. “The beautiful thing about the whole “movement” here in Detroit is that we all started equally – we were quite literally “nowhere,” and we have somehow been able to make a very precise place for ourselves in this city, solely, through our own efforts, making all the “mistakes” we had to make, taking all the chances we didn’t..... More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Artists' Workshop, 1965. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "The work is the thing. The measure of a man. All there is to look at, count up, judge him by. His work. The words are no mark, are noise. Talk is cheap, &c, but let's see the work, &c. The 'solid artifact,' what draws the mind. (The word as act only. As prophecy. As poem, is act/shun, choice of..... More

Detroit, MI: Self-Published, 1985. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Co-Founder of Detroit's Artists' Workshop, George Tysh. George Tysh was a founding member and one of the prime architects of the Detroit Artists' Workshop. Before the Workshop existed, Tysh was part of a group of students belonging to Monteith College, an experimental college in Detroit on the campus of Wayne State University. "Professor Otto Feinstein and other Monteith professors converted an..... More