Tag: Hands-On
HANDS ON 15: WOMEN AND ARTISTS’ BOOKS
EXHIBITION EVENT
HANDS ON 15: WOMEN AND ARTISTS’ BOOKS
Friday, March 1, 2019
4:00PM – 6:00PM
Environmental Design Library
Wurster Hall, Room 210
Artists’ books are simply books made by artists. Whether tactile or conceptual, they range in thematic content including the political, the sentimental, the instructive, or the purely beautiful. Our Hands On Artists’ Book events allow you to handle books from our rare book vault.
In honor of International Women’s Day, the Environmental Design Library invites you to experience 20 artists’ books by and about women.
More Information: Hands On 15: Women and Artist’s Books
Wine and light refreshments will be served.
Hosted by David Eifler, Jennifer Osgood, Molly Rose and Lauri Twitchell.
**The Library attempts to offer programs in accessible, barrier-free settings. If you think you may require disability-related accommodations, please contact the event sponsor, David Eifler, at 510-643-7422, or at deifler@berkeley.edu, at least two weeks prior to the event.
Hands-On 14: Artists’ Books from the Crypt
Artists’ books are simply books made by artists. Whether tactile or conceptual, they range in thematic content including the political, the sentimental, or just about ideas of beauty. Artists’ books defy conventional “reading” and involve the viewer though sight, touch, and physical manipulation. Too often locked behind exhibit cases, Hands On events make them available for you to touch, turn pages, and explore.
More Information: Hands-On 14
*The Library attempts to offer programs in accessible, barrier-free settings. If you think you may require disability-related accommodations, please contact the event sponsor, David Eifler (510-643-7422, deifler@berkeley.edu), ideally at least two weeks prior to the event.
Hands On 13: An Artists’ Books Event
Artists’ books are simply books made by artists. Whether tactile or conceptual, they range in thematic content including the political, the sentimental, the instructive, or the purely beautiful. Our Hands On Artists’ Book events allow you to handle 25 books from our rare book vaults.
Found objects, whether natural or debris found in the landscape, evoke a dialogue between maker and object. Drawn, collages, or photographed, these objects and ideas are turned into a meaningful form: the book.
Lauri Twitchell is a graduate of UC Berkeley. She is a gardener, naturalist, and artist. As an artist’s book maker, she finds meaning in found materials such as fallen branches, rocks, bark, and birdsong.
More information: Hands On 13: Debris
Hosted by David Eifler, Jennifer Osgood, Molly Rose and Lauri Twitchell.
*The Library attempts to offer programs in accessible, barrier-free settings. If you think you may require disability-related accommodations, please contact the event sponsor, David Eifler (510-643-7422, deifler@berkeley.edu), ideally at least two weeks prior to the event.
Hands-On 11: Twentysix Artists’ Books
Artists’ books defy conventional “reading” and involve the viewer through sight, touch and physical manipulation. Ed Ruscha’s Twentysix Gasoline Stations was seminal in bringing the concept of artists’ books into common consciousness. The Environmental Design Library will have several Ruscha books on hand and a number of other derivative and related works for you to touch, turn pages, and explore.