To Have and to Hold 2
We will be showing some of our artists’ books under our Impact Press imprint at To Have and to Hold 2, Chapel Row Gallery, Chapel Row, just off Queen's Square, Bath, England from 13 February to 2 March 2010.
This is an exhibition of books and prints by Fine Press Book Association members at Chapel Row Gallery including, twelve presses, a calligrapher, and an artist. The gallery is open Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm; Saturday 11am - 4pm.
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to our MA student Angie Butler! Angie has been announced as the winner of the Sheffield Artist’s Book Prize in the Student Prize category for her artist’s book Keepsake. The exhibition at Bank Street Arts, Sheffield ran in October 2009 with around 80 entries. To find out more about Angie and her work visit www.petgalerie.co.uk |
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comeback! Regenerator II is now in progress. Our students have asked to have examples of altered/reconfigured books in the library here at Bower Ashton, so we have selected 50 books from the library’s discards, and from our haul from the closure of Book Barn in Bristol last year. We are asking artists in house to choose a book from the list, make a new reconfigured/altered book from it and bring or send it back to the library. The books will go into the Special collection for students to handle, study and be inspired by, where they will remain on permanent display. Guy Begbie will be demonstrating some examples of his reconfigured books in the Special Collections room on Friday 5th February 2010, from 10.30-11.30 and 13.30 -14.30. There will be examples of altered books on show, with handouts for info and the boxes of books to choose from. If you would like to join the project regardless of not getting the book back, please email: Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk for a copy of the booklist, and the info sheet of websites with examples to view. The deadline for receipt of the book works will be Friday 16th July 2010. We will document all of the books for an online gallery and they will be on permanent display in the Special Collections room from September 2010. Any questions just ask Sarah - email as above. |
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Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides Readings and Events 2010-2011 Many thanks to all of the letterpress printers who joined the call for broadsides to complete the total of 130. The Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition has been organising readings and other events since April 2007 as fundraisers for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and your broadsides will help to raise even more funds. There will be a reading for al-Mutanabbi Street, in Washington D.C. March 2010, at the Civilian Art Projects Gallery. This was put together by the al-Mutanabbi Street Poet/Printer, Casey Smith. Selected broadsides will be touring European venues from 2010 -2011, launching with a show here at UWE in November. If you are able to host a show, reading or discussion, please do get in touch with the coordinator of Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project - Beau Beausoleil at: overlandbooks@earthlink.net Tom Trusky Memorial Exhibition Cases We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Tom Trusky late last year, and have named the two large exhibition cases at our School’s library in his memory. The Tom Trusky Memorial Artists’ Books Exhibition Cases will be used for our larger exhibitions in the Special Collections Room. |
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| Follow-ed by Tom Sowden Tom’s article for The Bonefolder was published in the Fall Issue, Volume 6 Number 1. His essay discusses why he makes books influenced by Ed Ruscha and how his plans to co-curate a show of works in this style are developing. He is working towards the launch of the exhibition in collaboration with Linda Newington, to be held Winchester School of Art in January 2011. Tom would also love to hear from you if you also make work, and particularly artists’ books, in the style of Ed Ruscha, please contact him at: Tom.Sowden@uwe.ac.uk You can access the journal online at: /www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/vol6no1contents.htm Tom also has a new website of his own artwork at: www.tomsowden.com |
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| Notes & Letters Received
Yes, e-mail is efficient and quick, but sometimes it just cannot beat the pleasure of letters and notes on paper. These are some of the things that arrive in the post or appear on our desks at work... Follow the permanent link on the top right of this page to visit this section, and check back regularly for updates! |
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The next surgery at UWE Bristol, School of Creative Arts is Wednesday 21st April 2010.
We have 6 half-hour surgery slots available between 11:00 and 16:00.
You can book a free slot to discuss any aspect of your artists’ books, concepts, production or marketing with Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden at UWE Bristol, School of Creative Arts
You can contact us at:
Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk / Tom.Sowden@uwe.ac.uk
Or call us on 0117 3284915 to book your place.
Artist’s Book Yearbook : 2010-2011 The new Artist’s Book Yearbook 2010-2011 is now available. As well as essays and artists’ pages, the Artist’s Book Yearbook 2010-2011 includes information and listings sections of: book artists, organisations, collections, book fairs, centres, bookshops, fairs, events, bookbinders, typeset and design services, print studios, courses and more… The Artist’s Book Yearbook : 2010-2011 is available to order on the bookarts website publications page. The Blue Notebook Volume 4 No 1 is now available and includes: Essays by: Reading in Instalments: Book Art Meets Installation, by Elysa Voshell; PROJECT ‘(IN)VISIBLE’ Investigating forms of presentation of the Artist’ Book, by Frans Baake; Personal Matters: Memories, Photography and the Book, by Kyoko Tachibana; Tongue and Groove - 25 Years of Liver and Lights, by Chloë King; Silent Reading - Typography & Sign language, by Nancy Campbell; Using Heidegger’s ideas on the nature of time and relating them to Keith Smith’s Book 91, investigating the book as a form of living art/live experience, by Sarah Clark; Blurring the Library, by Tate Shaw. Artists’ pages by: Scott McCarney, Lilla Duignan, Giulia Resteghini, Dmitry Sayenko and Alice Potter. Many thanks to Stephen Fowler for the fabulous cover, badge and sticker designs for this volume! For subscription forms, please see our publications pages. |
 
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