CURRENT EVENTS
SPRING 2024
EXHIBITION:
Transformation: Inspiration into Object
Members of Mid-coast Maine Book Arts
January 20 – April 27, 2024, Reading Room, 7th floor, Glickman Family Library, Portland
BOOK ARTS BAZAAR 2024
Sunday, April 7, 2024, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Wishcamper Center on the Portland Campus
A festival with Book Artists, papermakers, bookbinders, printmakers, educators, writers, and all things related to the book.
Complete the Form Below to Receive a Table Application. Please put “Request for Book Arts Bazaar Table Application” in the message box. Table Applications must be returned to Annie Lee-Zimerle by March 15th.
WORKSHOP:
Hardcover Journal Workshop
with Cynthia McGuirl
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM with a 1-hour lunch break (light refreshments will be available in the morning, but please bring your own lunch)
Location: Luther Bonney, Room 424, Portland Campus
Workshop fee: $50 (most materials will be provided)
Enrollment: 12 students max
Click Here to see Workshop Details.
PAST EVENTS
SPRING 2024
ONLINE LECTURE:
Click Here to to View Recorded Lecture
Making Books Together: Rebecca Goodale and Carrie Scanga
Presented by Rebecca Goodale and Carrie Scanga
(co-sponsored by the Baxter Society)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 7:00 – 8:00 PM on Zoom.
Free and Open to the Public
Artist LECTURE:
Presented by Jan Owen and Sandy Weisman, members of Mid-coast Maine Book Arts
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 5:00 PM
University Event Room, 7th Floor, Glickman Family Library
Free and Open to the Public
Artist Reception:
Transformation: Inspiration into Object
Members of Mid-coast Maine Book Arts
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 5:00 PM -7:00 PM
Reading Room, 7th floor
Glickman Family Library, Portland
PAST EVENTS, FALL 2023
LECTURE:
Artist Lecture presented by Cynthia Ahlstrin,
one of the Summer Book Arts Workshop Instructors.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 5:00 PM
University Event Room, 7th Floor, Glickman Family Library
Free and Open to the Public
Image Left: The Fortune Catcher by Cynthia Ahlstrin
EXHIBITION:
Summer Book Arts Student Exhibition
September 5 – September 30, 2023
Special Collections, 6th floor, at Glickman Family Library
Opening Reception on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 5:00-7:00 PM, 7th floor, Glickman Library
Summer Book Arts Workshop begins with a series of workshops during a seven-day session. Students study skills and techniques that give them insights into design, history and aesthetics specific to Book Arts. Each student completes one final book art project to be exhibited on the 6th floor of Glickman Library during the months of September and October.
Free and Open to the Public
LECTURE:
Artist Lecture presented by Barbara Sullivan.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Robie-Andrews Burnham Lounge, Gorham Campus
Free and Open to the Public
WORKSHOP:
Fresco Workshop with Barbara Sullivan
Saturday, October 21 & Sunday October 22, 2023.
9:00AM – 4:00PM with a lunch break 12:30PM – 1:30PM (Please bring your own lunch)
Luther Bonney, Room 424, Portland Campus
10 students max
Workshop fee: $260 (Cost for the two-day workshop includes materials and hand tools)
Click Here to see Workshop Details.
Image Left: Reader’s Wingback by Barbara Sullivan
PAST RECORDED EVENTS, FALL 2022 / SPRING 2023:
LECTURE RECORDING: Building Books
CLICK HERE for ZOOM Recording of Online Lecture, Building Books
Presenting artists: Cristina Hajosy, Alice Stanne, Chris Perry, and Gail Smuda
From Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Building Books presented by members of New England Book Artists and co–sponsored by the Baxter Society.
New England Book Artists, NEBA is a professional organization of book artists and bibliophiles. It celebrates, promotes, and supports the book arts and its makers, fosters public education, and nurtures an understanding and enjoyment of the discipline through exhibitions, workshops, lectures, and related activities.
PANEL DISCUSSION RECORDING: What is Book Arts
CLICK HERE for the Video Recording of the Panel Discussion What is Book Arts
From Thursday, September 29, 2022, 5:00 – 6:00PM
Co-sponsored by USM’s Special Collections and Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts
Panelists: Liz Brown, Rachel Church, Anna Low, and Angel Simoneau
The panel discussion will be moderated by Susie R. Bock, Coordinator of Special Collections and Director of the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine.
Liz Brown is a book artist, printmaker, quiltmaker and florist who is obsessed with color. She graduated from USM in 2017 with a degree in Art & Entrepreneurship with a concentration in Printmaking and minors in Book Arts and Accounting. She has participated in trips to France, Italy, and Monson, ME, to study book arts with Rebecca Goodale and Lin Lisberger. She is an active member of the KCCCBA Critique Group and works at her studio at Running with Scissor in Portland.
Rachel Church is an intermedial artist, book artist, and printmaker. She is a USM alumna, earning a BA in Art with a concentration in Printmaking and Entrepreneurial Studies in 2009 and a BFA in Studio Art with a minor in Book Arts in 2017, has participated in many USM book arts focused travel courses, and both taken and taught for the Summer Book Arts Workshop. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Maine, as well as teaching at USM and the University of Maine at Machias.
Anna Low runs Purplebean Bindery, a business focused on creating unique, durable and inspiring blank journals. She has taught workshops at the USM Summer Book Arts program and have been a member of the KCCCBA Critique Group for over 10 years. She currently serves as co-leader of the Critique Group with Angel Simoneau.
Angel Simoneau is an art educator and illustrator, heavily inspired by manga (Japanese comics). She is the current co-leader of the KCCCBA Critique Group. She graduated from University of Southern Maine in 2017 with a major in Art Education and a minor in Book Arts and has been making books ever since.
Pope-Cheney Art Studio Wishcamper Center
2023/2024 Book Arts Exhibition Schedule
Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts
Pope-Cheney Art Studio Exhibitions
1st Floor of the Wishcamper Center
34 Bedford St., USM Portland Campus
Hours: 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday-Thursday, and 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday.)
May – August 2023
Art 341/441 The Visual Book 2, Historical Perspectives: Student Exhibition
Image Left:
Tunnel Book, In the Garden
by student & Book Arts Minor Katharine Rozanski
September – December 2023
PROGRESSIONS:
Artists Books by Cynthia Motian McGuirl, Jan Owen, Richard Reitz Smith, and Sandy Weisman
Image Left:
Artist’s Book, Orek, Orak
by Cynthia Motian McGuirl
January – April 2024
Art 241 The Visual Book: Student Exhibition
Image Left:
Artist’s Book, Ice Fishin’ First,
by student & Book Arts Minor Olivia Dyer
For more information about KCC ’83 Center for Book Arts, please contact:
Annie Lee-Zimerle, Program Coordinator
(207) 228-8014 or aemin.leezimerle@maine.edu
usm.maine.edu/bookarts
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