Three publications from the 2024 Edition at the Citation Needed Book Launch at Printed Matter / St. Marks. Photograph by Oswaldo García.
Previous Collaborators
Press Play: Pioneer Works
On December 8th, 2025, Citation Needed hosted a 2-hour workshop called Alphabet Alchemy: Transforming Text into Visual Poetry. Around 50 adults and children attending Press Play at Pioneer works joined the workshop to contribute to a publication of the same name. Digital booklet coming February 2025!
Queens Public Library
In November 2024, we worked with children and families at the Corona Public Library in Queens, to produce What Kids Want for Homework. This collaborative publication features drawings, typings, and transcribed thoughts from 4-14-year-olds about what homework would be if they were in charge.
14th Street Y
Citation Needed began as an after-school program hosted by the 14th Street Y. The class series ran from Fall 2023- Spring 2025 as a set of experimental publishing workshops for 3rd-5th graders. Each year, we published an edition of 10-15 individual children’s books.
Printed Matter / St. Marks
In May 2023 and 2024, we collaborated with Printed Matter / St. Marks and the 14th Street Y to produce children’s individual publications. In 2024, Printed Matter / St. Marks hosted our book launch on their rooftop including a life advice booth operated by 4th graders.
Social Practice CUNY
From Fall 2023-Spring 2024, this project was supported through a fellowship with Social Practice CUNY. Through the fellowship, we received support in considering our ethical, pedagogical, and archival practices through a community of artists, graduate students, and professors.
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Error by Maeve.
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The Newsletter by Hugo.
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its all ways there by Eleanor and Sparsh.
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Chaos - collaborative book.
We presented on Citation Needed pedagogy for the Center for Book Arts Conference in 2024. You can watch the talk here: