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Remembering Jody Williams, 1956-2023
In August, I met with Minneapolis book artist Jody Williams. We gossiped about other artists, talked about tiny things, and she shared stories about her life-long love of books and her chaotic 1960s childhood, growing up near Chicago with five siblings. But the real reason she was visiting was to sell old work from her archive. I've been buying Jody's work for the Hennepin County Library's Book Arts and Fine Press Collection for over a decade, but didn't have any of her early work and wanted to better document her legacy as a book artist. She brought with her nearly all of her books--work spanning over thirty years as a book artist--and it all fit in just one box. Jody's work is tiny.
She had the first editioned artists' book she ever made, her first book housed in a box, her first book under the name Flying Paper Press, her first book printed in her own studio, a book about phobias, an alphabet bestiary jack-in-the-box, books which melded her training in printmaking and metalworking, and her semi-annual periodical devoted to tiny things, among others. What they all had in common was their diminutive size, Jody-designed font, and impeccable precision. We now have 20 of Jody Williams' books in our collection.
Jody died on October 17, 2023, after a long battle with cancer. She will be missed and will be remembered fondly for her contributions to book and printing arts in the Twin Cities.
Jody's books will be on display at Minneapolis Central Library starting in mid-December 2023 through February 2024.
#Jody Williams#Book Arts and Fine Press Collection#artists' books#book arts#book artists#printmaking
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While our cuneiform tablet's status as our smallest item remains secure, serious questions have been raised about whether or not it is the oldest.
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ARTIST BOOK SHOWCASE DECEMBER 2023.
Seasons greetings. Benito Huerta. Houston : Contemporary Arts Museum. 1991.
Some recent snowflakes (and other things). Dick Higgins. New York : Printed Editions. 1979.
Dead fuel Fuel 6 Autumn-Winter 1993. Peter Miles, Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. England : Fuel. 1993.
Ways to commune with nature: When city burdens triumph over the cold shoulder of a waterfall, smog begot and efforts of peace within chaos seems futile. Rashanna Rashied-Walker. Brooklyn, NY: Self-published. 2014.
Christmas Carols. Womens Action Coalition. New York, N.Y. : WAC Inc. 1992.
The Crystal Ship. George Bowering. Toronto, ON: Bywater Bros. Editions. 2008.
Snow Cookie. James Whitman, Courtney Burke. Mayne Island, BC: Perro Verlag / Institue for the Science of Identity. 2015.
Emperors of Ice Cream. Arvo Leo, Jacquelyn Ross, Wallace Stevens. Canada : Blank Cheque Press. 2017.
Short story Advent calendar, 2017. Michael Hingston, Natalie Olsen. Edmonton, Alberta : Hingston & Olsen Publishing. 2017.
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Susan Goethel Campbell's Artists' Books
Join us on the 6th floor of Hatcher next Thursday, 21 March between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event!
Drop in during this open house to view books in our collection by artist Susan Goethel Campbell. Campbell is currently featured in the Institute for the Humanities exhibition, Garden Repairs, an installation of paper textiles that loosely narrate the life cycle of plants. Campbell creates multi-disciplinary work that considers the contemporary landscape to be an emergent system where nature, culture, and the engineered environment are indistinguishable from one another. Light refreshments will be served.
And be sure to check out the other Third Thursdays at the Library events, with selections from International Studies and the Clark Library!
#events#exhibits#libraries#archives#special collections#special collections libraries#libraries and archives#special collections and archives#artists books#artists' books#artists
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Sasha Kurmaz
наша костер в тумане светит
In collaboration with Alexander Brener
Book, softcover, 188 p., 16 × 22,5 cm
First edition
Laserjet print
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Self-published in December 2021
Edition of 80 copies
Warsaw, Poland
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🏚️ Sex Can Reform🏚️
Eimear Walshe, The Land For The People, 3rd Edition, A5 print book. nationalsculpturefactory.com/programme/the-land-for-the-people-3rd-edition/
° Making the connection visible between 19th century land conflict and the current housing crisis visible, humorous and depressingly absurd.
° Design formatted around a work book or log book aesthetic, drawing a visual link to schools and education.
° Archive imagery of men or women within landscapes, houses and town environments. The gaze of the people is important, are they looking at you? What are they looking at?
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#art#draw#drawing#words#quotes#books#book quotes#flowers#flowercore#naturecore#cottagecore#aesthetic#artists on tumblr
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What books have you done this to?
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Dorothea Tanning's years without Max Ernst, beyond surrealism to fearless woman's experience
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PROGRAM
Book Artist Talk with Todd Thyberg
Thursday, October 13, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Northeast Library
Northeast Minneapolis artist Todd Thyberg, working under the moniker of Angel Bomb, will discuss his artistic and research process for developing his latest artist’s books, “Who Goes There?” and “The Miskatonic Papers.” Todd’s work centers around themes of exploration and discovery in the science fiction and horror genres. His complex limited editions play with book structure, materials, and design choices to extend the experience of reading a book to more of the senses through touch, sound, and smell. Todd has been a recipient of a Jerome Book Arts Grant from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Hosted by Hennepin County Library Special Collections, featuring an overview and highlights from the Book Arts and Fine Press Collection at Minneapolis Central Library.
#book artists#artists' books#artist talks#Minneapolis#Minnesota#the thing#sci fi#horror#hp lovecraft#Northeast Minneapolis
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odysseus and athena
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#highkey my favourite book#partially inspired by wolfythewitch doing the lord's work#illustration#my art#bump#artists on tumblr#digital art#art#digital illustration#radarplz#sketch#bethfuller#the odyssey#odysseus#odyssey#homers odyssey#athena
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Artist Book Display for November 2023.
Toiletpaper Volume II: Platinum Collection. Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari. Bologna, ITA: Damiani Editore. 2015.
Sculls' Angles : A Novel. Michael Miranda. Toronto, ON: Parasitic Ventures Press. 2015.
WYSIWYG: 2004 fall Poetry Colloquium. Regina, SK: Sage Hill Chapbooks. 2004.
Survival: A Strobic Guide. Michael Turner. Vancouver, BC: Canlit Classics in Transition. 1997.
Safety Gear for Small Animals. Bill Burns. New York, NY: 303 Gallery. 1994.
Qaani Lore. J.W. Curry. Toronto, ON: Unfinished Monument Press. 1985.
The Page-Turner's Sister. Jean McKay. Stratford, ON: Trout Lily Press. 1999.
White Shadows. Christian Boltanski. Houston, TX: Bayou Books. 1992.
Pornography in the Urban World. Jean Gagnon; translated by James Boake & Jeanluc Svoboda. Toronto, ON: Art Metropole. 1986.
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Special Collections After Hours | Books in Motion
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (11 April) at 4 pm for our final After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring a selection of moveable books! Read more
#after hours#events#open houses#open house#artists books#artists' books#Pop up books#pop ups#moveable books#libraries#archives#libraries and archives#special collections#special collections libraries#special collections and archives
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Janet Cardiff, Janet Cardiff: The Walk Book, New York, N.Y.: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2005
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#artists on tumblr#my art#illustration#children’s books illustrators#illustrators on tumblr#nature illustration#birds#birbfest2024#digital painting
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