Visual poetry comes of age

Proxima Vera is a micropress and artist imprint specializing in visual poetry and literary art objects. From publications to broadsides to installations, this studio brings a designer’s eye to contemporary poetics to expand the possibilities of literature. Distinct in design and playful innovation, you can find editioned works from Proxima Vera within distinguished institutions and private collections including the following:

Amherst College – Special Collections (MA)

Arizona State University – Special Collections (AZ)

Baylor University – Moody Memorial Library (TX)

Binghamton University (SUNY) – Special Collections (NY)

Bowdoin College – George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections (ME)

Brown University – John Hay Library (RI)

Clark Art Institute Library – Sterling Library (MA)

Colorado College – Tutt Library (CO)

Cornell University – Olin Library (NY)

Emory University – Rose Library (GA)

Franklin & Marshall College – Archives & Special Collections (PA)

George Mason University (VA)

Haverford College – Special Collections (PA)

History of Science Museum – University of Oxford (England)

Indiana University – Special Collections (IN)

James Madison University – Special Collections (VA)

Letterform Archive – Special Collections (CA)

Library of Congress – Rare Books and Special Collections (DC)

Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, & Technology (MO)

Maryland Institute College of Art – Special Collections (MD)

McGill University Library – Special Collections (Canada)

Middlebury College – Special Collections (VT)

National Museum of Women in the Arts – Library & Research Center (Washington DC)

Ohio State University – Special Collections (OH)

Poetry Foundation Library (IL)

Princeton University – Special Collections (NJ)

Rhode Island School of Design – Fleet Library (RI)

Smith College – Special Collections (MA)

Stanford University – Bowes Art & Architecture Library (CA)

Stanford University – Special Collections (CA)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection (IL)

Temple University – Charles Library, Special Collections Research Center (PA)

Tufts University | School of the Museum of Fine Arts – Clark Library (MA)

University of Arizona Poetry Center (AZ)

University at Buffalo Libraries (SUNY) – The Poetry Collection (NY)

University of California at Berkeley – Bancroft Library (CA)

University of California at Irvine – Science Library Special Collections (CA)

University of California at Santa Cruz – Special Collections (CA)

University of Chicago – Special Collections (IL)

University of Connecticut at Storrs – Special Collections (CT)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Special Collections (IL)

University of Iowa – Special Collections (IA)

University of Miami – Special Collections (FL)

University of Nevada at Reno – Special Collections (NV)

University of South Carolina – Special Collections (SC)

University of Toronto – Special Collections (Canada)

University of Washington Libraries – Special Collections (WA)

University of Wisconsin-Madison – Kohler Art Library (WI)

University of Utah – Marriott Library (UT)

University of Virginia – Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library (VA)

Vanderbilt University – Jean and Alexander Hearts Libraries (TN)

Virginia Commonwealth University – James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives (VA)

Walker Art Center Library (MN)

Washington University at St. Louis – Special Collections (MO)

Wellesley College – Margaret Clapp Library (MA)

Wesleyan University – Special Collections & Archives (CT)

Yale University – Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (CT)

Yale University – Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library (CT)