Course Information:
Title: Book Arts Summer Workshop, ART 342 1323 / EPC 582 1415
Credits: 3.00
Dates: Summer 2023: Monday, July 31 – Sunday, August 6
Meeting Times: Every day from 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Portland Campus – Wishcamper Center (Campus Map)
Instructor: Annie Lee-Zimerle
Prerequisite(s): ART 241 and successful completion of the Foundation Portfolio review, or permission of instructor. Email Annie Lee-Zimerle at aemin.leezimerle@maine.edu to request permission.
This course begins with a series of workshops during a seven-day session. Students will study skills and techniques that give them insights into design, history and aesthetics specific to Book Arts. Each student creates an artist’s book for a September-October exhibition at the USM Glickman Library.
This course may be taken multiple times as the workshop changes each summer.
Additional Course fee: $300
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
- Completed prerequisite ART 241 OR received instructor permission to add the course.
- Students attend all 8 workshops at the Wishcamper Center on the Portland Campus.
- Students will be expected to devote at least 10 hours per week to class projects.
- Students Complete One Book after the Workshop as a Final Project to be exhibited on the 6th floor of Glickman Library during the months of September and October.
- Attendance to the opening reception/lecture of the exhibition early September.
- Failure to complete projects by the end of the semester will result in a failing grade.
REQUIRED ESSENTIAL TOOLS: (For every class, and every day have this kit with you)
- X-acto knife and blades or a knife with break away blades or Olfa knife (small, with snap-off blades), and supply of replacement blades
- 12”-18” Metal Ruler-preferably stainless steel / non skid
- Self-Healing Cutting Mat about 12” x 18”
- Pencil
- Notebook
- Scissors
- Bone Folder
DAILY WORKSHOP SCHEDULES:
Monday 7/31 (Two half-day workshops: you will attend both, one in the morning, one in the afternoon)
- Wandering Mazes and a Toy with Cynthia Ahlstrin
- Essentials of Book and Paper Sculpting with Joelle Webber
Tuesday 8/1 & Wednesday 8/2 (Two all-day workshops: you will take one on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday)
- The Elegant Slim Volume with Stephanie Wolff
- Playful Books: A Short Introduction to Independent Publishing and Risograph Printing with Hanson Coleman
Thursday 8/3 & Friday 8/4 (Two all-day workshops: you will take one on Thursday and the other on Friday)
- Fibonacci, Fractals, and Folding: the Intersection of Nature and Art with Jessyca Broekman and Melissa Sweet
- Hardcover Binding, an Exploration of Technique and Process with Dave DiMarchi
Saturday 8/5 & Sunday 8/6
- Creating and Presenting with Annie Lee-Zimerle
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS, ARTISTS BIOS, & ADDITIONAL SUPPLY LISTS:
Monday 7/31 (Two half-day workshops: you will attend both, one in the morning, one in the afternoon)
Tuesday 8/1 & Wednesday 8/2
(Two all-day workshops: you will take one on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday)
Thursday 8/3 & Friday 8/4
(Two all-day workshops: you will take one on Thursday and the other on Friday)
Saturday 8/5 & Sunday 8/6
Questions about the workshop?
Please email Annie Lee-Zimerle, the faculty director of the Summer Book Arts and the Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts, at aemin.leezimerle@maine.edu.