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| May 17, 2012 | to | May 18, 2012 |
| May 19, 2012 | to | May 20, 2012 |
I will be teaching two workshops in Marden, Wiltshire, UK in May, 2012.
Bookbinding Workshops-UK
I Live in Iowa, tunnel book
Tunnel Book, May 17th and 18th
A two-day workshop introducing a variety of methods of constructing tunnel books. The tunnel book, developed in the Renaissance for studying perspective, is sometimes called a peephole book. It is an accordion of multiple panels bound on both sides and viewed from the front, giving a 3-D effect.
Is That What You’re Wearing, magic wallet,two views
Now You See It Now You Don’t, May 19th and 20th
This workshop explores a number of book structures that have elements which appear and disappear when the book is manipulated: they can tell stories and present images and ideas in ways that conventional formats just can’t. Various books ranging from flag accordion books to 2 and 3 dimensional flexagons to magic wallets and Jacob’s Ladders will be presented.
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| May 6, 2012 |
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Liz Munger and I have made a print together as part of our contribution to the upcoming benefit for the Iowa City Public Library. The benefit will have a variety of experiences/encounters with writers and artists. In addition to copies of the print for all 6 participants, Liz and I will offer an afternoon of hands on letterpress printing of bookmarks with handset type, suminagashi (Japanese paper marbling), hand carved rubber stamps and cookies in my studio. http://icpl.org/support/
Liz Munger is the owner of the Paper Nest a wonderful letterpress shop and paper store in Iowa City, Paper Nest Press. She will be returning to the Center for the Book next fall to complete her MFA. The public library is one of our favorite places in Iowa City and we are delighted to have the opportunity to participate in the benefit.
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| April 1, 2012 | to | April 30, 2012 |
I had the pleasure of contributing a line to the poem that is being written one day at a time by 30 different writers and posted in the front window of the RSVP card shop in Iowa City, IA, USA. Each writer sees only the line from the previous day and is given a largish set of words to work from. My line is “this eternal map curled away loitering too late?” I thank Karen Carcia for renewing my appreciation of punctuation. The words were culled from favorite poems of the organizers. The lines are being collected and will be printed as a broadside by Sara Langworthy. Nancy Houserman is photographing the window each day and a selection will be exhibited with the broadside. The project will be presented during the June Gallery Walk. RSVP
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| April 24, 2012 | to | April 27, 2012 |
I am delighted to be a visiting artist at the Paper Fox Printmaking workshop of Lawrence University next week. I will be working on an intaglio print with students while I am there. This program is run by Ben Rinehart. While I am there working, Sarah Nicholls an artist from NYC will also be there working on her print. If you are in the area, do drop in.
http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art/studio/paperfox/events.shtml
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| April 20, 2012 | to | June 2, 2012 |
I am delighted to have my new book Out There In Here selected for this exhibit. For the third spring in a row, dozens of artists’ books will be featured in the annual Artists’ Book Cornucopia exhibition at the award winning Abecedarian Gallery in the Arts District on Santa Fe. Artists’ Book Cornucopia has received international recognition and is a highly regarded juried artists’ book exhibition.
Hands on viewing opportunities for the growing genre of artists’ books (artworks realized in the form of a book) are rare, especially so in the Rocky Mountain West. This complex and interactive genre is growing in popularity because it is an exciting one for both practitioner and audience. That these artworks require hands-on engagement to be appreciated distinguishes these works as they do not carry the ‘look but do not touch’ requirement imposed on visual artworks in other mediums. This year 43 works by 38 artists will be on view. Although the exhibition is open to international entries, this year the exhibition includes work only by artists residing in the United States and Canada. The selected artists range from student works to artists well established in the field. Each book will be the featured at the gallery blog (http://abecedariangallery.wordpress.com/) beginning in late April. All works will be included in both a print and online catalog, both available via the gallery website (www.abecedariangallery.com).
This year’s submissions were juried by Tony White, who currently serves as library director at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. The submissions were diverse and numerous, including multiples, letterpress and fine press books, book objects and sculptural books. Aiming for a balance of work and format types, White selected of works that display a successful synthesis of form, content and structure by artists both established and emerging. This appropriately broad range of work includes fine examples of sculptural bookworks, both unique and published in limited edition, letterpress, re-purposed or altered bookworks, books with printed, photographic and hand imaged content presented in traditional as well as innovative binding structures.
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| March 29, 2012 | to | April 1, 2012 |
I will be in Santa Fe this weekend for the opening festivities of the new Center for Book Art and Printmaking at the Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, NM. The exhibit No Library Card Required will open in the School of Art and Design Visual Arts Gallery on Thursday, March 29 and run through April 26, 2012. I will be giving a talk Friday night, March 30, 2012 and teaching a two day tunnel book workshop on Saturday and Sunday March 31-April 1, 2012. For more information: Center for Book Art and Printmaking
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I Live in Iowa, tunnel book
Is That What You’re Wearing, magic wallet,two views
