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Announcing a new journal for artists' books: The Blue Notebook.
We anticipate launching the first issue this October 2006, with subsequent issues published twice a year in March and October from then on. The Blue Notebook will be available via annual subscription, which will include both paper (b&w) and electronic download (colour). Subscription details will be announced in the summer.
We welcome submissions of essays on any aspect of artists' books/artists' publishing, which will be reviewed for the publication by our panel.
There will also be image contributions by invited artists. The book arts newsletter will continue to feature general news and announcements.
Written contributions will be peer-reviewed by a panel which includes: Tom Trusky, Susan Johanknecht, Maria Fusco, Buzz Spector, Ulrike Stoltz and Paulo Silveira. Artist's page contributions will be at the invitation of the art editor, Tom Sowden.
If you would like to submit an essay/article, then please do. The submission deadline for issue 1 will be 31st July 2006.
Please click here for submission guidelines for written contributions.
If you need any info or have any questions, please contact Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk.
Focus on Artists’ Books III,
Artspace Mackay, Queensland, Australia
conference • exhibitions • masterclasses • displays • workshops • residencies
February - March 2006
An Artspace Mackay project celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Print Council of Australia and Imprint magazine.
Sarah attended Focus on Artists’ Books at Artspace Mackay as one of the invited international speakers, alongside international presenters, guest artists and leading speakers from throughout Australia.
As part of the Artist in Residence Project 5, Sarah also travelled to the School of Visual Arts, Southern Cross University, Lismore (NSW) for a residency from 28th Feb - 16th March to meet and work with Australian students and staff working in printmaking and book arts at the SCU Lismore campus.
See Sarah's write-ups under our exhibitions / events pages for a full report and links to Australian organisations
New MA Book Arts option in Multi Disciplinary Print at UWE, Bristol
School of Art, Media and Design
By combining the strengths of the MA in Multi Disciplinary Print and Artists’ Books research projects within the Centre for Fine Print Research; the School is pleased to announce a new option for the study of artists’ books at MA Level.
We envisage a strong cohort of students participating in the introductory activities within the Multi Disciplinary Print MA, before embarking on a 1.5 year, part-time (all day Thursday) route concentrating exclusively on the concept and production of the artist’s book.
This will allow students a strong foundation in all aspects of Multi Disciplinary Print and the benefit of the wide knowledge base and opportunities that the subject of artists’ books within the Centre for Fine Print Research offers.
This new part-time course will commence in September 2006. (Part-time, Thursday, full day)
For further information please contact:
Sarah Bodman, Research Fellow – Artists’ Books
Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, School of Art, Media and Design
Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol, BS3 2JT, UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 32 84747
Fax: +44 (0)117 32 84824
Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk
Bookmarks IV
The Bookmarks project was intended to run over a two-year period of Parts I –III, but we have caved in under pressure to do it again! Bookmarks IV submission deadline for participants is 10th July 2006, for distribution from September 2006. If you would like to participate by making an edition of Bookmarks for free distribution, please email Sarah for submission guidelines
Creating Artists’ Books
Creating Artists' Books, a new printmaking handbook by Sarah Bodman has been published by A&C Black in the UK and Watson-Guptill in the USA. The book is a practical guide for artists who are interested in working with the book format. Various methods and issues involved in the making of an artist’s book are examined with examples of work by a number of contemporary artists. The book discusses both new and traditional processes for artist’s book production, from digital print to limited materials, and looks at a variety of ways in which the book format can be utilised by artists from unique works to zines. There is also a reference section of websites, galleries, archives and organisations.
ISBN 0-8230-1012-0 in the USA, ISBN 0-7136-6509-2 in the UK
Available from bookstores or www.acblack.com , www.watsonguptill.com or www.amazon.com
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