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Conferences and Panels

• Street Stickers as Subversive Visual Discourse. Illustrated online paper presentation for the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) “Connecting and Sharing – Envisioning the Futures of Visual Literacy” conference, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, August 2022.
• Rette deine Stadt! Save Your City! Street Art Ephemera in Berlin as Political Resistance. Illustrated paper presentation for Violence, Space, and the Political conference, National University of Ireland, Galway. June 2018.
• Graffiti and Street Art in Montréal as a Form of Democratic Participation. Illustrated paper presentation with Melissa Proietti (McGill University) for the Power of the Arts National Forum, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, QC, Canada. February 2018.
• Working Well with Others: Collaborations Based on the Street Art Graphics Digital Archive. Illustrated paper presentation for the U.S. Council of Independent Colleges’ Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research annual workshop, Washington, DC. September 2017.
• Street Art Graphics Digital Archive and People’s History Archive.  Illustrated paper presentation for Digital Collections Showcase at DPLAfest 2016, Washington, DC. April 2016.
• Archiving Outside the Mainstream.  Illustrated paper presentation for panel at Association of Canadian Archivists annual conference Perspectives on the Archival Horizon, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. June 2015.
• Street Art Graphics: A People’s Archive.  Illustrated paper presentation for panel entitled From Creation to Classification: The Relationship between Artists, Archivists, and Art Historians at College Art Association annual conference, New York, New York, U.S.A. February 2015.
• Weaving the Streets & People’s Archive. Illustrated paper presentation for panel on Innovative Projects and Activities at Imaging Science and Technology/Archiving annual conference, Berlin, Germany. May 2014.
• Street Art Stickers: Silent Agitators, Paper Bullets, and Night Raiders. Illustrated paper presentation for Impact 8: International Printmaking Conference, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee, Scotland. August 2013.
• Contested Terrains: Contemporary Sticker Art in Berlin, Montréal, and New York City. Illustrated paper presentation for Riot, Revolt, Revolution, 7^th International Interdisciplinary Conference sponsored by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics, University of Brighton, England. September 2012.
• Takin’ it to the Streets and Stickin’ it to the Man (part III). Illustrated paper presentation for Return to the Street conference sponsored by the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, England. June 2012.
• “WTF. It’s only a sticker.” Illustrated paper presentation for College Art Association annual conference, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. February 2012.
• Takin’ it to the Streets and Stickin’ it to the Man (revised). Illustrated paper presentation for international Arts in Society conference, Berlin, Germany. May 9 – 11, 2011. This paper expands upon the 2008 introduction to stickers and provides an in-depth comparative study of sticker art from Berlin and NYC since 2003.
• “Takin’ it to the Street and Stickin’ it to the Man: Political and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Sticker Art.” Illustrated paper presentation for College Art Association annual conference, Dallas, TX, U.S.A. February 2008.
• “Not Quite 2.0, but a Few Alternatives to Authority Lists and Controlled Vocabularies.” Illustrated paper presentation for Visual Resources Association annual conference, San Diego, CA, U.S.A. March 2008.

Grants and Awards

• With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Council of Independent Colleges Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research additional one-year Collection Development grant to further the Street Art Graphics digital image collection in JSTOR Forum (formerly Shared Shelf Commons). December 2018.
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service faculty research grant to catalogue German stickers for the Street Art Graphics digital archive. April 27 – May 25, 2017.
• With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Council of Independent Colleges Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research four-year grant to create and manage Street Art Graphics digital archive in Artstor’s Shared Shelf Commons. June 2015. SLU press release here.
• St. Lawrence University Digital Initiatives Faculty Fellowship grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Crossing Boundaries: Re-Envisioning the Humanities for the 21st Century initiative, January 2015.
• St. Lawrence University Louis and Frances Maslow Annual Faculty Award for “most interest in and understanding of the education and welfare of the student body as a whole.” August 2014.
• St. Lawrence University Faculty Research Fellowship grant to develop Paper Bullets, an exhibition of historical and contemporary political stickers from around the world to be presented at Hatch Kingdom, Berlin, Germany. February 2014.
• Weaving the Streets & People’s Archive four-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Crossing Boundaries: Re-Envisioning the Humanities for the 21st Century initiative at St. Lawrence University. Funds will be used to add items to the Street Art Graphics collection and for SLU students, alumni, faculty, and others to write blog posts for The Weave: Mediocracy Unspun. August 2013.
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service faculty research grant to develop Re-Writing the Streets: The International Language of Stickers traveling exhibition. May 12 – June 9, 2013.
• St. Lawrence University Center for International and Intercultural Studies Summer Research Grant. Traveled with students and alumni to Berlin and Munich to study German street art and prepare for exhibition at SLU. May – June 2010.
• Hungarian Multicultural Center International Artist Residency. Budapest, Hungary. December 2006 – January 2007.

Exhibitions Organized

• Re-Writing the Streets 2.0: The International Language of Stickers, traveling exhibition organized with Hatch Kingdom at the Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA, January 14 – March 7, 2025 (forthcoming).
• Voices of the People: 110+ Years of Sociopolitical Stickers from the USA, spotlight exhibition at the Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa, OK, July 3 – December 31, 2024.
• SHE SLAPS 2.0: Street Art Stickers by Women Artists from Around the World, traveling exhibition organized with Hatch Kingdom at the Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, June 6 – August 18, 2024.
• Inspiring | Controversial | OBEY! Silkscreen Prints and Stickers by Shepard Fairey (organized with Hatch Kingdom). St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, August 10 – September 3, 2022. Sticker show is traveling to cities in Europe in 2024-25 (venues and dates TBC).
• Paper Bullets: 100 Years of Political Stickers from Around the World (the expanded edition) (organized with Hatch Kingdom), Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany, July 13 – August 3, 2019.
• SHE SLAPS: Street Art Stickers by Women Artists from Around the World, premier exhibition at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, August 21 – October 9, 2019.
• Re-Writing the Streets: The International Language of Stickers (organized with Hatch Kingdom) and Paper Bullets: 100 Years of Political Stickers from Around the World (version #3), Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, January 3 – March 10, 2018. Installation shots here. Reviews at Central Washington University, CWU Observer, and Yakima Herald.
• Re-Writing the Streets: The International Language of Stickers, premier exhibition organized with Hatch Kingdom, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, March 10 – April 18, 2017.  North Country Public Radio interview at Art that sticks: the international language of stickers at SLU, with two students, Meg Chandler ’17 and Rebecca Clayman ’17. Installation shots here.
• Paper Bullets: The International Language of Stickers (version #3), St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, March 10 – April 18, 2017. Stickerboards on flickr here.
• Paper Bullets 2: Contemporary Political Sticker Exhibition, Hatch Kingdom, Berlin, Germany, October 3-24, 2015.  See also ilovegraffiti.de listing.
• Re-Writing the Streets: The International Language of Stickers, traveling exhibition organized with Hatch Kingdom. Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, September 5 – October 11, 2015. Installation shots here. Exhibition review here.
• Paper Bullets: 100 Years of Political Stickers from Around the World, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, September 5 – October 11, 2015. Exhibition review here. Installation shots here.
• DEAD AND ALIVE! Zombie Narratives in Artistic, Commercial and Political Stickers. Mini-exhibition at Union College Humans vs. Zombies: Humanistic and Scientific Reflections on the Apocalypse NY6 Think Tank & Symposium, Schenectady, NY, April 16-17, 2015.
• Paper Bullets: 100 Years of Political Stickers from Around the World, Hatch Kingdom, Berlin, Germany, September 13 – October 24, 2014. See review at Die Macht der Aufkleber by Oliver Kranz, Deutschlandfunk, September 15, 2014. Click on exhibition link for more reviews.
• DE VIGUEUR ET DE VERVE! International sticker exhibition with Hatch Kingdom at Under Pressure‘s Fresh Paint Gallery, Montréal, PQ, Canada, December 3, 2011 – January 28, 2012.
• Contemporary Street Art as Cultural Expression and Political Resistance, exhibition on German street art with Hatch Kingdom at St. Lawrence University, October 21 – December 10, 2010.
• The Gallery has a Posse: Contemporary Sticker Art, St. Lawrence University, March 1 – April 6, 2006. SLU press release.

Essays, Journal and Zine Articles, Blog Posts

• “Street Art Stickers as Subversive Visual Discourse.” Unframing the Visual: Visual Literacy Pedagogy in Academic Libraries and Information Spaces, edited by Maggie Murphy, Stephanie Beene, Katie Greer, Sara Schumacher, and Dana Statton Thompson, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2024. Print.
• “‘Street Art Graphics’ Digital Archive.” Slap Me Baby Zine #5, 2023. Print.
• “Catherine Tedford on Political Stickers from WWI to the Age of COVID.” Weave News, Interweave #29, August 4, 2022. Podcast.
• “Catherine Tedford.” The Social Movement Archive, edited by Jen Hoyer and Nora Almeida, Litwin Books, 2021, 149-158. Print.
• “Silent Agitators”: Early Stickerettes from the Industrial Workers of the World.” Slap Me Baby Zine #3, September 2020, 31-35. Print.
• “Silent Agitators: Sociopolitical Stickers from the Industrial Workers of the World” and “FC St. Pauli” in Stickers, Volume 2: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art (a.k.a. More Stuck-Up Crap, edited by DB Burkeman, Rizzoli, 2019, 236-239. Print.
• “Silent Agitators: Early Stickerettes from the Industrial Workers of the World.” Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture. Volume 6 (February 2018). PM Press. Print.
• Sticky art: the Street Art Graphics collection. The Jstor Blog. January 4, 2017. Web.
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Struck by the Street Art of Stickers. From the Streets to the Classroom.  Huffington Post Education. March 1, 2015. Web. Co-authored with Christine Henseler on behalf of NY6 Think Tank. Also appears here on 4humanities.org, March 2, 2015. Web.
• “Reclaim Your City!” Printmaking Today. Volume 22 (2013), Issue 4 WINTER. Print.

Exhibition Reviews

• Forget Fear: Berlin Biennale 7, April 27 – July 1, 2012. Exhibition review written for the Journal of Curatorial Studies, Intellect Books (Volume 1, Issue 3, 2012). Print.
• STUCK UP: A Selected History of Alternative & Pop Culture Told Through Stickers, a traveling exhibition in conjunction with Stickers: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art (Rizzoli, 2010). Exhibition review written for the Journal of Curatorial Studies, Intellect Books (Volume 1, Issue 2, 2012). Print.

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