Penelope Rosemont
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Penelope Rosemont attended Lake Forest College
. She has been a painter
, photographer, collagist (having invented a number of surrealist collage methods including the "landscapade" and "insect music" [in which cut-out shapes are placed on the background of a musical score].) and writer
, and "graphic designer for [Arsenal/Surrealist Subversions] and other publications," Her painting The Night Time is the Right Time "was selected by the Chicago Jazz Institute for the 2000 Chicago Jazz Festival
t-shirt".
Rosemont is the editor of Surrealist Women: An International Anthology (University of Texas, 1998) and The Story of Mary Maclane & Other Writings by Mary Maclane. She is the author of Surrealist Experiences: 1001 Dawns, 221 Midnights (Black Swan Press, 2000), and books of poetry, including Beware of the Ice, and Athanor (1971). She wrote a forward to Crime & Criminals: Address to the Prisoners in the Cook County Jail & Other Writings on Crime by Clarence Darrow
. In 2008 her memoir came out, Dreams & Everyday Life, Andre Breton, Surrealism, Rebel Worker, SDS & the Seven Cities of Cibola. A collection of true stories of Chicago, Armitage Avenue Transcendentalists edited by Rosemont and Janina Ciezadlo came out in 2009.
In 1983 she and her husband Franklin Rosemont
became directors of Charles H. Kerr & Company, a publisher of books on history and radical history in Chicago
The Alternatives in Publication Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association
awarded the Rosemonts and Carlos Cortez
the 2001 Jackie Eubanks Memorial Award "recogniz[ing] outstanding achievement in promoting the acquisition and use of alternative materials in libraries."
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College, founded in 1857, is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. The college has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries....
. She has been a painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, photographer, collagist (having invented a number of surrealist collage methods including the "landscapade" and "insect music" [in which cut-out shapes are placed on the background of a musical score].) and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and "graphic designer for [Arsenal/Surrealist Subversions] and other publications," Her painting The Night Time is the Right Time "was selected by the Chicago Jazz Institute for the 2000 Chicago Jazz Festival
Chicago Jazz Festival
The Chicago Jazz Festival is a popular and well-known four day free celebration of jazz at Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park in downtown Chicago. It is run by the Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating both world-famous and local artists...
t-shirt".
Rosemont is the editor of Surrealist Women: An International Anthology (University of Texas, 1998) and The Story of Mary Maclane & Other Writings by Mary Maclane. She is the author of Surrealist Experiences: 1001 Dawns, 221 Midnights (Black Swan Press, 2000), and books of poetry, including Beware of the Ice, and Athanor (1971). She wrote a forward to Crime & Criminals: Address to the Prisoners in the Cook County Jail & Other Writings on Crime by Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks and defending John T...
. In 2008 her memoir came out, Dreams & Everyday Life, Andre Breton, Surrealism, Rebel Worker, SDS & the Seven Cities of Cibola. A collection of true stories of Chicago, Armitage Avenue Transcendentalists edited by Rosemont and Janina Ciezadlo came out in 2009.
In 1983 she and her husband Franklin Rosemont
Franklin Rosemont
Franklin Rosemont was a poet, artist, historian, street speaker, and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group...
became directors of Charles H. Kerr & Company, a publisher of books on history and radical history in Chicago
The Alternatives in Publication Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
awarded the Rosemonts and Carlos Cortez
Carlos Cortez
Carlos Cortez was a poet, graphic artist, photographer, muralist and political activist, active for six decades in the Industrial Workers of the World....
the 2001 Jackie Eubanks Memorial Award "recogniz[ing] outstanding achievement in promoting the acquisition and use of alternative materials in libraries."