It's snowing as I post this update of the season's VisualBooks activity. I photographed bees on the crocus just a week ago. Plenty of stuff going on to keep one's mind off the weather, however:
Made In NY 2011
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
March 26 - May 29, 2010
Opening reception Sunday, March 27, 3-5 p.m.
Two of my encyclopedia cover collages inspired by early 20th century French "fine bindings" are on display.
VSW Benefit Auction
31 Prince Street, Rochester
Friday, April 8th, 6-9 p.m.
Preview: April 1, 2011, 6-9 p.m.
Online catalogue: http://www.vsw.org/auction/index.php
Support the Workshop and acquire some art. I donated a copy of "Various Fires & MLK," a new artists book, and "Corner Brook Cook Book," a photogravure/chine colle/letterpress embossed limited edition print. The print was made in collaboration with Marlene McCallum and David Morish last fall at their press in Newfoundland.
Arcades Project
Friday May 6, 2011 4 - 9 p.m.
The Commons, Ithaca New York
Arcades Project is a curated event featuring artists, designers, and independent presses
who are reconsidering the idea of text, writing, and the book. The event is part of Spring
(W)rites, an annual literary festival in Ithaca, and is founded by visual and literary artists in
Ithaca. I'll be one of many vendors offering books priced under $50.
Continuing Exhibitions:
Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, New Haven CT
January 10 - April 26, 2011
The Art of the Book Collection purchased a copy of "Various Fires & MLK" for this exhibition.
Artists' Books as Document
Curated by Natalie McGrorty
Centre for Fine Print Research
UWE Bristol School of Creative Arts
March 8 - April 25 2011
online exhibition: http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/natexh11.htm
This exhibition brings together artists’ books from 23 practitioners across Europe and America. Each work embodies the activity of self-documentation, demonstrating in a variety of ways, the virtues of the book as a place to document a personal collection, experience, or period of time.
With Food in Mind
Center for Book Arts, NYC
April 13 - June 25 2011
Organized by Nicole J. Caruth
The exhibition looks at uses of food as subject or medium in contemporary book arts, print, and digital media spanning the past two decades. A copy of "A Selection of Cards" is included.
Letter Forms: Functional and Nonfunctional Typography
May 24 - July 10, 2010
curated by Kathryn Gremley
Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
Copies of the deluxe and digital edition of "Lost Horizons" and a copy of "Saints & Sinners: Gay Pride & Straight Shame" will be on display.
On the Horizon:
ll Libro: Art of the Handmade Book
August 22 - September 24 2011
The Barton Art Galleries,
Barton College Department of Art and Design
Wilson NC
Two sculptural bookworks, "Knowledge In Depth: West to East" and "Pre-Columbian Sacred" will be exhibited. These volumes were originally made for two exhibitions that consisted of full sets of the Encyclopedia Britannica, each volume having been altered by different artist.
