ARLIS/NA Book Art SIG

Artists’ books are one of the most heavily used collections at the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Their interdisciplinary nature beautifully complement...

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More and more, our interaction with print is not in fact on the page, but rather virtually mediated by screen. In an effort to both exploit the benefits of this paradigm and enhance access to mat...

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The following exhibition opened in early March 2020 and closed abruptly a couple of weeks later as the museum shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog post hopes to provide a virtual mea...

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On Saturday, March 14, I was supposed to take a weekend trip to my hometown, Holland, Michigan, with some friends. I live and work in Ann Arbor, about two hours away, and have a four-year-old dau...

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Thanks to Shira Loev Eller for sharing these notes from the BookArt SIG discussion on exhibition practices!  Our group talked about exhibition best practices. We were lucky to have Laura Rus...

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The ARLIS/NA Book Art SIG met in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 7th with 29 people present. We had a surprise start to the meeting with two long time book arts friends, Laura Russell and Vicky...

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As the new year gets underway, what exciting book arts plans are you making? Are you planning new exhibits or events? New additions to a collection? Maybe you're working on a new artist's book of...

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Join the ACA Library at SCAD Atlanta for an afternoon celebrating artists' books and the Atlanta book arts community. Check out the full line up and details here: http://scad.libguides.com/art...

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Dear ARLIS, We have some very exciting items to share at the meeting and I am pleased to announce that Allison Jai O'Dell and Sha Towers will be our incoming coordinators for this upcoming yea...

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  I will be presenting a talk at the Minneapolis Institute of Art at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 23 on THE ART OF AMERICAN BOOK COVERS.                                     ...

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Guest post by Emilee Mathews At University of California, Irvine Libraries, we have been hard at work on a grant-funded project to enhance the visibility and usability of our artists’ book ...

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Guest post by Élise Lassonde Robert Choquette (poem) and Edwin H. Holgate (wood engravings), Metropolitan Museum , 1931  In Montréal’s Rosemont neighbourhood, what was once a cigar...

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Guest post by Suzanne Rackover The number and volume of artists’ books by Canadian artists, in particular women artists, is increasing steadily. In particular established and up-and-coming ...

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Guest post by Nicole Lovenjak Minimal Club, Penelope Georgiou, and Otto M Zykan,  Song for Callas: (Kallas + Kennedy 1991)(1991). As a librarian who works with special collections an...

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Guest post by Sha Towers At Baylor University's Fine Arts Library we have a small exhibit case for rotating exhibits. Here, library visitors encounter lots of amazing resources that might oth...

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Guest post by Shira Loev Eller February 2014: An historic deal is announced which splits the financially ailing Corcoran Gallery of Art and its College of Art + Design between the National G...

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Dear Book Art Enthusiasts, Please see the guidelines below if you are interested in joining the efforts to pin all the book art collections! Email me at ameeks@scad.edu if you'd like to be adde...

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Guest post by Christine Mannix Every semester at the Columbus College of Art & Design Packard Library we receive requests from instructors for library sessions showing our artists’ books an...

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Colleagues, Please join us if you are in the Atlanta area MAY 7TH for the ACA Library's artists' book event. Nexus Press will be highlighted. http://www.scad.edu/event/2015-05-07-discover-stand...

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BOOK ART SIG 2015 MEETING NOTES by Co-Moderator Michelle Strizever The 2015 annual meeting of the ARLIS/NA Book Art SIG took place on 3/21 during the annual conference in Fort Worth. 30 SIG...

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Here’s the low-down on all the book art at ARLIS 2015. Book Art SIG Meeting Saturday March 21, 2015 2:45pm - 3:45pm Please note the new meeting time and place Room: Texas F CATCH UP...

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Guest post by Anne Evenhaugen The Smithsonian Libraries is pleased to announce the webpage for the Smithsonian Libraries Artists’ Books Collection ! In a nutshell, the Artists’ Boo...

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Guest post by Karyn Hinkle The Bard Graduate Center Library was honored to exhibit artists' books by María Isabel Rueda, Kevin Mancera, Powerpaola, Nicolás Paris, and many other talented bo...

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Guest post by Jane Carlin The book arts are alive and well in the Pacific Northwest and the Collins Memorial Library at the University of Puget Sound, a liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washin...

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Dear Book Art Professionals, We're excited to announce that we have started a Pinterest account to help promote book art collections in North America. We are announcing it here, first, in hope...

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