Tag Archives: artists’ books

Rare Books Goes to Southern Utah University

09 Wednesday Sep 2015

Posted by in Rare Books Loans

≈ Comments Off on Rare Books Goes to Southern Utah University

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

ABCSUU

Ten books from Rare Books are part of an exhibition at the Braithewaite Fine Arts Gallery at Southern Utah University.

ABC: Assemblage, Book Art, Collage
September 10 through November 7, 2015
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery
Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7PM

A vibrant variation on the alphabet, ABC highlights book arts. The artists’ books on loan from Rare Books are displayed in SUU’s Gerald R. Sherratt Library.

The exhibition was co-curated by Sue Cotter, Deborah K. Snider, and Jonathan Talbot.

For more information click here.

On loan from Rare Books are:
A Guide to Higher Learning by Julie Chen, 2009
Wild Girls Redux: An Operator’s Manual by Ellen Knudsen, 2009
Local Conditions: One Hundred Views of Mount Rainier (At Least) by Chandler O’Leary, 2010
The Solutions to Brian’s Problem by Bonnie Jo Campbell, 2011
Interior Landscape by Lyall F. Harris, 2011
A Pop-Up Field Guide to North American Wildflowers by Shawn Sheehy, 2011
Falling Shutters by Susan T. Viguers, 2012
Love in the Time of War by Yusef Komunyakaa, 2013
Capturing Orbs in the Night Sky by Mary C. Leto, 2013
Honey B Hive by Jessica Spring, 2013

alluNeedSingleLine

Recommended Workshop – Sunlight on Paper: Prints of Blue

13 Friday Jun 2014

Posted by in Recommended Workshop

≈ Comments Off on Recommended Workshop – Sunlight on Paper: Prints of Blue

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Book Arts Program presents
Sunlight on Paper: Prints of Blue

Saturday, August 16
1:30PM-5PM
Book Arts Studio, Level 4
J. Willard Marriott Library
Workshop Fee: $45
Materials Fee: $15

Produce vivid blue prints from opaque silhouettes, hand-drawn imagery, transparent photocopies, ortholithographic film, or digitally produced transparencies. With a simple set-up that can be repeated at home, expose hand-coated sheets to natural light for a unique, tactile photographic print. A thrilling new technology in the 1840s, the cyanotype is celebrated today for its hand-generated possibilities through low-tech practices.

Instructor Marnie Powers-Torrey holds an MFA in photography from the University of Utah and a BA in English and Philosophy from Boston College’s Honors Program. She is the Managing Director of the Book Arts Program and Red Butte Press, an Associate Librarian (Lecturer), and academic advisor for the minor and certificate in book arts. Marnie teaches letterpress printing, artists’ books, and other courses for the Book Arts Program and elsewhere. She is master printer for the Red Butte Press, harnessing the mighty printing power of a full staff of excellent printers. A founding member of the College Book Arts Association, she served as Awards Chair for three years and currently serves on the board of directors. Her work is exhibited and held in collections nationally.

Relicensure points are available from the Utah State Board of Education.

For more information:bookartsprogram@utah.edu or 801-585-9191

The Rare Books Division supports the Book Arts Program through its collections.

Photographers in Arizona, 1850-1020: A History and Directory
Jeremy Rowe
Nevada City, CA: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997
TR24 A7 R69 1997b

From the colophon: “This special edition…is limited to 100 numbered copies, each including an original cyanotype printed in 1996 by James Hajicek from a vintage dry plate negative in the collection of Jeremy Rowe…” University of Utah copy is no. 92, signed by the author.
TR24 A7 R69 1997b

alluNeedSingleLine

Rare Books Welcomes CBAA

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by in Uncategorized

≈ Comments Off on Rare Books Welcomes CBAA

Tags

, , , , , , , ,

The Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library hosts the 2014 College Book Arts Association meeting with Print, Produce, Publish in January 2014.

The conference features a variety of events including member’s exhibition, invited speakers, panel presentations, studio demonstrations, roundtable discussions, vendor’s fair, Salt Lake City area tours, local exhibitions, student member portfolio reviews, members’ showcase, auction and Cornered – a folded-form exchange.

As part of the conference, the Rare Books Division offers two hands-on sessions of forty artists’ books selected from the rare book collections by Luise Poulton, on Thursday, January 2.

On Friday, January 3, Luise moderates the panel discussion, “Artists’ Book Collections and the Classroom.”

For more information and to register, please go to the conference webpage.

See you there!

alluNeedSingleLine

Artists’ Books Collection Anchors English Course

12 Friday Jul 2013

Posted by in Courses

≈ Comments Off on Artists’ Books Collection Anchors English Course

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

English 2510 Fall 2013 flyer

Introduction to Creative Writing with Book Arts

THIS MEDIUM SPECIFIC APPROACH to creative writing introduces
emerging writers to the techniques and craft of inventive
writing as well as book arts. Students will consider the
generative process as a performance within a medium
and how the interplay of form and content operate within
the physics of that medium. The course includes six visits
to the Book Arts Studio at the Marriott Library, during
which students will view artists’ books from Rare Books,
get hands-on experience with bookbinding and letterpress
printing from moveable type, and collaborate to produce
a limited-edition book, of which every participant will
receive a copy. As a variation on the final portfolio, students
will be encouraged to produce chapbooks for their final
projects. In both the studio and classroom, we will ask:
What is a book? How might a book’s shape transfigure its
meaning? How do typographic decisions affect creative
texts? What is a creative text? No prior experience in the
book arts or imaginative writing is required.

alluNeedSingleLine