European artists' books, more on shelves beneath.
Another Room selected numerous European artists' books at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair this past November. These books (Boekie Woekie, Coracle, Lubok Verlag, and more) are currently on sale. More books have been ordered and are on the way.
Mrs. Dalloway's Books, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, California. M-W 10-7, Th-Sa 10-9, Sun 12-6. (510) 704-8222.
October 3rd, Sunday, 4 pm, Mrs. Dalloway's Books (2904 College Ave., Berkeley, CA).
Marie C. Dern presents and discusses a selection of her handmade books from Jungle Garden Press, founded in 1974, and a selection of books from Red Berry Editions, which she founded in 2008 with Jane Downs. Both presses publish collaborations with writers and visual artists, and Jungle Garden Press includes books written by Dern. Dern will also talk about her newest book from Jungle Garden Press, Not an Exit, with poems by Bill Berkson and drawings by Leonie Guyer, which will be published later this fall.
Jungle Garden Press books are letterpress printed and hand bound. Dern says her intention is "to make the experience of reading beautiful to the touch and the eyes as well as the mind, and to make the text understandable to the reader in the way I interpret it." Red Berry Editions books include commercially printed and letterpress printed.
Authors published by Jungle Garden Press and Red Berry Editions include Kay Ryan, Betty Allen Smith, Jane Downs, and David Scounce, and artists include Inez Storer and Carl Dern.
Books from both presses will be available for sale after the presentation.
Kathleen Walkup's presentation on European artists' books will be at Mrs. Dalloway's Books (www.mrsdalloways.com) in Berkeley, California, on September 12, 4 pm.
Kathleen Walkup, Professor and Book Art Program Head at Mills College, will present and discuss the European artists' books she purchased during her recent trip to London. The books will be for sale after the presentation, as well as other European artists' books from Another Room Book Arts. Mrs. Dalloway's Books also sells "book art object," a survey of book arts books throughout the world, published by the CODEX Foundation. Mrs. Dalloway's Books is located at 2904 College Ave, one block north of Ashby Ave., in Berkeley, California. Please either email lucy@anotherroombooks.com or contact Mrs. Dalloway's for more information.
Ever wonder where to see book arts books?
This past July, 2009, in the BOOK ARTS listserv, Cathy DeForest, a book artist and owner of DeForest Gallery (www.gallerydeforest.com), started the question of where to see book arts books, and the answer includes locations all over the world.
*Page(S). It is an association which is organizing every year a "salon" in Paris, generally last weekend of November.
*Bibliotheque Municipale de Lyon has a full department of artists' books.
The University of Iowa Libraries has a large collection of artists' books housed in our Special Collections department. Individual items are available to the public on request for perusal in our reading room during regular service hours (generally 8-5 M-F).
Since we have some 4,000 titles in the Charlotte Smith Collection of Miniature Books, we may have a somewhat larger number of artists' books in miniature formats than most collections.
The University of Vermont has an amazing collection of artist books. You don't need an appointment to see them either – just show up at Special Collections during their regular hours and they'll take care of you.
This is a free resource from the Print Alliance.
& Printed Matter – all in NYC.
The Metropolitan Museum & the Cloisters always have illuminated manuscripts on display. And, the NY Public Library exhibitions change often.
NJ, the Newark Public Library.
Visual Studies Workshop has a gallery that exhibits artist books; a resource library with around 4,000 artist books; classes in artist books; an MFA Program in Visual Studies; and publishes Afterimage.
Museums Collections of artists' books are a plethora of inspiration. Here are favorites to fill you with awe and wonder.
In Chicago, there is the Joan Flasch Artists' Books Collection at the School of the Art Institute, 37 S. Wabash. Thousands of books and multiples that can be handled.
Also, Vespine Gallery, an artist-run space at 1907 S. Halsted, regularly (though not exclusively) features artists' books, prints and broadsides.
Maurizio Nannucci in Firenze has an artist book archive that may be open to the public.
There are 2 Karpeles Museums in Buffalo. If anyone gets by this way to visit us at the WNY Book Arts Center, be sure to try and fit in a visit to one of the Karpeles Museums. I think someone had asked a little while back what was book-related to be found in Buffalo. I had posted something in a travel brochure mode for last year's TypeCon conference, aimed at typophiles and bibliophiles.
at the old photos of presidents, famous people, houses, etc.
Go visit one! It is hard to find a better free resource!