Hello All,
It was terrific meeting so many of you this past weekend in
Minneapolis. Though I'd come to talk about e-books, I happily fell
into a number of conversations about museum book clubs as well and was
thrilled to hear about so many terrific reading initiatives going on,
or about to start. For those of you not at the conference, or who I
may have missed speaking to, I wanted to share a resource.
I'm the publisher at Hol Art Books and we recently launched a Museum
Book Club feature on our website (www.holartbooks.com/bookclub) to
highlight and support art-related reading groups around the country.
Along with a collection of books that museum clubs have used in the
past, and a listing of museum book clubs themselves, we're also
beginning the process of creating and distributing book discussion
guides. Not just on the books we publish, but on club-worthy books
from anywhere we find them. In fact, we're offering $100 to art
educators and librarians interested in creating a discussion guide to
share with the community (www.holartbooks.com/bookclub-createaguide).
If you have a club, or are thinking about starting one, I hope you'll
find the site of use. And if you missed her presentation in
Minneapolis, don't miss our blog post today
(www.holartbooks.com/notebook) on Susan Augustine's very successful
book club at the Art Institute of Chicago.
My best,
Greg
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Greg Albers
Hol Art Books
www.holartbooks.com
520) 331-2780
twitter: @holartbooks
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