My work, cuts make you. will be on view in this exhibition.
20192020
“No one went over to Bolus but in hope of getting something there.” A proverb from Iveragh
H ap py Hol id ay s!
Upcoming News for 2020:
More about my recent artist residency at Cill Rialaig in Ireland, now that I am connected to WiFi.
Updates on my collaboration with Catherine Richardson and Materiality Re_mined.
Mark your calendar for the retro/intro(spection) exhibition at the San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB), February 7 - April 19, 2020. Opening reception is slated for February 7, 2020. My work, cuts make you. will be a part of this exhibition.
ath'wart press at Codex 2019
A rhythm of weather effects—light blinding rays offset by gray belting hail and rain. A spectacular and felt side show as my table was located on the aisle closest to the industrial sized windows of the Craneway Center in Richmond at the Codex International Book Fair.
I enjoyed every minute of this event. Where else can one experience a gathering of book artists from all over the world? Over 200 exhibitors from more than twenty-five countries shared their quality books along with engaging conversations on their creative processes.
The international focus this year was Codex Nordica and artists from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland were represented. Special to me as I have been traveling to Iceland for artist residencies since 2012. Last summer I taught Book Iceland at the Gullkistan Center for Creativity and met two of the artists as they presented the work of Airkir (www.aikir.wordpress.com), to the class. Eight from the group came to Codex. I invited them up to the NBLA shop in Sebastopol after Codex. They accepted. So, two days after the closing, we hosted what mushroomed into a delegation of ten artists: six from Iceland, three from Norway and one from Sweden. The whole afternoon was charmed. There was a lunch next door, then a showing of each other’s books, and finally sitting down with coffee and cake to talk about how we might collaborate or at least stay in touch. It was a wonderful ending to a week of non-stop conversation and contemplation on the medium of artist books.
The San Francisco Center for the Book is currently hosting the Nordic letterpress collaboration exhibition, Posted/Unposted. The exhibition opened before Codex and will run to April 29th.
I have been invited to present a talk during this exhibition on Book Iceland, a class I taught last summer at Gullkistan Center For Creativity in Laugarvatn to artists from the United States, England, Germany and Iceland. I will report back on my experiences there in the talk I have titled, Land & Texture: Exploring Iceland For Content in Artist Books. Inspired by the natural energies which shape Iceland’s landscape, the participating artists explored materials, tools, and processes, forming the content for their artist book projects.
The talk is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, 6–8 pm at the San Francisco Center For The Book on 375 Rhode Island Street in
San Francisco, CA sfcb.org
Mark your calendars.
CODEX VII INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
Come visit me: Table 201 under the imprint of ath’wart press
LOCATION: Craneway Pavilion 1414 Harbor Way So Richmond, CA 94804
HOURS: Sunday, Feb 3, 12:30 - 5:30 pm
Monday, Feb 4, 12:30 - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, Feb 5, 12:30 - 6:00 pm
Wed., Feb 6, 10:00 - 3:00 pm
PROGRAM: info at http://www.codexfoundation.org
BIBLIOPHORIA V →
OUTWITH
will be part of Sebastopol Center for the Arts exhibition
BIBLIOPHORIA V
June 22 through July 29, 2018
Opening Reception: June 22, 6 - 7:30pm
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
282 S. High Street, Sebastopol, CA 95472
Gallery Open Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10 - 4 pm Saturday & Sunday 1 - 4 pm
NBLA holiday Open House
The Studio Printers of North Bay Letterpress Arts invite you
to our holiday open house on
Sunday, December 3rd from 1 - 5
925 d Gravenstein Hwy. So. Sebastopol, CA
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This is our 8th annual December Open House at NBLA. New this year: the riff-raffle with great prizes to be won and an exhibit of my letterpress work with the work of Lyn Dillin, Tami Lovett and Tiana Krahn. Come! Join us for the festivities!
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