Show and Bestow Opening

You are cordially invited to the opening reception of

“Show and Bestow"

Monday November 23rd 6-8pm

Art and Print Department Galleries on the 2nd floor of the Free Library of Philadelphia

1901 Vine St.

The collection of artists' books gathered in honor of Ruth Hughes, will be on display from November 20 - December 30, 2009. Many Delaware Valley Chapter members are represented.

After the exhibition, the collection will be donated to Oberlin College's Clarence Ward Art Library. The exhibition will coincide with Book, Paper, Scissors, an annual artists' book fair sponsored by the Philadelphia Center for the Book.

This year the fair will be held from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm on Sat., December 5th.

For more information about the exhibition please call 215-686-5405. For more information on Book, Paper, Scissors, please visit the Philadelphia Center for the Book's website.

Image above:

Tiptoe Through the Cosmos

Susan Viguers

Shandy Press, 2008

Vessels of Possibility: Revelation and Interchange
Works by Pati Scobey and Julia Miller

Presented at
the University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery
6th floor of Anderson Hall
333 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Friday, November 6 to Friday, November 20, 2009.
Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Curated by Sally Faulkner and Donna Globus, graduate students in the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program. The show presents the broad approach to both the book and the print of these longtime friends. Through the investigation of historic binding structures and the influence of time and handling, Julia Miller’s work invites viewers to a wider understanding of the book. Her work reveals what can happen when an artist takes the material history of a form and uses it as a medium. Pati Scobey’s imagery of nature in her work is a response to her home territory in rural Michigan. She layers a distinctive vocabulary of marks in colorful patterns that reveals itself much like a well-loved landscape. Together, this pairing shows not only delight in the traditional form of the book but also the book’s resilience and adaptability to history.

(above, left: A is for Aurochs, an Alphabet of Old Words, 4” x 5” x 1.25”, Julia Miller. Right: Evening Sussurus, 6” x 24”, Pati Scobey)

Pati Scobey Workshop This Fall

The Printed Page: Hand Printing Techniques
November 14 & 15
University of the Arts
333 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia

Investigate the interaction of image and sequence while experimenting with hand printing techniques. Students will learn a form of water- based printing that will allow them to develop a vocabulary of interchangeable printing components comprised of collagraphs and individual stencils. These components will be used as improvisational tools during the printing process. Printing instruction will emphasize the manipulation of inks and color to achieve desired results. The workshop will culminate in each participant’s creation of a print series or printed pages for a future book.

Workshop Fee: $200
Materials Fee: $35 (payable to the instructor)

To hold a spot, make a check out to:
The Guild of Book Workers
and mail it to:
Alice Austin
Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Please include your name, email address, and phone number.

A Reminder: FFF workshop coming up!

Please sign up for our Fast, Friendly, Free Workshop.

Michelle Dauberman will teach:

Insect Pamphlet:
This insect inspired structure is a fun, simple and elegantly designed 2-hole pamphlet. Utilizing a creative approach to sustainability you can reuse found/scrap materials like wallpaper, Mohawk paper and wax thread to create this organic book/pamphlet structure. Pamphlet materials will be provided. You will need to bring the following tools to the workshop: Knife, sewing needle, scissors, Japanese hole punch and awl.



Cube and nested triangle structure:
Inspired by Platonic solids and the geometry of 3-D space, this form uses a clear medium (ink jet transparency) to expose the elegant simplicity and beautiful relationship of shape and structure as it relates to the cube and nested triangle. Pre-printed ink jet transparencies/templates will be provided. You will need to bring the following tools to the workshop: Knife, bone folder and metal ruler.

Saturday, September 12, 2009
9am - 12pm
Held at the Library Company
1314 Locust St.

RSVP by clicking HERE!

CALL FOR ENTRIES

BUILDING BY THE BOOK:
Book Artists Respond to Architecture and Design

As part of Philagrafika 2010: the Graphic Unconscious, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Center for the Book, is issuing a call for entries for book artists to respond to selected works from the Athenaeum’s legacy research collection of architecture and design.

Entry & Submission Summary:
Athenaeum curators have chosen ten books from their collections that are available to view both on site and online. Artists residing in the United States are invited to submit proposals for a book that they will create in response to one of the selected books. The proposed books may be editioned or one-of-a-kind, artist books, book objects, altered books or zines. The proposal must be for newly created work, directly responding to a specific book from the Athenaeum collection. Six of the proposals will be chosen, and these six artists will make their proposed books, which will be exhibited in the Athenaeum gallery in March and April during the Philagrafika 2010 festival. A generous grant from the Beneficia Foundation underwrites this competition and exhibition and will provide these six artists with a stipend of $500 to help offset the cost of the book production. The artists’ books will be exhibited along with their Athenaeum counterparts. The Athenaeum books are available to view by appointment during regular Athenaeum hours and online. Athenaeum staff are available in person and at 215-925-2688 to consult with artists about the books to which they are responding.

Visit the Athenaeum's website for project details and to view books.
Deadline for proposals is September 25, 2009.

“Show and Bestow” - The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists’ Books

“Show and Bestow” - The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists’ Books
A call to donate artists’ books to a new collection at Oberlin College
Preceded by an exhibition at the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street
November 20 – December 30, 2009

Cancer affects everyone. Recently my friend Ruth found out that her life will be cut short by cancer. Help celebrate life! Please donate a book in her honor to a collection I am assembling that will become a part of the Special Collections at her alma mater, Oberlin College. Your art work will be exhibited first in Philadelphia and then at Oberlin College.

Books due by November 13th to:
Alice Austin
c/o The Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Please include name, email and mailing address for recognition.
Also, include a short description of your book.
Questions? Ask ALICE

Another Fast, Friendly, and FREE Workshop

Michelle Dauberman will teach:

Insect Pamphlet:
This insect inspired structure is a fun, simple and elegantly designed 2-hole pamphlet. Utilizing a creative approach to sustainability you can reuse found/scrap materials like wallpaper, Mohawk paper and wax thread to create this organic book/pamphlet structure. Pamphlet materials will be provided. You will need to bring the following tools to the workshop: Knife, sewing needle, scissors, Japanese hole punch and awl.



Cube and nested triangle structure:
Inspired by Platonic solids and the geometry of 3-D space, this form uses a clear medium (ink jet transparency) to expose the elegant simplicity and beautiful relationship of shape and structure as it relates to the cube and nested triangle. Pre-printed ink jet transparencies/templates will be provided. You will need to bring the following tools to the workshop: Knife, bone folder and metal ruler.

Saturday, September 12, 2009
9am - 12pm
Held at the Library Company
1314 Locust St.

RSVP by clicking HERE!