The Artist Book
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WEDNESDAY SECTION - NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR REDLINE VISIT- FIELDTRIP FOR OCTOBER 13 - is
cancelled - OCTOBER 20 - we will go to REDLINE - OCTOBER 13 MEET IN MEDIA HUB
WILD AND WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENED LAST WEEK IN BOTH SECTIONS- PRINTS of ALPHABETS and vibrant and textured handmade paper were both made. The Thursday Garbage Book Mini Project was Amazing. Look in the Student Art Gallery section for photos!
BOOK ADVENTURES - Local events that you could attend to meet your required live book art experience! The work of Clarrisa Sligh is amazing. You might consider this invitation. Your live book art experience is completed when you share your experience during an informal class discussion or with an entry on the wiki page. Briefly describe at least two important ideas about valuing or aesthetic engagement.
NEW - the 2 x 2 Small Book Works
The exhibition "2x2: Small Book Works" is on view in the Fourth Floor Exhibition Gallery at UW-Milwaukee's Golda Meir Library, October 1-December 17, 2010.
The exhibition highlights the recent experimental book works of two regional book-arts groups: the Bone Folder's Guild of Madison and the Book Arts Salon of Milwaukee. Since 2005 members of both groups have been producing and swapping these experimental works, all created within certain constraints that are evident in the exhibit, including issues of size (while the two-inch constraint is evident, it is also obvious that, like all good book artists, they break their own rules), content (quotations, seasons, animals, advice, secrets, patterns, collecting, travel, and place), and form (matchbook, slinky, Jacob's ladder, accordion, origami and folded structures, and special bindings). Even within these constraints, individual artistic styles and a tremendous range of books are revealed while exploring different structural systems.
The book artists included in this show are: Suzanne Berland, Susie Carlson, Sandra M. Goodkind, Sharon Giestfeldt, Darlene Hagopian, Debby Henning, Dawn Kalies, Nancee Killoran, Laura Komai, Kathy Engen Malkasian, Sue Medaris, Dianna Reiter, Eve Robillard, Cathy Rocca, Mary Rose, Andrea Steiner, Nancy Schoenherr, Tricia Schriefer, Nicole Sudquist, Karen Timm, Berni Tischer, Tinamari Turner, Sheri Vanden Boom,Marilyn Wedberg, Carey Weiler, and Kristin Yates.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 am-5:00 pm, or by appointment.
For further information, please contact Special Collections at libspecial@uwm.edu; 414.229.4345.
Please join us for the 2010 presentation in the Ettinger Book Artist Series:
CLARISSA SLIGH
Photographer and Book Artist
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
7:00 pm
Special Collections
4th Floor, UWM Libraries
2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Supported by the Ettinger Family Foundation
Book artist, photographer, and installation artist Clarissa Sligh will discuss her use of the book form as an art medium. Originally from the DC/northern Virginia area, and currently living in North Carolina, Sligh established her career during 30 years of life in Manhattan. Her work deals with issues of race, identity, culture, politics, and social justice, and is deeply informed by her personal experiences (for example, at age 15 she was the lead plaintiff in the 1955 school desegregation case in Virginia, Clarissa Thompson et. al. vs. Arlington County School Board). Her works What's Happening With Momma?, Reading Dick and Jane With Me, Voyage(r): A Tourist Map to Japan, andWrongly Bodied Two are icons of American artist's books. She is the recipient of numerous major awards, including NEA, Andrea Frank Foundation, Leeway Foundation, and Infinity awards, and she maintains an abiding belief that art has the power to transform lives.
More information about Sligh and her works may be found at the UWM Libraries' Ettinger Book Artists Series event page (http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/ettinger10.cfm), and at Clarissa Sligh's own website (http://clarissasligh.com/).
A pdf of the invitation card is attached.
Our community partner for this event is Woodland Pattern Book Center. They will host an exhibition of Clarissa Sligh's photographic, installation, and book work, with an opening reception Sunday, October 17, at 2 pm. The exhibition runs through November 30. They will also host a workshop with Clarissa Sligh on Saturday, October 16. For more information on the exhibition and workshop, please contact Woodland Pattern at 414.263.5001 or woodlandpattern@sbcglobal.net. Woodland Pattern is located at 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee.
PRESENTATIONS - Historic Timeline Collaboration
Tuesday Oct. 5 and Wednesday Oct. 6
This Week Students share a five minute oral presentation of their work. They give ideas about their topics and why they are important to the history of books. By October 10 All Projects due to Dara-email a copy. Both Sections will then have their work uploaded to the wiki for leisurely reading. We will the ask each section to discuss the projects of the other section through by adding 4 or 5 comments about the topics. This commentary will be a substantial component of your work and should be completed by October 21.
We will then print (black and white) the research of both classes to provide you with your large group book. You can then bind the book to your liking. We will print enough copies to include giving a few copies to some of our bookish friends.
The wednesday section will share research and then go to the print studio to finish binding their Five Favorite words book with their beautiful prints as cover- and continue work to create the GARBAGE BOOK. Please bring your in progress book and materials for one day improvisation garbage book.
Thursday October 7 class - finish your garbage books and any other print experiments.
Don't forget to register for the October 8 - Them Among us conference at
www.alverno.edu/conference MANY SECTIONS ARE CLOSED- but if you want to volunteer- you can attend those of your choice. Contact Dara. Select at least one event and begin to write about your ideas for the collaborative creation of an artists' book that explores personal and group social justice. Look on the Sidebar for THEM AMONG US ZINE you can also look at the table of contents zines to see many examples
If you can't make the conference date - visit the art gallery exhibit - Them: images of Separation. The gallery is open daily 12-5 TH 12-7 and WEC.
Wednesday October 20th (Date Change from October 13) - Redline trip- 1422 north 4th - 8:45 start - 11:30.
Tuesday section October 12 at Redline- 1- 2:30 - Come in as early as you can. You can also stay to 3:30 if you like.
Table of Contents
Artist Book Examples from the Web
Artist Book Resources: Books in the Alverno Library
Artist Book Resources: Copyright
Blank Book
Book Catalogues and Archives
Devil's Bible -Ability Reflection Blank Book
First Day - what is a Book
Historic Timeline Collaboration Project
Monoprints
Welcome to "Pages in Time: The Art of the Book"
Zines
Student Art Gallery
Typography
Typography project five favorite fonts
Special Collections Library Reflection
Structural Workshops
You should be able to use images from a comic book publisher's site for non-commercial use under the "fair use" provision of copyright law. For something like a one-time use in your research paper or to build your artist book you can claim "fair use" and not be in violation of copyright.
Comments (4)
alyson benitez said
at 9:06 am on Sep 17, 2010
The field trip on wednesday was very informational and provided alot of evidence of old books that came from different backgrounds. It interested me to see all the types of ink, letters, techniques and visual observations about the book. I was looking at one book where violence and death was on every page. There would be babies with no heads and bleeding, yet a beautiful back ground with angels looking down. It was confusing because they would show something so violent, but make it so beautiful. Even though I couldnt read the text, I still had an idea of what was going on by the detailed pictures. I also liked the book that was made by his own students. They give me alot of ideas on how to make books come alive and interesting. Overall, I really liked the field trip to UWM because it provided a history of the books and the meaning of each.
alyson
dara.larson@... said
at 7:48 am on Sep 18, 2010
Great ideas here about your field trip! I am particularly impressed with your connections between the older books and the more contemporary works of art in the artist book connection. Many of the old book conventions such as codex binding and hand lettering, are used in newer books but the artists books rely so much more on communicating stories of today. The issue of violence through a beautiful depiction is very interesting. Why would an artist choose this odd combination? What type of statement might they be making. Keep pushing your interpretations to find out how meaning and formal choices such as paper and representation of symbols make us look deeper into the author/artist subject matter. I also enjoyed the student work on Jon - this is a real zine or fanzine. The authors obsession with Johnny- is well communicated by the increasingly growing size and energy of the text- with the little quiet ending... I just wanted you to know. It is fantastic too that you have already made this book form of the jigsaw or one page book in our class structural workshop. You now are beginning to imagine what kinds of things you could do with this simple format - and the addition of your own ideas. I really think the best thing about your response is that you are really beginning to use IMAGINING- as an important ongoing aesthetic engagement with your future books!!!
margaux_star@... said
at 8:05 am on Sep 22, 2010
The field trip was a very moving experience for me last Wednesday. I have always had a love for books, and visiting the special collections and talking with Max rekindled that passion, once again. My favorite book I came across in the special collections was a work by William Morris. Only having read about his bookmaking/publishing skills, to actually hold in my hands one of his books was actually overwhelming. I definitely had a geek moment. I know that I will be back at the special collections. I hope to possibly attend grad school for library science when I am finished at Alverno, and possibly end up in a specialized library like the special collections at UWM. This trip really brought all those ideas about my own personal goals into perspective.
dara.larson@... said
at 1:15 pm on Sep 24, 2010
Ah one of the book people or the bookish crowd. I know Morris is spectacular. The beauty of these pages are astounding. Do take the opportunity to go back to the library to do your research on graphic novels, but also ask to have Morris works pulled for you too. I hope you get to take full advantage of the wonderful opportunity to use this public resource. I can definitely see you teaching and working in such a space.
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