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Typography and Book Summer School
ANU School of Art Book Studio, Canberra, Australia
February 8-12, 2010
This will be a loosely-structured course covering the basics of letterpress and bookbinding that will primarily cater at the time to the skil...
There was a fabulous book about Baldessin which was launched at the same time at Tarrawarra and published by Australian Galleries - but I can't find any info on their website. It is on sale at Tarrawarra so you may be able to order it from them? W...
Good luck with the Libris Awards - who will be the judge this time around?
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- Robert Heather is the Manager of Events and Exhibitions at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.
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George Baldessin exhibition
I went to the opening of this exhibition on the weekend - well worth the trip to Tarrawarra Art Museum in the beautiful Yarra Valley wine region. I didn't know much about George Baldessin but he was very well regarded by the artist… Continue
Posted on November 23, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
Catalogue essay for new Glen Skien show
Posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:30am —
New exhibition at Craft Victoria
If you are around Melbourne in the near future try and drop in to see Gracia and Louise's new exhibition at Craft Victoria.
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 10:38am — 2 Comments
The Future of the Book - on podcast (of course!)
Appparently this is a great discussion which Bob Stein from the Institute for the Future of the Book had at the Queensland Writers Centre's Wordpool series of events.
What do you think?
What do you think?
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 1:06pm —
New issue of Book Arts Newsletter out now
Book Arts Newsletter is an international newsletter from the Centre for Fine Print Research at the School of Creative Arts, Department of Art and Design at the University of the West of England and is a must read for anyone who wants to know abouit exhibitions, publications, workshops, courses, opportunities and general news about artists' books.
The current issue is No.52 October 2009
You can download your copy here!
Su… Continue
The current issue is No.52 October 2009
You can download your copy here!
Su… Continue
Posted on October 13, 2009 at 12:00pm —
Comment Wall (78 comments)
- At 11:36pm on November 22, 2009,
Abigail Thomas said… - thanks for putting a link up to Micro-Pages Robert.
- At 4:08pm on November 6, 2009,
Peter Anderson said… - Robert
I expect to post images of the Robert Jacks exhibition when I get the show professionally documented. But when I'm next in Bendigo I'll have a go at taking some dodgy snaps with my own camera. Do you expect to get up and see it? If on a weekend, let us know, as we may well be at Sutton Grange. Apparently it is getting a good response ...
I'm doing a floor talk on the 18th of November as part of the Gallery's regular program ... 10 for tea and 10:30 for talk ... Peter
- At 11:15am on November 5, 2009,
Erin K. Milne said… - The funny thing is that the more idiotic & eye-rollie & generally embarrassing you are the better the photography works out to be.
My boyfriend & I were mortified hearing people groaning & yelling out the "What do we want? BRAINS! When do we want them? BRAINS!" catch cry as well as dragging themselves along the pavement but by GOD they turned out to have amazing photos.
So, my advice: Do it. Make an idiot out of yourself for a day & have the photos to prove it.
If you are based in Melbourne, I'll see you at the next one!
Somebody tried to befriend me but I can't find out how to respond to their request (I can't find the request. I was sent an email telling me that someone wanted to be my friend & now I am lost because I deleted the email.)
What do I do? Any advice?
- At 11:26am on November 2, 2009,
Peter Anderson said…
- Robert. The tour dates will be posted on AB3 'events' closer to their openings. It's on in Bendigo until 29 November. Then in Warrnambool 26 Feb to 10 April 2010, Gippsland Gallery, Sale 15 May to 20 June 2010, then Mackay 16 July to 12 Sep. I'm still investigating other venues to follow Mackay ... and hopefully will also bring a version of the exhibition to Melbourne in either late 2010 or early 2011. In Bendigo the exhibition includes supporting works (paintings from 1970s) that will not tour ... so try to catch it there if you can. I'm looking to encourage a couple of reviews of the Bendigo showing if I can ... any likely reviewers you can suggest would be most welcome. I'm really keen to get a public response to both the content of the exhibition & the presentation. While relatively low tech, I think that the digital picture frames do give the viewer a better overall feel for the books than a single page opening. Catalogue? Peter
- At 10:05am on October 27, 2009,
Erin K. Milne said…
- Thank you Peter! I couldn't find any suitably 'artistic' photos to put up so I just used my Melbourne Zombie Shuffle one.
It may look pretty special but on the day all I wanted to do was have a warm shower - that blood stays wet & adhesive ALL day long!
- At 12:18pm on October 26, 2009,
Peter Anderson said…
- Robert
The Artist's Books of Robert Jacks is up and looking good. A good turn out to the opening, and it all went well on the night (no technical hitches). Do let me know when you might go up to see the show - perhaps we'll be in the neighbourhood. The catalogue is also out ... Peter
- At 4:32pm on October 3, 2009,
Megan Herring said… - Hi Robert, Thanks for coming along to the opening of 'Keepsakes' on Thursday eve. It was a really successful opening. When you mentioned posters for your office I realised that I had not posted a call for entries for our 'Bill Posters Poster and Postcard exhibition' on Artist Book which I have just done. I'm trying to get people to respond with less conventional poster forms and formats including folding, binding and different presentations which will hopefully interest book makers as well as printer makers, photographers, illustrators - we'll see what we get. Just thought your office wall might be interested too!
- At 1:29pm on October 1, 2009,
Des Cowley said… - Will do, I'll try to contact before I go and maybe set up a visit for Nov. Anxiety can be good...
- At 8:43pm on September 30, 2009,
Des Cowley said…
- haven't managed, though Christine agreed to come along. Have been so absurdly busy, and heading off on leave at end of next week. But I'd like to touch base with her, at least, and possibly line up a time for November when I'm back, and when things have mildly calmed down. Hey, heard about your recent purchase, congratulations. Des
- At 7:28pm on September 30, 2009,
Rambunctious Press said… - Hi Robert, Thankyou so much. I am thrilled Assimilated Symphony won the prize.
I should be thanking you for all your support towards artist books. This is a fabulous forum to be part of. Look forward to being part of this diverse artist book community. Thanks again.
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