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I am sharing the video tour of the exhibition, The Artful Book, held at the Long Beach Museum of Art in 2019-2020.
The Artful Book show featured the wildly diverse book-works of members of the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers.
The video is almost 35 minutes long, and a very thorough exploration of the show!
The Artful Book show at the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA just closed.
What a great experience to be part of it.
It happened October 4, 2019 – January 5, 2020
I was honored to show three pieces, and be in the company of stellar book artists.
“Today, artists who work in the Book Arts create fine and design bindings, fine press and letterpress editions, calligraphy, broadsides, handmade paper, and artist books. Visitors to The Artful Book will see outstanding contemporary examples of the Book Arts created by members of the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers. From finely crafted and superbly designed limited edition books to one-of-a-kind sculptural art objects, these artists let their imaginations soar and put their skills in the service of one of man’s best creations, the book….” —The Artful Book
The Artful Book will be remembered.
The Artful Book Exhibition just opened at The Long Beach Museum of Art.
It is an exciting exhibition that among other things aims also to educate the public about the nature and role and diversity of book arts in the present day.
The video provides a fascinating glimpse into the displayed works. One of the challenges of showing work that is in book form is how to share all its surfaces, spaces, elements and facets. Most of the works in the show are under cases. One is accompanied by a pair of white gloves for viewers to don and turn its pages. One hangs from the ceiling, and others are on the wall.
My beloved Mark Henry Samuel, enjoying a well-deserved moment, after an intense drive through Friday night rush our traffic from Santa Monica to Long Beach. What a gorgeous night!
Wonderful to see mentor, colleague, teach and friend, Sue Ann Robinson, Curator Emerita of the LBMA, and devoted member of the California Chapter of the Guild of BookWorkers
Love this broadside by Jean Gillingwators.
Sue Ann’s great work Chisholm Hours.
Great to see Andres Payan Estrada, Curator of Public Engagement at the LA jewel, Craft Contemporary.
Proud to show and share my work in this beautiful venue alongside wondrous artists and makers and lovers of the Book,
in all its forms.
Gratitudes.
I am excited and honored to be included in a number of current and upcoming shows across the US, and will be sharing about them in blog form, as well as in the EVENTS section of my website, as a way of further describing and chronicling my practice, honoring colleagues, and sharing gratitude for these opportunities and the people, organizations and institutions that make them happen. Shout out to ElonSchoenholz, Photographer extraordinaire who took the photographs below of “Profusion“, which will be shown in:
“The Artful Book”
California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Member Exhibit
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
The Artful Book
October 4, 2019 – January 5, 2020
“Today, artists who work in the Book Arts create fine and design bindings, fine press and letterpress editions, calligraphy, broadsides, handmade paper, and artist books. Visitors to The Artful Book will see outstanding contemporary examples of the Book Arts created by members of the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers. From finely crafted and superbly designed limited edition books to one-of-a-kind sculptural art objects, these artists let their imaginations soar and put their skills in the service of one of man’s best creations, the book. The Artful Book exhibition and related programming are made possible by lead support from The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation with additional generous support from the Bess J. Hodges Foundation.”
I will be showing three pieces:
Profusion
2018
8.75″ x 24.5″ x 7.75″
Bookboard, canvas, hemp cord, mulberry paper
In The Thicket of It
2018
18″ x 30″ x 23″
Book board, canvas, acrylic paint, hemp cord, mulberry paper, wood
Falling
2019
11″ x 23″ x 7.5″
Bookboard, canvas, hemp cord, mulberry paper
The Long Beach Museum of Art is a wondrous place by the sea..with a beautiful garden featuring a water sculpture by Claire Falkenstein Structure and Flow.
See you there!