Member Profile #6: Umbrage Editions

Name: Umbrage Editions
Website: www.umbragebooks.com or www.umbragegallery.com
Hometown: New York, NY
Artistic Discipline: Literature & Multimedia
Fractured Atlas Member Since: November 2005
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Fiscal Sponsorship, Health Insurance, Marketing & Promotion

Today, we’re featuring Umbrage Editions, a Fractured Atlas organizational member led by Nan Richardson. Umbrage Editions is a New York-based multimedia organization specializing in visual books and exhibitions, web expressions, plays, and documentary films, often with a social and political edge. They run an art space, Umbrage Gallery, in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn and also a non-governmental organization on human rights, Speak Truth to Power.

We asked Umbrage Editions a few questions about their company and its work….

What/who are your biggest influences?
“We draw inspiration from so many sources and remarkable people and artists. It is impossible to single out one — each of our authors has galvanized us!”

What have been your greatest successes to date?
“If one measures success by people affected, Speak Truth to Power — which has grown from a book translated into seven languages, to four exhibitions on four continents, to a play performed before heads of state and world leaders in nine countries, to an educational curriculum distributed to tens of thousands via five languages in Europe, the U.S., Asia, and South Africa — is certainly a flag we are proud to fly! But, Pandemic: Facing AIDS [resulted in] an Emmy Award-winning HBO film, PSAs, a book, a music CD, theatre exhibits, and one million copies of curriculum… Journal, a breast cancer project with Annabel Clark and Lynn Redgrave has been very successful as well.”

Finish this sentence: The artist’s role in society is….
“…. to ignite.”

How can we see, experience, or learn more about your work?
You can visit either of Umbrage Editions’ two websites, as listed above. The images in this blog are representative works from their gallery.