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, 7^th floor, Glickman Family Library

Free and Open to the Public

collaborative Exquisite Corpse book by the Crit Group

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, 6^th floor, Glickman Family Library

Free and Open to the Public

wit(h)ness, by Karen-Baldner and Bjorn Krondorfer

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

Click Here to Enroll Online

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:

Starburst Book by Victoria Engling

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

Click Here to Enroll Online.

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