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By Crow & Co. To Go

Hutch Creates is an unconventional approach to the book club model. Instead of focusing on a new book each month, we curate a list of titles designed to inspire our members to create and follow the whims of their inspiration. We will regularly update and adjust the list as we find new and engaging books to inspire our community. ALL books on this list are 10% off when purchased at the shop at any time! 

 

Hutch Creates meets twice monthly, once on our project days and once for a coffee hour where we discuss works that have inspired us and what we've been working on. The coffee hour also serves as an opportunity to network about projects and events we can participate in. 

bookcover for Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 

Maya Angelou, 

Sara Jane Boyers 

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Hardback

$21.99

$20.45

bookcover for Fierce Poise

Fierce Poise

Alexander Nemerov 

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Paperback

$20.00

$18.60

bookcover for The Art Thief

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel 

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Hardback

$28.00

$26.04

A riveting true crime story about the most infamous and prolific art thief in history that also happens to be a deep examination about why and how art moves us.

bookcover for The Storyteller

The Storyteller

Dave Grohl 

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Hardback

$29.99

$27.89

bookcover for Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

John Berger 

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Paperback

$18.00

$16.74

bookcover for Women in Art

Women in Art

Rachel Ignotofsky 

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Hardback

$16.99

$15.80

bookcover for Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?

Linda Nochlin 

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Hardback

$14.95

$13.90

bookcover for Resistance

Resistance

Tori Amos 

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Paperback

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for The Hearing Trumpet

The Hearing Trumpet

Leonora Carrington, 

Olga Tokarczuk 

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Paperback

$16.95

$15.76

Lenora Carrington was a British painter from the mid-20th century who deserves a place among the other great surrealists of her time. This novel embraces the surrealist style in prose, with an octogenarian protagonist who you will absolutely fall in love with.

bookcover for Go Ahead in the Rain

Go Ahead in the Rain

Hanif Abdurraqib 

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Paperback

$16.95

$15.76

bookcover for The Story of Art Without Men

The Story of Art Without Men

Katy Hessel 

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Hardback

$45.00

$41.85

bookcover for Autumn

Autumn

Ali Smith 

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Paperback

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for Broad Strokes

Broad Strokes

Bridget Quinn, 

Lisa Congdon 

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Hardback

$29.95

$27.85

bookcover for Morpho: Simplified Forms

Morpho: Simplified Forms

Michel Lauricella 

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Paperback

$16.95

$15.76

We love all the Morpho books for their high portability and great ability to simplify the forms they're illustrating!

bookcover for Interaction of Color

Interaction of Color

Josef Albers, 

Nicholas Fox Weber 

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Paperback

$21.95

$20.41

A classic of color theory that still remains accessible both in cost and in ideas.

bookcover for Make Your Art No Matter What

Make Your Art No Matter What

Beth Pickens 

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Paperback

$19.95

$18.55

bookcover for The Whole Picture

The Whole Picture

Alice Procter 

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Paperback

$14.99

$13.94

bookcover for Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through

Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through

T Fleischmann 

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Paperback

$16.95

$15.76

bookcover for The Principles of Uncertainty

The Principles of Uncertainty

Maira Kalman 

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Paperback

$26.00

$24.18

bookcover for You Are an Artist

You Are an Artist

Sarah Urist Green 

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Hardback

$28.00

$26.04

bookcover for Women in the Picture

Women in the Picture

Catherine McCormack 

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Paperback

$22.95

$21.34

bookcover for Blood Water Paint

Blood Water Paint

Joy McCullough 

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Paperback

$12.99

$12.08

A young adult oriented story in verse about artist Artemesia Gentileschi that is also an excellent read about the artist's life and process at any age.

To learn more about Hutch Creates, follow Crow & Co., Hutchinson Art Center or Foxtrot on Facebook! We also have a Facebook group exclusively dedicated to Hutch Creates that you are welcome to follow as well.