The Monthly Moth
$25.00
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The Monthly Moth
$25.00
a year-long, limited-edition print series by Frances Matassa.
Each month, active members receive a print of an original oil painting, accompanied by a handmade studio zine. Together, these pieces form an evolving body of work that is part archive, part correspondence, part artist book assembled slowly over time.
The zine includes studio observations, sketches, visual fragments, and reflections on process. It’s meant to capture the quieter thoughts and in-between moments that live alongside the paintings but don’t always make it into finished work.
The Monthly Moth is designed to feel like receiving mail from the studio: tactile, intimate, and thoughtfully made. Let me be your studio pen pal!
Because of the hands-on nature of the project, membership is limited to 75 spots per month. Subscribers are invited to follow the work as it unfolds month by month, building a collection of prints and printed ephemera that together map a year of painting.
How It Works
1. Choose your subscription type
Monthly — $25/month
Billed each month. Cancel anytime.
Subscribe by the 25th of the month to receive that month's print. If you subscribe after the 25th you will receive the following month onward.
2. Receive The Monthly Moth in the mail
Each issue is carefully hand-assembled in the studio and mailed directly to you.
The first issue ships the first week of March 2026
From there, new editions are released and mailed the first week of each month through March 2027.
What to Expect
One 5" × 7" mystery print of an original oil painting.
Each print is part of a limited edition of 75 and is created exclusively for The Monthly Moth. These images will not be reproduced in this format again, making the full set of 12 prints unique to this year-long series.
(Produced in partnership with a local Brooklyn print shop.)
A 4.25" × 5.5" zine-style newsletter
A letter from the editor
A custom sticker
All carefully assembled and snail-mailed to you
The print image is a surprise each month. Part of the experience is not knowing which painting will arrive, and discovering it when you open the envelope.
The zine contains a collection of drawings, studio notes, and thoughts about the small, in-between moments that orbit the paintings.
The Monthly Moth is a slow accumulation. Over the course of the year, subscribers build a collection of prints and handmade zines that archive a year in the studio.