All Blog Posts Tagged 'arts' (29)

Dear Friends and Colleagues of Red Trillium Press,

I’m returning to…

Issue 7, Black, White and Red (Read) all over  is the last journal to be published.  UPdates will appear on the website from time to time. 

For the past few years I have been involved with a wonderful place - Hypatia-in-the-Woods - - located on Hammersley Inlet, in the lower Puget Sound, near Shelton, WA. This place has been built with love and devotion by Elspeth Pope and a cadre of dedicated friends and members. Holly House - a retreat for women artists, craftswomen, poets, writers, musicians, dancers - is nestled among soaring cedars, douglas firs, and native shrubs. It shelters women seeking a quiet refuge for themselves and…

The 2011 Agassi Book Arts Prize has been awarded by The Centre for Fine Print Research to the MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking student Angie Butler for all her wonderful book works, especially as artist-in-residence at Miss Carol a small traditional hair stylists in Bristol.

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It's ironic that as the world becomes increasingly digital, as books move toward the e-publishing sphere, the art of handmade books has made a resurgence. I think people today are longing for craft and beauty, for something they can touch and hold, that comes from the hands and heart of another person; something that seems a good distance away from a machine.…

Another book related post on my ArtSmartTalk blog - this time about the Shahnama, the ancient Persian epic bristling with brave Kings, heroic deeds, fierce demons, and mythic battles. The focus is on a show in New York at the Asia Society, where an edition from the 14th century is on display - recently unbound, conserved, and shown as a whole in the U.S. for the first time. The marvels of Persian illustration are on full display - magnificent craftsmanship, tiny delicate renderings of…

Volume 7, 2011 is now available at this website.

Publisher/Editor Peter Verheyen says: "In the 7 years of this publication since fall of 2004, readership as measured by downloads has grown exponentially so that we can easily (and…

Received from the team at the Centre for Fine Prinet Research in Bristol:

Dear Readers

The December 2010 -…

Recently with a group of students I discussed; what is it that makes the book so enduring and enticing as a medium of expression? It took a while for them to understand the question. For the college age student is more involved with their computer than probably any other medium, even art students. I kept at it though... what is this thing, this object that has so changed the entire direction of humanity?

Finally it started to come. The book as an object, a technology, a work…

It's with great pleasure that I announce we launched the new quarterly publication, the Australian Book Arts Journal, at the Mackay conference, Focus on Artists Books V, and that the support at having an all Australian journal for showcasing the work of many talented artists is here! There's been great interest in the current selection of articles and the comments have been more than favourable!

ABAJ is about you so take…

Book Arts Newsletter No.56 March - April 2010 is available now from the website of the Centre for Fine Print Research http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/banlists.htm - this issue includes articles, news items, exhibition reviews, calls for papers, conferences, workshops about artists' books around the world.

In particular they are publishing a fantastic bibliography of artists' books, fine printing and…