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[JW Marriott Feature for Jetsetter]
TEASER
Relaxed luxury for business and leisure offers spectacular oceanfront views and crowning open-air terrace.
THE LOOK
Powerful polished stone and tinted glass façade with classic Marriott interior underscore well-timed tropical accents. Step inside and you find yourself welcomed by a spacious foyer draped in rose-hued marble and mother of pearl tile with fresh exotic flowers, cozy brocade armchairs in high colonial style, and an abundance of natural light. Executive hotspots like the Griffin Lounge and fully equipped subterranean business center impress in regal hues of claret, gold and olive.
WHAT TO LOVE
· Ocean view suites with easy access to one of the world’s most iconic beaches
· Rooftop pool and terrace with unobstructed panoramic views of Copacabana and Leme
· The Griffin Lounge’s five-story bay window and complimentary amenities make work feel like play
WHAT TO KNOW
· Touch-and-go cell service in atrium-facing rooms and lobby
· The poolside bar closes as 10pm, even on warm summer nights
· Bathtubs tend toward the small size
BED AND BATH
Clean lines and simple palettes give the rooms a soothing, modern calm. The careful selection of rich exotic hardwoods and airy decor make for a seamless transition from beach to bedroom. Bathrooms range from ample to intimate with natural stone in bold contemporary contrasts of black and white, offering a truly luxurious feel and generous displays of scented toiletries, including bath salts. Sleep is guaranteed restful in plush beds surrounded by thick walls and light- blocking drapes.
BEYOND
Get your endorphins firing as you marvel at sunrise over the Atlantic in the 24-hour rooftop fitness center, then head downstairs for a banquet of a breakfast featuring fresh tropical fruit, strong Brazilian coffee, continental classics and regional pastries. Relax your whole self with inclusive beach service or at the heated rooftop pool and poolside bar with sweeping panoramic sea views. The 45-90 minute spa treatments offer to restore with evocative rainforest essences and an array of techniques.
The hotel boasts three distinct dining options, including Mediterranean and American fare, and one of Rio’s top Japanese cuisines at Taiyou Sushi & Sake Bar (reservations suggested) with inventive, well-combined flavors like salmon sashimi in a passion fruit sauce and Bahia-inspired bobó de camarão spring rolls. The first floor offers late night unwinding in an American-style sports bar that serves top-notch caipirinhas.
Tropical destination mini-wedding packages are also available for couples looking for a no-hassle way to say I do in one of the most romantic cities in the world.
IN THE AREA
The hotel’s prized location means crossing the street to soak in rays at Copacabana beach, quick access to the neighborhood’s many treats and a short cab ride to other must-visit spots like sophisticated Leblon, lost-in-time Santa Teresa and Lapa’s lively night scene.
Just around the corner from your vacation digs, you’ll want to treat yourself to some fine leather goods, exotic fruit smoothies at Bibi [bibisucos.com.br], and a luscious Kopenhagen [www.kopenhagen.com.br] truffle or three to ease any lingering stress. Just don’t spoil your appetite - Adega Perola [R. Siqueira Campos, 138] awaits you with an authentic array of over 100 Portuguese-inspired sea fare tapas since 1957. Or try family friendly traditional Brazilian dishes at Santa Satisfação [www.santasatisfacao.com].
Also be sure to check out Rio’s swish boutiques along nearby Ipanema’s Garcia D’Avila Street, especially Isabela Capeto [www.isabelacapeto.com.br], a hidden (geographically, anyway) fashion oasis offering original upscale designs uniquely rooted in Brazil’s rich textile traditions.
Cap off the day by heading over to Arpoador to join in the beloved carioca tradition of applauding the sun as it sets, rounded out with the best draft beer in the city at ocean-facing Astor. Snap your fingers deep into the night to live samba just blocks from your room at Bip Bip [R. Alm. Gonçalves, 50], a 194-sq. ft. neighborhood institution that honors good music above all else. And if you get caught up in the sound and forget dinner, Cervantes [www.restaurantecervantes.com.br] serves up the best sandwiches in town until 4a.m. The meat is thick. The bread is thin. Don’t pass up the pineapple.
SUMMARY
Beyond its historic bossa charm, Copacabana is still one of the few neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro that offers a taste of all things carioca at once – prime beaches, tucked-away cultural gems, live music, exquisite cuisines and a bustling urban center. And it all sits just a few havaiana-ready steps from the commanding JW Marriott. The sleek rooftop terrace, pool and fitness center are arguably the hotel’s crowning features – rivaled fiercely by the luxurious Griffin Club. Ideal for business travelers and beach bound couples looking for convenience, class and breath-seizing views, this 245-room beachfront Marriott makes relaxing easy. Even for weary executives.
[JW Marriott Feature for Jetsetter]
TEASER
Relaxed luxury for business and leisure offers spectacular oceanfront views and crowning open-air terrace.
THE LOOK
Powerful polished stone and tinted glass façade with classic Marriott interior underscore well-timed tropical accents. Step inside and you find yourself welcomed by a spacious foyer draped in rose-hued marble and mother of pearl tile with fresh exotic flowers, cozy brocade armchairs in high colonial style, and an abundance of natural light. Executive hotspots like the Griffin Lounge and fully equipped subterranean business center impress in regal hues of claret, gold and olive.
WHAT TO LOVE
· Ocean view suites with easy access to one of the world’s most iconic beaches
· Rooftop pool and terrace with unobstructed panoramic views of Copacabana and Leme
· The Griffin Lounge’s five-story bay window and complimentary amenities make work feel like play
WHAT TO KNOW
· Touch-and-go cell service in atrium-facing rooms and lobby
· The poolside bar closes as 10pm, even on warm summer nights
· Bathtubs tend toward the small size
BED AND BATH
Clean lines and simple palettes give the rooms a soothing, modern calm. The careful selection of rich exotic hardwoods and airy decor make for a seamless transition from beach to bedroom. Bathrooms range from ample to intimate with natural stone in bold contemporary contrasts of black and white, offering a truly luxurious feel and generous displays of scented toiletries, including bath salts. Sleep is guaranteed restful in plush beds surrounded by thick walls and light- blocking drapes.
BEYOND
Get your endorphins firing as you marvel at sunrise over the Atlantic in the 24-hour rooftop fitness center, then head downstairs for a banquet of a breakfast featuring fresh tropical fruit, strong Brazilian coffee, continental classics and regional pastries. Relax your whole self with inclusive beach service or at the heated rooftop pool and poolside bar with sweeping panoramic sea views. The 45-90 minute spa treatments offer to restore with evocative rainforest essences and an array of techniques.
The hotel boasts three distinct dining options, including Mediterranean and American fare, and one of Rio’s top Japanese cuisines at Taiyou Sushi & Sake Bar (reservations suggested) with inventive, well-combined flavors like salmon sashimi in a passion fruit sauce and Bahia-inspired bobó de camarão spring rolls. The first floor offers late night unwinding in an American-style sports bar that serves top-notch caipirinhas.
Tropical destination mini-wedding packages are also available for couples looking for a no-hassle way to say I do in one of the most romantic cities in the world.
IN THE AREA
The hotel’s prized location means crossing the street to soak in rays at Copacabana beach, quick access to the neighborhood’s many treats and a short cab ride to other must-visit spots like sophisticated Leblon, lost-in-time Santa Teresa and Lapa’s lively night scene.
Just around the corner from your vacation digs, you’ll want to treat yourself to some fine leather goods, exotic fruit smoothies at Bibi [bibisucos.com.br], and a luscious Kopenhagen [www.kopenhagen.com.br] truffle or three to ease any lingering stress. Just don’t spoil your appetite - Adega Perola [R. Siqueira Campos, 138] awaits you with an authentic array of over 100 Portuguese-inspired sea fare tapas since 1957. Or try family friendly traditional Brazilian dishes at Santa Satisfação [www.santasatisfacao.com].
Also be sure to check out Rio’s swish boutiques along nearby Ipanema’s Garcia D’Avila Street, especially Isabela Capeto [www.isabelacapeto.com.br], a hidden (geographically, anyway) fashion oasis offering original upscale designs uniquely rooted in Brazil’s rich textile traditions.
Cap off the day by heading over to Arpoador to join in the beloved carioca tradition of applauding the sun as it sets, rounded out with the best draft beer in the city at ocean-facing Astor. Snap your fingers deep into the night to live samba just blocks from your room at Bip Bip [R. Alm. Gonçalves, 50], a 194-sq. ft. neighborhood institution that honors good music above all else. And if you get caught up in the sound and forget dinner, Cervantes [www.restaurantecervantes.com.br] serves up the best sandwiches in town until 4a.m. The meat is thick. The bread is thin. Don’t pass up the pineapple.
SUMMARY
Beyond its historic bossa charm, Copacabana is still one of the few neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro that offers a taste of all things carioca at once – prime beaches, tucked-away cultural gems, live music, exquisite cuisines and a bustling urban center. And it all sits just a few havaiana-ready steps from the commanding JW Marriott. The sleek rooftop terrace, pool and fitness center are arguably the hotel’s crowning features – rivaled fiercely by the luxurious Griffin Club. Ideal for business travelers and beach bound couples looking for convenience, class and breath-seizing views, this 245-room beachfront Marriott makes relaxing easy. Even for weary executives.
[Nectar Web Copy]
THE ONE, ONLY
You are composed of star dust and gold flecks, water and iron. Your very flesh is a convergence of cosmos and earth, the ancient and the now. At Nectar, we believe you deserve to be adorned as such.
THE WHY
What we offer is not jewelry, but a new definition of beauty altogether. In unique combinations of hammered metals, energizing stones, rare vintage elements, fine and chunky chain, Nectar has your armor. Because we believe beauty is anything but fragile.
THE PROCESS
From healing jasper to purifying peridot, Nectar specializes in crafting elegant and whimsical statements with natural stones that help you harmonize your inner while ornamenting your outer. In an intuitive process that approaches alchemy, artist Janell Lacayo reimagines traditional jewelry codes by marrying classical techniques with surprising elements and innovative designs. In her hands, a delicately faceted citrine gem finds an unlikely home amid intricately stitched brass. An antique broach adds a ludic twist to a sublime dreamscape in braided silver and bronze with quartz inflections.
THE MATERIALS
At Nectar, elegant and rustic metals pair up with raw stones billions of years in the making and playful vintage details in sculptural creations that move right alongside you. Our eco-forward aesthetic blends the ancient with both the upcycled and the newly minted in pops of artfully balanced asymmetry. Each lovingly curated signature pieces add just the right flare to every occasion.
THE MAKER
Janell Lacayo’s striking designs derive inspiration in everything from the curves in a Gaudí masterpiece and the tangles of a Pacific Northwest forest to 1980’s pop art and Nicaragua’s post-colonial splendor to her urban California home. Lacayo’s wide metal vocabulary and gift for blending unlikely elements come together to offer you one-of-a-kind works of art that offset the ancient with the cutting edge. Her unique aesthetic enhances the properties of each carefully curated piece, and your vibrations rise to meet the whole.
THE ONE, ONLY
You are composed of star dust and gold flecks, water and iron. Your very flesh is a convergence of cosmos and earth, the ancient and the now. At Nectar, we believe you deserve to be adorned as such.
THE WHY
What we offer is not jewelry, but a new definition of beauty altogether. In unique combinations of hammered metals, energizing stones, rare vintage elements, fine and chunky chain, Nectar has your armor. Because we believe beauty is anything but fragile.
THE PROCESS
From healing jasper to purifying peridot, Nectar specializes in crafting elegant and whimsical statements with natural stones that help you harmonize your inner while ornamenting your outer. In an intuitive process that approaches alchemy, artist Janell Lacayo reimagines traditional jewelry codes by marrying classical techniques with surprising elements and innovative designs. In her hands, a delicately faceted citrine gem finds an unlikely home amid intricately stitched brass. An antique broach adds a ludic twist to a sublime dreamscape in braided silver and bronze with quartz inflections.
THE MATERIALS
At Nectar, elegant and rustic metals pair up with raw stones billions of years in the making and playful vintage details in sculptural creations that move right alongside you. Our eco-forward aesthetic blends the ancient with both the upcycled and the newly minted in pops of artfully balanced asymmetry. Each lovingly curated signature pieces add just the right flare to every occasion.
THE MAKER
Janell Lacayo’s striking designs derive inspiration in everything from the curves in a Gaudí masterpiece and the tangles of a Pacific Northwest forest to 1980’s pop art and Nicaragua’s post-colonial splendor to her urban California home. Lacayo’s wide metal vocabulary and gift for blending unlikely elements come together to offer you one-of-a-kind works of art that offset the ancient with the cutting edge. Her unique aesthetic enhances the properties of each carefully curated piece, and your vibrations rise to meet the whole.
[Profile of Richmond City Councilmember John E. Marquez
for the League of California Cities-Latino Caucus retrospective publication.]
When John Márquez was asked to accept an appointment to serve as the first Latino on the Richmond City Council, he was elated. There was, however, one catch: “You have to shave your mustache.” In order to take the position, he was asked to shave under the assumption that “I would intimidate the voters with my mustache because the people weren’t used to having a Latino on the council, and then with the mustache—how stereotypical, right?” After an initial refusal and subsequent negotiations, he and the Council agreed upon a trim.
By the time he was appointed in 1985 to finish the term of a city councilmember who died two months after taking the seat in a special election, Márquez had grown accustomed to speaking out and acting on behalf of the Latino population in Contra Costa County, no matter how small the issue. Márquez’s political career began when he and his family moved to Richmond so he could attend college, where he was one of very few Latinos at Contra Costa College. He questioned the administration’s recruitment efforts in Latino communities and worked with them to educate residents about the educational opportunities and free admission offered by the College. As he remembers, “We set up appointments with different deans in the high schools. We went there during the lunch periods and talked to Chicanos about higher education, and many of them never knew about college, never knew that the education was free because their parents were just hardworking people and education was just not of much importance to them. You came of age, you got out of high school to start work and help your family. So we started bringing them.” Those efforts succeeded in bringing in over 500 new students to campus, many of whom became the first in their families to graduate from college. In 1970, he worked jointly with fellow student activists and the College to establish La Raza Studies Department, thirteen new classes and hire a department chair. That department is still an active and integral part of Contra Costa College, and the process provided Márquez with experiences he would later draw upon as a public servant—namely, the effectiveness of working in collaboration. Prior to this, he served as a paratrooper in the Army Infantry and Military Police Corps, and earned the American Expeditionary Service Medal before returning to work in a tungsten ore mill in Bishop, California. He then went on to earn his Associates Degree from Contra Costa College and his Bachelor of Arts Degree from San Francisco State University in 1971. He recalls that, “in those days—in the mid-70s, late 70s—there were very few of us Chicanos with degrees, so the Mexican-American community looked up to us for leadership to the point where they actually requested that I go to law school.” But law school could not keep Márquez’s attention; his passion was counseling and education. He eventually withdrew after two years of law at Hastings College and went to work for the City of Richmond, and later for the Department of Industrial Relations in San Francisco. Through night courses at Cal State Hayward and San Jose State University, he earned a California Community College Teaching credential for Spanish, Psychology, and Ethnic Studies. He later served as Chair of the Richmond Police Commission. By the time he was appointed to the Richmond City Council, Márquez was ready. Richmond was ready.
. . . .
for the League of California Cities-Latino Caucus retrospective publication.]
When John Márquez was asked to accept an appointment to serve as the first Latino on the Richmond City Council, he was elated. There was, however, one catch: “You have to shave your mustache.” In order to take the position, he was asked to shave under the assumption that “I would intimidate the voters with my mustache because the people weren’t used to having a Latino on the council, and then with the mustache—how stereotypical, right?” After an initial refusal and subsequent negotiations, he and the Council agreed upon a trim.
By the time he was appointed in 1985 to finish the term of a city councilmember who died two months after taking the seat in a special election, Márquez had grown accustomed to speaking out and acting on behalf of the Latino population in Contra Costa County, no matter how small the issue. Márquez’s political career began when he and his family moved to Richmond so he could attend college, where he was one of very few Latinos at Contra Costa College. He questioned the administration’s recruitment efforts in Latino communities and worked with them to educate residents about the educational opportunities and free admission offered by the College. As he remembers, “We set up appointments with different deans in the high schools. We went there during the lunch periods and talked to Chicanos about higher education, and many of them never knew about college, never knew that the education was free because their parents were just hardworking people and education was just not of much importance to them. You came of age, you got out of high school to start work and help your family. So we started bringing them.” Those efforts succeeded in bringing in over 500 new students to campus, many of whom became the first in their families to graduate from college. In 1970, he worked jointly with fellow student activists and the College to establish La Raza Studies Department, thirteen new classes and hire a department chair. That department is still an active and integral part of Contra Costa College, and the process provided Márquez with experiences he would later draw upon as a public servant—namely, the effectiveness of working in collaboration. Prior to this, he served as a paratrooper in the Army Infantry and Military Police Corps, and earned the American Expeditionary Service Medal before returning to work in a tungsten ore mill in Bishop, California. He then went on to earn his Associates Degree from Contra Costa College and his Bachelor of Arts Degree from San Francisco State University in 1971. He recalls that, “in those days—in the mid-70s, late 70s—there were very few of us Chicanos with degrees, so the Mexican-American community looked up to us for leadership to the point where they actually requested that I go to law school.” But law school could not keep Márquez’s attention; his passion was counseling and education. He eventually withdrew after two years of law at Hastings College and went to work for the City of Richmond, and later for the Department of Industrial Relations in San Francisco. Through night courses at Cal State Hayward and San Jose State University, he earned a California Community College Teaching credential for Spanish, Psychology, and Ethnic Studies. He later served as Chair of the Richmond Police Commission. By the time he was appointed to the Richmond City Council, Márquez was ready. Richmond was ready.
. . . .
[Promotional copy for Copilot Press]
THE BOOKS
DREAM MEMOIRS OF A FABULIST
In his first book in nearly ten years, Doug Rice moves against the silence of paper and dreams in a meditation on desire, a memoir told and untold somewhere between image and word. Undeveloped photographs. Bodies abandoned by reflections. Mirrors gone ecstatic with wanting.
Dream Memoirs of a Fabulist becomes memory for a time that never was. The book itself is book as exposure. Cover falls away, single sentences drip themselves across multiple pages, windows pull the gaze forward then back then down in a tactile interaction with reading. You find things here, literally, tucked between the pages. This book is for play. This is a book built for pleasure.
LETTERS TO THE POET FROM HIS BROTHER
Letters to the Poet from His Brother is hybrid memoir woven between essay, painting, drawing, and poem. A young artist probes his lineage of artists, poets, and cultural activists after the death of his brother, poet Andrés Montoya, and grapples with the cultural legacy of his pioneering Chicano artist father, Malaquias. As he attempts to craft himself into his own image, he questions the ideals of the solitary artist, contemporary Chicano art, the politics of place, and his own memory.
Traumatic loss starts him writing, painting. He pens letters to his dead brother full of doubt. He holes himself up in a room and tries to bring a lost love to life with paint and canvas and words. He reminisces about Elmira, Woodland, Boston, Mexico City, New York. He mocks himself. He contemplates the embodiment of the Chicano Movement in his father’s aging gestures and afternoon soccer matches in Knights Landing. He writes a book in which California’s overlooked agricultural landscape echoes off the ink. He paints images for you to read.
Set in a contemporary design broken up into four sections with series of paintings, or “plates,” capping each, the story strikes tension somewhere between official and intimate, confusing any distinction.
COUNTER-ARCHIVES TO THE NARCO-CITY
Counter-Archives to the Narco-City is the print companion to a cutting edge curatorial project on art and human rights that seeks to make visible the underlying structures and experiences of everyday life in cities of the global south that offer alternative views to the spectularization of narco-violence in the Americas. This unique catalog features the work of Adriana Corral and Alma Leiva on the counter-archives of Ciudad Juárez in Mexico and San Pedro Sula in Honduras. Includes essays by Tatiana Reinoza, Luis Vargas-Santiago, Ariel Dulitzky, Marisel Moreno, and an introduction by Gilberto Cárdenas.
MISS ELLA’S TUNNEL MURAL TOURS
Be guided through time in the Royal Chicano Air Force’s controversial tunnel murals, where you’ll learn to read Chicano hieroglyphics and journey to Sacramento’s past, present and future in 20 minutes or less! You’ll travel through inner and outer space, meet the first peoples of the region and learn to visually assemble and repair geometric shapes into farm worker icons!
LOS COMPAS: EL CHALE GALLEGO Y’L XORTY
This famed (almost) silent graphic cuento by José Montoya was originally sketched on napkins and follows two vatos from New Mexico and their dog. Laced with humorous and historic undertones, this uniquely designed edition unfolds Montoya’s loose narrative inside a traditional Mesoamerican codex book form to be read from right to left.
THE NOUN PAINTER
This inaugural Copilot Press publication features thirty-six sketches by General Esteban Villa of the Royal Chicano Air Force. Published as a deck of flash cards, this artist book collection maps General Villa’s daily route through the Sacramento Valley via his signature five-minute sketches and corresponding cartographer’s key, inviting each ‘reader’ to partake in a unique mapping experience.
IT’S FUN TO BE NAKED
an inner | active poem for the body. requires tearing.
THE PRESS
THE END
Once upon a time we handled books. We actually touched them. Books were made for us to play with and reading was tactile. Then we grew up [=no more pictures, no more furry felt animals or scratch & sniff treasures awaiting us at the turn of the page. No more when you hear the chimes ring, like this... no more cut outs or pull tabs or bonus sticker pages]. But wait, grieve not weary adult! The tactile reading experience is not behind you, it lies ahead. Our books are made for your amusement and visual pleasure. Someone is still thinking of you when they make books.
THE MIDDLE
Copilot Press is publishing as an arts practice. Each book is a collaboration between content and designer. We begin by working in dialogue with the manuscript and the book as form, creating one-of-a-kind structures designed to let the content of each book bleed out onto your palms as you handle it, read it, interact with it.
Today Copilot is making room for emerging talents like Jonathan Alston to take the creative reigns. Continuing in the traditions of independent publishing, our books are produced largely by hand, in a collaborative setting, and always with care. Copilot publishing and distribution methods vary according to each piece.
THE BEGINNING
Copilot Press was delivered parcel post to a Chicago apartment complex sometime in early 2008 inside a box containing 508 original works by General Esteban Villa with signed permission to publish as desired. Upon inspection, we unfolded it, excavated a blank field guide and got to work making the first in a series of books whose forms would meet the spirit of the work they encased or expounded.
THE BOOKS
DREAM MEMOIRS OF A FABULIST
In his first book in nearly ten years, Doug Rice moves against the silence of paper and dreams in a meditation on desire, a memoir told and untold somewhere between image and word. Undeveloped photographs. Bodies abandoned by reflections. Mirrors gone ecstatic with wanting.
Dream Memoirs of a Fabulist becomes memory for a time that never was. The book itself is book as exposure. Cover falls away, single sentences drip themselves across multiple pages, windows pull the gaze forward then back then down in a tactile interaction with reading. You find things here, literally, tucked between the pages. This book is for play. This is a book built for pleasure.
LETTERS TO THE POET FROM HIS BROTHER
Letters to the Poet from His Brother is hybrid memoir woven between essay, painting, drawing, and poem. A young artist probes his lineage of artists, poets, and cultural activists after the death of his brother, poet Andrés Montoya, and grapples with the cultural legacy of his pioneering Chicano artist father, Malaquias. As he attempts to craft himself into his own image, he questions the ideals of the solitary artist, contemporary Chicano art, the politics of place, and his own memory.
Traumatic loss starts him writing, painting. He pens letters to his dead brother full of doubt. He holes himself up in a room and tries to bring a lost love to life with paint and canvas and words. He reminisces about Elmira, Woodland, Boston, Mexico City, New York. He mocks himself. He contemplates the embodiment of the Chicano Movement in his father’s aging gestures and afternoon soccer matches in Knights Landing. He writes a book in which California’s overlooked agricultural landscape echoes off the ink. He paints images for you to read.
Set in a contemporary design broken up into four sections with series of paintings, or “plates,” capping each, the story strikes tension somewhere between official and intimate, confusing any distinction.
COUNTER-ARCHIVES TO THE NARCO-CITY
Counter-Archives to the Narco-City is the print companion to a cutting edge curatorial project on art and human rights that seeks to make visible the underlying structures and experiences of everyday life in cities of the global south that offer alternative views to the spectularization of narco-violence in the Americas. This unique catalog features the work of Adriana Corral and Alma Leiva on the counter-archives of Ciudad Juárez in Mexico and San Pedro Sula in Honduras. Includes essays by Tatiana Reinoza, Luis Vargas-Santiago, Ariel Dulitzky, Marisel Moreno, and an introduction by Gilberto Cárdenas.
MISS ELLA’S TUNNEL MURAL TOURS
Be guided through time in the Royal Chicano Air Force’s controversial tunnel murals, where you’ll learn to read Chicano hieroglyphics and journey to Sacramento’s past, present and future in 20 minutes or less! You’ll travel through inner and outer space, meet the first peoples of the region and learn to visually assemble and repair geometric shapes into farm worker icons!
LOS COMPAS: EL CHALE GALLEGO Y’L XORTY
This famed (almost) silent graphic cuento by José Montoya was originally sketched on napkins and follows two vatos from New Mexico and their dog. Laced with humorous and historic undertones, this uniquely designed edition unfolds Montoya’s loose narrative inside a traditional Mesoamerican codex book form to be read from right to left.
THE NOUN PAINTER
This inaugural Copilot Press publication features thirty-six sketches by General Esteban Villa of the Royal Chicano Air Force. Published as a deck of flash cards, this artist book collection maps General Villa’s daily route through the Sacramento Valley via his signature five-minute sketches and corresponding cartographer’s key, inviting each ‘reader’ to partake in a unique mapping experience.
IT’S FUN TO BE NAKED
an inner | active poem for the body. requires tearing.
THE PRESS
THE END
Once upon a time we handled books. We actually touched them. Books were made for us to play with and reading was tactile. Then we grew up [=no more pictures, no more furry felt animals or scratch & sniff treasures awaiting us at the turn of the page. No more when you hear the chimes ring, like this... no more cut outs or pull tabs or bonus sticker pages]. But wait, grieve not weary adult! The tactile reading experience is not behind you, it lies ahead. Our books are made for your amusement and visual pleasure. Someone is still thinking of you when they make books.
THE MIDDLE
Copilot Press is publishing as an arts practice. Each book is a collaboration between content and designer. We begin by working in dialogue with the manuscript and the book as form, creating one-of-a-kind structures designed to let the content of each book bleed out onto your palms as you handle it, read it, interact with it.
Today Copilot is making room for emerging talents like Jonathan Alston to take the creative reigns. Continuing in the traditions of independent publishing, our books are produced largely by hand, in a collaborative setting, and always with care. Copilot publishing and distribution methods vary according to each piece.
THE BEGINNING
Copilot Press was delivered parcel post to a Chicago apartment complex sometime in early 2008 inside a box containing 508 original works by General Esteban Villa with signed permission to publish as desired. Upon inspection, we unfolded it, excavated a blank field guide and got to work making the first in a series of books whose forms would meet the spirit of the work they encased or expounded.
[Nectar Designs]
You are composed of star dust and gold flecks, water and iron. Your very flesh is a convergence of cosmos and earth, the ancient and the now. At Nectar, we believe you deserve to be adorned as such.
What we offer is not jewelry but a new definition of beauty altogether. In unique combinations of hammered metals, energizing stones, rare vintage elements, fine and chunky chain, Nectar has your armor. Because we believe beauty is anything but fragile.
THE PROCESS
From healing jasper to purifying peridot, Nectar specializes in crafting elegant and whimsical statements with natural stones that help you harmonize your inner while ornamenting your outer. In an intuitive process that approaches alchemy, artist Janell Lacayo reimagines traditional jewelry codes by marrying classical techniques with surprising elements and innovative designs. In her hands, a delicately faceted citrine gem finds an unlikely home amid intricately stitched brass. An antique broach adds a ludic twist to a sublime dreamscape in braided silver and bronze with quartz inflections.
THE MATERIALS
At Nectar, elegant and rustic metals pair up with raw stones billions of years in the making and playful vintage details in sculptural creations that move right alongside you. Our eco-forward aesthetic blends the ancient with both the upcycled and the newly minted in pops of artfully balanced asymmetry. Each lovingly curated signature pieces add just the right flare to every occasion.
THE ARTIST
Janell Lacayo’s striking designs derive inspiration in everything from the curves in a Gaudí masterpiece and the tangles of a Pacific Northwest forest to 1980’s pop art and Nicaragua’s post-colonial splendor to her urban California home. Lacayo’s wide metal vocabulary and gift for blending unlikely elements come together to offer you one-of-a-kind works of art that offset the ancient with the cutting edge. Her unique aesthetic enhances the properties of each carefully curated piece, and your vibrations rise to meet the whole.
You are composed of star dust and gold flecks, water and iron. Your very flesh is a convergence of cosmos and earth, the ancient and the now. At Nectar, we believe you deserve to be adorned as such.
What we offer is not jewelry but a new definition of beauty altogether. In unique combinations of hammered metals, energizing stones, rare vintage elements, fine and chunky chain, Nectar has your armor. Because we believe beauty is anything but fragile.
THE PROCESS
From healing jasper to purifying peridot, Nectar specializes in crafting elegant and whimsical statements with natural stones that help you harmonize your inner while ornamenting your outer. In an intuitive process that approaches alchemy, artist Janell Lacayo reimagines traditional jewelry codes by marrying classical techniques with surprising elements and innovative designs. In her hands, a delicately faceted citrine gem finds an unlikely home amid intricately stitched brass. An antique broach adds a ludic twist to a sublime dreamscape in braided silver and bronze with quartz inflections.
THE MATERIALS
At Nectar, elegant and rustic metals pair up with raw stones billions of years in the making and playful vintage details in sculptural creations that move right alongside you. Our eco-forward aesthetic blends the ancient with both the upcycled and the newly minted in pops of artfully balanced asymmetry. Each lovingly curated signature pieces add just the right flare to every occasion.
THE ARTIST
Janell Lacayo’s striking designs derive inspiration in everything from the curves in a Gaudí masterpiece and the tangles of a Pacific Northwest forest to 1980’s pop art and Nicaragua’s post-colonial splendor to her urban California home. Lacayo’s wide metal vocabulary and gift for blending unlikely elements come together to offer you one-of-a-kind works of art that offset the ancient with the cutting edge. Her unique aesthetic enhances the properties of each carefully curated piece, and your vibrations rise to meet the whole.
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JEA & Associates is a premier full service governmental relations and advocacy firm with twenty years of experience working with the California Legislature, as well as the Executive Branch and administrative agencies of the State of California. The Firm offers corporations, transportation agencies, municipalities, and trade associations governmental and public relations services throughout California.
JEA & Associates maintains a professional, ethical and established relationship with each client. We are consistent and effective in obtaining desired results for our current clients.
The firm provides experienced professionals who monitor statewide issues and politics, work with clients to build effective coalitions, design short- and long-term political business strategies and develop effective approaches for emerging issues.
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