Candor Arts was a publishing imprint and hand-made book bindery

that began unofficially in a spare bedroom in Los Angeles in July of 2015,

and became a registered LLC in the State of Illinois in August of 2016.

At its height, Candor Arts was run by:

Matt Austin, Melanie Teresa Bohrer,

Katie Chung, and Hannah Batsel.

Throughout the years, we received generous support from an expansive community interested in the sustainability of our work.

Without their encouragement, generosity, guidance, and support for our vision, many of our projects would not have been possible.

In five years, we published and funded 52 editions—

providing over $600,000.00 in production cost funds,

and paying over $300,000.00 in cash payments to the contributing authors.

These editions have been collected by over 150 institutions worldwide.

Candor Arts officially closed in August of 2021.

The project's transition into a collectivist framework was led by the Candor Collective through 2023
and grew into its current publishing chapter called For the Birds Trapped in Airports, located in Los Angeles, CA.