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The letter C, featured on July 15th, 2015, in the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise.
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Artists Take Over Fitchburg Newspaper’s Front Page

Artist Anna Schuleit Haber has taken over the front page of the Sentinel & Enterprise newspaper in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Circulation: 14,000.

The letter A appeared on the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise on July 13, 2015.
The letter A appeared on the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise on July 13, 2015.
The letter B appeared on the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise on July 14, 2015.
The letter B appeared on the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise on July 14, 2015.

Schuleit Haber is spearheading a public art project with the newspaper. Her subject is the alphabet. For the next several weeks, the paper’s front page will skip the usual headlines and feature a letter-of-the-day, with designs by artists from around the world.

The Sentinel & Enterprise editor, Charlie St. Amand, tells me the idea was pitched to him by the Fitchburg Art Museum.

Hear our interview by clicking the audio player above.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Charlie St. Amand’s last name.