2021-2022 Event Calendar
Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts
University of Southern Maine
Upcoming Events, Spring 2022:
Exhibition:
Turning Pages, new works by KCC'83 Center for Book Arts Crit Group
January 31 – April 30, 2022
at UNUM Great Reading Room, 7th floor, Glickman Family Library
Free and Open to the Public
Image Above: Exquisite Corpse Book, KCC’83 CBA Crit group collaborative book
Exhibition:
The KCC’83 Center for Book Arts Collection of Artist’s Books
February 5 – April 20, 2022
at Special Collections, 6th floor, Glickman Family Library
Free and Open to the Public
Image Above: Artist's Book from the Collection, wit(h)ness, by Karen-Baldner and Bjorn Krondorfer
2-Day Workshop:
Image Transfer with Jari Poulin
Saturday, March 26 & Sunday, March 27, 2022
9:30AM – 12:30PM
424 Luther Bonney Hall
$190 - Most Materials Provided
12 Students Max
Image Left: by Jari Poulin
Book Arts Bazaar is Back Spring 2022!
After two years of being canceled due to the Pandemic, the Book Arts Bazaar will again be hosted in Wishcamper Center on the Portland Campus. The beloved annual Book Arts Bazaar is a festival with Book Artists, papermakers, bookbinders, printmakers, educators, writers, and all things related to the book.
Sunday, April 3, 2022
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Wishcamper Center, Portland, ME
Face coverings are required at all times on USM campus, property and facilities.
Click Here for a Table Application. Applications must be returned to Annie Lee-Zimerle by March 15th.
Image Right: Paper Boxes from North Bennett School in Boston at Book Arts Bazaar
Past Events, Fall 2021:
Workshop:
Artist Books: Starburst Book and Buttonhole Stitch with Victoria Engling
Saturday, October 09, 2021
9:30AM – 12:30PM
424 Luther Bonney Hall
$80 (Materials would be provided), register online at usm.maine.edu/bookarts
Image Right: Starburst Book by Victoria Engling
Online Lecture (co-sponsored by Baxter Society):
Photos/Pixels/Books, Presented by John Eide
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
7PM – 8PM (Online Synchronous)
View the Recorded Lecture Here.
Free and open to public
Lecture Description:
How a modernist photographer went from making exhibition prints to creating one-of-a-kind digitally printed books joining text and image where the text may or may not have any relationship to the accompanying photographs.
Artist Bio:
In 1970, John Eide created the first photography program leading to a BFA degree in the state at the now Maine College of Art, retiring in 2008, 38 years later.
His work is in a number of public and private collections, he's exhibited his photos from Portland (Ore.) to Portland (Me.), and has talked about his work from Prague to Phoenix.
Image Above: Photos, Pixels, Books, by John Eide
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Spring 2021 Speed Reading:
5 minute videos on our website by each of the following artists:
Sissy Buck
Kate Cheney Chappell ‘83
Solange Kellerman, 1996 MA(Muskie) and 2016 BA (Art)
Cole Leighton ’11 and ‘20
Anna Low
Cynthia McGuirl
Abbie Read
Richard Reitz Smith
Sue Rogers
Walter Tisdale
Scott Vile
Bernie Vinzani
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Fall 2020 Speed Reading:
5 minute videos on our website by each of the following artists.
Click on the names below to view Artist Bios and navigate to their videos.
Sandra Barry ‘15
Liz Brown ‘17
Rachel E. Church ’09 and ‘17
Bonnie Faulkner ‘91
Sarah S. Harvey ‘01
Arlene Morris '87
Jill Osgood ‘17
Emily Ross ‘16
Angel Simoneau ‘17
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Pope-Cheney Art Studio Wishcamper Center
2021/2020 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.)
August-December 2021
On Inspiration: Solo Exhibition by Angel Simoneau '17
Image Above: Artist's Books by Angel Simoneau
January 2020-March 2022
Art 241 The Visual Book: Student Exhibition
Image Above: Artist's Book Journey, by student Dana Casey, created in ART 241 Fall 2020
April-June 2022
Work of USM Book Arts Minors, Student Exhibition
Image Above: Pop-up Book Lady Jungle, by Book Arts Minor Olivia Dyer, created in ART 341 spring 2021
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
find us on facebook @KCCBookArts
Above: Bodley's Librarian at Oxford University, Richard Ovenden with Rebecca Goodale & Kate Cheney Chappell, April 5th, 2016 KCC'83 Lecture