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PRESENTATIONS: Developing Exhibits, Nurturing Artists, and Engaging Students

Richard Minsky < [log in to unmask]>

Demonstration of my new invention, Pop-Up Display Apparatus. Solves the constant problem of preserving and displaying book art. This container becomes part of the exhibit so it doesn't have to be stored elsewhere. It minimizes the handling of the book. It helps with exhibiting the book in a home. It makes opening the box fun. Makes it easier to sell the work. Engages students and pros with a "wow" factor. In November I was awarded US Patent No. 11,166,552. Here's a video of the maquette for the walnut wood version I'm working on now. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXHL2igp6PE/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/CXHI6TwJoqT/ It can be part of the bookwork, as in https://www.instagram.com/p/CFxOnvDppsv/ (last frame is the video). Or integrated with another bookwork as in https://www.instagram.com/p/CBG5Jh1pbX7/ (2nd frame video).

 

Courtenay McLeland <[log in to unmask]> and

Amy Beecham <[log in to unmask]>

 

The Thomas G. Carpenter Library at the University of North Florida implemented a dedicated space for the exhibition of student artwork in the Summer of 2017. The space is collaboratively managed by the Department of Art, Art History, and Design and the Library with the intent of providing students with valuable experience in curating and mounting exhibitions. Courtenay McLeland, librarian and co-liaison to the Department of Art, Art History, and Design and art professor Amy Beecham will discuss an upcoming installation of student bound books. Students in Professor Beecham’s advanced drawing class are completing accordion bound sketchbooks with a focus on continuous image-making and sequential drawing. Curricular elements of preparation for the exhibit will be discussed.

Jane Carlin <[log in to unmask]>

 

Science Stories:  A Case Study for Collaboration

 

What happens when you get a book arts librarian, an artist whose passion is the environment and biologist and natural history museum director together?  

The answer is a lot!  Science Stories is a unique project supported by the University of Puget Sound that brings together Pacific Northwest scientists and book artists with the end result being the creation of engaging and unique artists’ books that offer new ways to interpret science and to tell a story.  

The project is the brainchild of Evergreen’s Emeritus faculty member Lucia Harrison, Puget Sound Library Director Jane Carlin, and Professor of Biology at Puget Sound Peter Wimberger. Over 18 months ago they started talking about the many connections between art and science.  The University of Puget Sound created the Art & Sci Initiative to bring together ideas and concepts to promote greater understanding of science.  Wimberger, a founding member of this initiative, was eager to find opportunities to engage scientists in new ways of thinking.  Harrison, an educator with a rich history of teaching art using science as a platform has seen the impact that combining art and science in educational settings  has had on her students at The Evergreen College as well as work she has done with the community.  And Library Director, Jane Carlin has been an advocate for local books artists as well as for integrating artists’ books into the curriculum.  As Carlin states, “These artists’ books promote unique opportunities to share ideas and to enhance understanding of science.  Combining art, text and formats in innovative ways engages the reader/viewer in ways that a traditional book can’t.”  Lucia Harrison agrees: “So often, we as the public, are removed from the important work scientists are doing.  This project offers the opportunity to showcase the important scientific work being done in our community and make it more accessible to the public.

 

In this presentation, Jane Carlin will share the process of connecting artists and scientists through a "speed dating" event, creating the web site with videos as a result of the pandemic, and how the exhibit has reached an entirely new audience and increased awareness of both local scientific research and an interest in artists' books.   The show is slated to travel to 3 other institutions and all the books have been sold so it has been a win win for all.

 

The Science Stories website is a wealth of information.  Artists and scientists have created videos that provide insight into their work and process, in addition to resources and reference information.

 

https://blogs.pugetsound.edu/sciencestories/

 

 

Allison McCormack <[log in to unmask]> and

Marnie Powers-Torrey <[log in to unmask]>

 

As scholarship and makership in the field of book arts increases, so does the need for detailed metadata describing artists’ books in online library catalogs and other databases. Far too often, these interdisciplinary resources are described too generally to provide meaningful access through library catalogs, causing fundamental components like illustration techniques, bookbinding structures, and other physical characteristics to be obscured in the records. Strong, accurate, and consistent metadata combined with education related to vocabulary and research strategies are critical means of outreach to students, artists, and a variety of other potential users of the material. Indeed, library reference and instruction is dependent upon the existence of quality metadata, and metadata without an audience is directionless. In this presentation, two library faculty discuss how their metadata remediation and creation project supports artistic endeavors and student research both on their campus and across the world. As the Original Cataloger for Special Collections, Allie McCormack has improved the cataloging practices for newly acquired artists’ books. Assisted by a graduate fellow, Book Arts Program Director Marnie Powers-Torrey is enhancing the metadata for existing records as well as developing a publicly accessible website that continues the work of the ARLIS/NA Artists' Book Thesaurus, but with a wider audience. While the project is still in its infancy, this two-pronged approach promises greater access to artists’ books in library collections as well as provide more organic opportunities for book arts students to gain inspiration and insight from the existing materials.

 

We’re looking for to see you!

Shira Eller and Sha Towers
ARLIS/NA Book Art SIG coordinators

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