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KAREN
WIRTH EVENING PRESENTATION
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This season's Book FOR[u]Ms series focuses on the book as structure. Karen Wirth, who is a 1975 BFA graduate of UWM and is currently Chair of the Fine Arts Department, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, is an artist and educator whose work encompasses a range of subjects including architecture, sculpture and books. Her work has been exhibited extensively, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Walker Art Center. Her book works include offset editions (Visual Studies Workshop Press), one of a kind sculptural pieces, and rooms sized installations (Walker Art Center). In the past few years, Wirth's work has expanded into the public sphere. She designed the grand staircase at the Open Book Center with MSR Architects, and has worked with architect teams designing light rail stations for the Minneapolis Hiawatha Project Light Rail Transit system. She received an MFA in sculpture at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a BFA in Art Education at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. She is a professor and Chair of Fine Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She has received numerous grants, including the Bush and McKnight Artist Fellowships, NEA Fellowship, Minnesota State Arts Board, and Jerome Book Arts Fellowships. Published writing includes essays for JAB (Journal for Artists Books), catalog essays for Minnesota Center for Book Arts and College of Visual Arts, and book reviews for Women's' Studio Workshop. Wirth has lectured internationally including the Cornell Program in Rome and Camberwell College in London.
In addition to the free public lecture in Special Collections, Professor Wirth will also offer a free morning workshop on photo-based artists books. Both events are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Co-sponsored by the UWM Libraries, the Friends of the Golda Meir Library, the UWM Department of Visual Art, and the Photography Area of the UWM Department of Visual Art.
For more information, please contact Max Yela, Special Collections, Golda Meir Library at (414) 229-4345.
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EVENING PRESENTATION EXHIBITION AFTERNOON WORKSHOP
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Price $40; Preregistration required/Call 263-5001
This season's Book FOR[u]Ms series focuses on the book as structure. Katherine Ng, a native of Los Angeles, is a book artist, origamist, and printer. Her artist books are sculptural in structure and document various cultures within society: Asian American, lesbian, mental health and cross-cultural similarities. Her books are collected internationally and exhibited throughout the United States. She is the director of the letterpress studio at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena were she teaches letterpress printing and book arts to children, teens and adults. Her most recent works are accordion books created from Lego building blocks, a favorite toy from her childhood. Katherine observes that "the majority of my work reflects my bi-cultural upbringing in a Chinese American family," where "my anecdotal text becomes incorporated into structures that emphasize a stereotype of my ethnicity - Chinese take-out boxes and fortune cookies."
Co-sponsored by the UWM Libraries, the Friends of the Golda Meir Library, the UWM Department of Visual Art, and Woodland Pattern Book Center
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MORNING WORKSHOP EVENING PRESENTATION EXHIBITION FOLDED PAGE BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP |
This season's Book FOR[u]Ms series focuses on the book as structure. Pati Scobey is a visual artist who has been pushing the print beyond two dimensions into the interactive structure of the book for the past twenty years. An MFA graduate of UW-Madison and a student of Walter Hamady, Pati Scobey is recognized for her inventive approach to technique and imagery and her in-depth experience in the book arts. She approaches her work with an attitude of exploration and experimentation, balancing discovery and planning. When creating books, she begins with structural components that reflect the concept and imagery she intends to address. Scobey's body of work evokes a sense of animated space, strong color and forms distilled to reflect the essence of their origins. Her book production encompasses one-of-a-kind books, artists' books, private press books and collaborative projects.
In her workshop, Pati will discuss the relationship between concept and structure in bookmaking and examine a variety of book structures. Participants will have the opportunity to learn techniques inspired by historical book examples.
Co-sponsored by the UWM Libraries, the Friends of the Golda Meir Library, the
UWM Department of Visual Art, and Woodland Pattern Book Center
For more information, contact Max Yela, Special Collections, Golda Meir Library,
at (414) 229-4345
This program is co-sponsored by the Golda Meir Library, the
Friends of the Golda Meir Library,
the UWM Departments of English and Visual Art, the UWM Cultures and Communities
Program, and the Woodland Pattern Book Center.
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