Podcasts about Book arts

Cynthia Nourse Thompson is a Professor and the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University. Prior to this position, for six years she was Associate Professor and Director of the graduate programs in Book Arts & Printmaking and Studio Art at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She has also served as Associate Professor and Curator of Exhibitions at University of Arkansas; twelve years as Professor of Book, Print and Paper Arts and Chair of Fine Arts at Memphis College of Art; and additionally worked at Dieu Donné Papermill, Harlan & Weaver Intaglio and Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper now the Brodsky Center at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.Showcasing dance from across SomaliaSabrin Nur is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Minneapolis, and they are excited to see “Dhaxal-suge: the Somali Museum Dance Troupe Showcase.” The Somali Museum has maintained a youth dance troupe since its inception, teaching young people the widely varying folk dances from across Somalia. This will be the first performance by the museum's dance group residency program. There are two upcoming performances: at the Paramount Center for the Arts in St. Cloud, Tuesday, May 13, at 6 p.m., and at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis next Sunday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m.Sabrin reflects on the themes of the show: The storyline is “when a beloved leader falls, who carries the crown?” and I think the question they're asking is a big question for Gen Z and also the Somali millennials who have grown up in the wake of the war, right? I'm 25 years old. For people like me, we've never known a peaceful Somalia. We've had a lot of our elders looking down to us and being like, “This is your history. This is what we used to be like. Now, what are you gonna do?” They've put a lot of responsibility on our shoulders, and a lot of us are ready to take it on, but it's like, what kind of future do we envision for ourselves? How do we carry that responsibility? How do we wear that crown?— Sabrin NurBooks meet architecture meet sculpturePeggy Korsmo-Kennon of Eagan, a former museum and arts administrator, recommends that people see “Building/Books | Karen Wirth: A Retrospective Exhibition” at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts Main Gallery in Minneapolis. The exhibition spans 40 years of Wirth's work, and the pieces spread through the space include architecture, photography, sculpture, books, and the spaces where these disciplines meet. The exhibition is on view through June 8.The exhibition also marks the 25th anniversary of the Open Book Building and the 40th anniversary of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.Peggy says: Karen has an extraordinary ability to think spatially and structurally, creating work with both conceptual depth and visually engaging images. Her projects range from small handheld artist books to major public artworks. Her art is playful, both thought-provoking, blends clever wordplay with striking visuals. You'll see this in her handwritten text that spirals through the Gale See staircase and in the whimsical assemblages of the Grammar of Architecture. Upstairs there are more works: my favorite are her “Follies.” She takes books and found architectural objects and put them together in a really interesting way.— Peggy Korsmo-KennonPhoto exhibit asks us not to look away from homelessnessGabriel Brito of Minneapolis is a graduating senior at the University of Minnesota and an Arts and Entertainment reporter for the Minnesota Daily. He wants people to know about “No More Turning Away,” a photography exhibit about homelessness in the Twin Cities by photographer David Fallon. The exhibit is on view at the Kenwood Burroughs Gallery in Minneapolis through May 31.This exhibit is a fundraiser for People Incorporated, a nonprofit mental health provider that also serves people experiencing homelessness.Gabriel says: [David] spent months in the Twin Cities, photographing homelessness in a very raw, real, captivating way. His photographs are raw, unflinching depictions of life on the street meant to challenge our society's tendency to look away from homelessness.— Gabriel Brito

The current exhibition at the London Centre for Book Arts explores the legacy of the Dutch design bookshop, Nijhof & Lee.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A strange and lucky number for an episode packed with the profound! This week, we dive deep into design, architecture, and the unique culture of Chicago. We kick things off with an interview featuring Sharon & Guy, the dynamic design collaborative whose thought-provoking artworks are included in The Spaces We Call Home, currently on view at the DePaul Art Museum. They're joined by Marin R. Sullivan, the curator of this important show, to discuss how their work reflects on identity, place, and home. Next, we talk to Brandon Johnson, publisher of Almighty & Insane Books, about his exploration of Chicago's gangland ephemera, the hidden histories of modern architecture, tagging, visionary art, and why Chicago continues to inspire generations of creators. Brandon's work uncovers the city's gritty and delightfully creative underbelly, presenting it in a way that both honors and challenges conventional narratives. Join us as we unpack all things Chicago: from its built environment to its street art, this conversation covers it all, with plenty of love for the city that shapes so much of our work. All from Staple and Stitch #1

Since the early 20th century, American academic libraries have collected and championed rare and unique non-circulating materials now referred to as special collections. Because of the rarity and value of these materials, they are handled differently than materials in other parts of academic library collections. Thus, a different set of access policies and procedures, as well as specialized staff, have been employed. In Access to Special Collections and Archives: Bridging Theory and Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024), Jae Rossman provides a thorough exploration of access. Rossman looks at how practitioners' perceptions of access to special collections have changed from the formative period of the 1930s to today. An exploration of access through the lens of special collections is especially meaningful because of the tension between the principles of preservation and access within the special collections community. This project is also significant as the library profession explores how representation of diversity within collections and the profession impacts readers. Exploring how we think about access should be part of these ongoing conversations. Jae Jennifer Rossman, Ph.D., is associate director for Special Collections Instruction and Research Services at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. She has published on library history and practice and the field of artists' books for over twenty years. Her publications through the jenny-press have been collected by academic libraries nationally and internationally. Rossman has served on the Board of Trustees, American Printing History Association and the Board of Directors, Center for Book Arts. She has worked in the libraries of Brandeis University, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Yale University. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom (Libraries Unlimited, 2022) and The Social Movement Archive (Litwin Books, 2021). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Since the early 20th century, American academic libraries have collected and championed rare and unique non-circulating materials now referred to as special collections. Because of the rarity and value of these materials, they are handled differently than materials in other parts of academic library collections. Thus, a different set of access policies and procedures, as well as specialized staff, have been employed. In Access to Special Collections and Archives: Bridging Theory and Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024), Jae Rossman provides a thorough exploration of access. Rossman looks at how practitioners' perceptions of access to special collections have changed from the formative period of the 1930s to today. An exploration of access through the lens of special collections is especially meaningful because of the tension between the principles of preservation and access within the special collections community. This project is also significant as the library profession explores how representation of diversity within collections and the profession impacts readers. Exploring how we think about access should be part of these ongoing conversations. Jae Jennifer Rossman, Ph.D., is associate director for Special Collections Instruction and Research Services at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. She has published on library history and practice and the field of artists' books for over twenty years. Her publications through the jenny-press have been collected by academic libraries nationally and internationally. Rossman has served on the Board of Trustees, American Printing History Association and the Board of Directors, Center for Book Arts. She has worked in the libraries of Brandeis University, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Yale University. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom (Libraries Unlimited, 2022) and The Social Movement Archive (Litwin Books, 2021). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.Hankering for a crankeringNorah Rendell is the executive artistic director of the Center for Irish Music in St. Paul. She saw — and loved — the original storytelling musical “The Well Tree” by the Heartwood Trio last spring.  The trio consists of Sarina Partridge of Minneapolis, Heidi Wilson of Vermont and Willie Clemetson of Maine. They're back for performances of “The Well Tree” tonight at 7 p.m. at the Twin Cities Friends Meeting House in St. Paul and Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. at New City Center/Walker Church in Minneapolis. Norah says she imagines the acoustics of the church venues will be well-suited for a show with beautiful harmonies. Norah says: It's an original singing story performance that includes songs and instruments and acting and illuminated paper cut art called a “crankie” [so named because a person turns a crank to scroll to new images]. It tells a story of a young woman who finds herself running away from home, and along her journey, she meets songbirds and snails and ancient trees as she finds her way home. And the three artists who perform are super talented. They're beautiful harmony singers. There's a fiddle player, a banjo player and they're all actors and they invite the audience to sing along.  It seems like it would be geared towards children, but it really suits anybody of any age who loves the experience of singing together with other people. You leave the show feeling great; it's very inspiring, very positive. The show itself is really inspiring.— Norah RendellThe male gazeErin Maurelli is an artist and educator in the Twin Cities. She wants people to know about the MCBA / Jerome Book Arts Residency show which is up now at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, inside Open Book in Minneapolis. Free and open to the public, this show displays the work of the three winners of the Jerome Book Arts Residency: photographer Christopher Selleck; papermaker Jelani Ellis; and artist and printmaker Louise Fisher.  Erin says: Christopher Selleck is a photographer who takes on the body, the figure and what we think of as idealism, and through the lens of the camera, he's able to capture kind of the ideal masculine body — which, in my experience, we don't see a lot of that in art and art history. Christopher brings issues of identity and sexuality into his work as a gay man, I think the male gaze becomes part of his narrative. Christopher was selected to be part of the Jerome book arts fellowship, and the show is through January 4 of next year. He's one of three artists that are part of that show, there are some hand-crafted books featuring his photographs as well as sculptural elements. He's exploring bringing the photographic process into bookmaking.  — Erin MorelliBaroque in GaylordCharles Luedtke is a retired professor of music at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, and he is heading to Gaylord tonight to see La Grande Bande. The group specializes in performing music written from 1600-1800, using instruments of the period. Their November concert celebrates the 340th birthday of Handel with two of his works set near water, his famed “Water Music Suites” as well as his cantata “O come chiare e belle.”  Handel's "Water Musicks" is tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord. Michael Thomas Asmus, the founder and artistic director, will give a talk before the performance at 6:45 about the music. Charles says: It's rather spectacular because he lives in Gaylord, just outside of Gaylord and his music performances have been kind of centered around that area, sometimes in St. Peter, sometimes in New Ulm. So, it's kind of local, but [it's] tremendous quality. They're not amateurs, never amateurs. They are all really professional performers and on period instruments — baroque instruments.— Charles Luedtke

Join us on this salty episode of the PEMcast, as we feature a 24-hour reading of the book at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, exhibition curator Dan Lipcan and Moby Dick expert, author Nathaniel Philbrick.

Glenham couple caters to creative and French tastes When Laura and Georges Goba-Byrne at Oui Oui Cuisine cater outdoor events, like the one last month when they served 1,400 people over two days at the Amazon warehouse in Fishkill, their airy green and pinkish-purple food trailer makes a striking impression. "Food trucks can be dark and closed off, with the people toiling in the back, so we wanted to have something open, where people can see the food being prepared and we can interact with them," says Laura. Built in Amsterdam, the trailer still gleams because it's only been rolled out five times, including stops at Two Way Brewery and The Yard during Beacon Open Studios. The curved windows that wrap around the narrow rectangle are difficult to get in the U.S., she says. When the front panels are open, the ledge serves as a buffet serving station. The fryer, grill and bain-marie, used to keep food hot, are from Japan. Born in Ireland, Laura came to New York in 2012 on a still-open artist visa and created the trailer's look. Georges is a trained French chef from the Ivory Coast who worked in Paris and customized the interior. The couple met at Barcade in the East Village, where he ran the kitchen and she tended bar. They often visited Dia Beacon and became enamored with the surroundings, so after deciding to get married and start a family, they moved from Brooklyn to Glenham in 2021. (On Aug. 2, they welcomed their first child, Georges.) Happy suburbanites, they only go into the big city for gigs. Laura has worked in the service sector since she was 13 but still pursues her artistic muses, including painting, creative bookmaking and experimental photography. Her forte, which brought her to New York City, is a specialized subset of publishing called artists' books, which showcase a visual creator's concept in book form and are designed to be works of art in themselves rather than a collection of works. She arrived in the city under the tutelage of the Ellen Frank Illumination Atelier, which led to a gig with Printed Matter, a nonprofit that promotes and advocates artists' books. Then came a year-long scholarship with the Center for Book Arts in Manhattan and the founding of Potatoe Press, which spotlights projects by female artists and bookmakers. Its titles stretch the boundaries of what a book can be: Forgotten Memories serves as a creative way to showcase old photos. Salvation Mountain binds around two dozen Polaroid photos and My Mother Told Me… [sic] is a small, round showcase of painted works devoid of text. For Chef Georges, his art is food and as the name Oui Oui suggests, the main focus of the rolling mini-restaurant is French cuisine. Yet orthodoxy is lax, and Americanization is imperative. Menu staples include a classic croque monsieur sandwich (ham) and waffle fries/frites with herbs de Provence and remoulade dipping sauce. They offer crème brulee for dessert but also cannolis. Other diversions include a Bavarian pretzel with beer cheese and Parisian Cheesesteak Eggrolls, a fried nod to the Philadelphia mainstay with gruyere cheese. "I'm trying to find a balance between the French connection and the demands of American palettes," he says. Coming soon: French tacos, hand-held street food that stuffs a tortilla with meat, cheese, french fries and other items, like a wrap or a panini. "I live here now, so I have to adjust the cuisine, and I always want to have a twist, like using brioche buns instead of rolls and substituting gruyere for American cheese," he says. "French tacos are wildly popular in Europe, and I think they'll make the jump to Beacon." Oui Oui Cuisine can be contacted via ouiouicuisine.com.

Emily Martin has produced more than fifty artist's books, often using movable and/or sculptural paper engineering techniques. Martin's books are included in public and private collections throughout the world, and she has received grants and residencies from the College Book Arts Association, the Center for Book Arts in New York City, and the Bodleian Bibliographical Press in Oxford, England among others.  Martin has two adult daughters and lives in Iowa City, IA with her Vandercook SP15 printing press. She rides her bicycle as often as she can, sometimes all the way across the state of Iowa.

Warren Lehrer, writer and designer and author of Riveted in the Word (EarSay in collaboration with AltSalt, 2024), talks about his new e-book, a story about a woman's journey to recovering the ability to speak after a stroke, and Laura Boylan, M.D., Bellevue Hospital neurologist and adjunct professor, department of neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, explains what aphasia is and how treatment and rehabilitation has evolved.More information on upcoming book events at the Center for Book Arts and Topaz Arts here: https://earsay.org/ 

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, Emily chats with art curator and art historian Maymanah Farhat. About Curator Maymanah Farhat:Maymanah Farhat's art historical research and curatorial work focus on underrepresented artists and forgotten art scenes. Since 2005, she has written widely on twentieth and twenty-first century art, contributing essays and chapters to edited volumes, artist monographs, and museum and gallery catalogs. She has written for such publications as Brooklyn Rail, Art Journal, Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, Vogue Arabia, Harper's Bazaar Arabia, Art + Auction, and Apollo. She has presented her research at New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Law School, University of Minnesota, the University of Amsterdam, Johns Hopkins University, and Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy, among other institutions.Farhat has curated exhibitions throughout the U.S. and abroad, notably at the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco Center for the Book, Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, the Center for Book Arts in Manhattan, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Arab American National Museum, Virginia Commonwealth University Gallery in Doha, Qatar, Art Dubai, and Beirut Exhibition Center.Farhat has been included among Foreign Policy's annual list of 100 Leading Global Thinkers in recognition of her scholarship on Syrian art after the uprising (2014) and honored by the Arab America Foundation as one of 40 Arab Americans under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions to the Arab American community (2020). She holds a BA in the History of Art and Visual Culture from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a MA in Museum Administration from St. John's University, New York.Visit Maymanah's  Website:  MaymanahFarhat.comFollow  on Instagram:  @Maymanah2.0--About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com

Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective (aka Book/Print Collective) and shared methods for supporting and empowering BIPOC book and print artists In this lecture, Tia Blassingame introduced her work leading the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective (aka Book/Print Collective) and shared methods for supporting and empowering BIPOC book and print artists. She also discussed her educational work centred around Black American artists working in the book form and her curatorial work challenging the exclusion and erasure of Global Majority traditions and artistry in hand papermaking. Founded in 2019 by book artist and printmaker Tia Blassingame, the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective brings Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) book artists, papermakers, curators, letterpress printers, printmakers into conversation and collaboration with scholars of BIPOC Book History and Print Culture to build community, support systems. Biography: Tia Blassingame is an Associate Professor of Art at Scripps College, where she teaches Book Arts and Letterpress Printing, and serves as the Director of Scripps College Press. Her artist's books and prints can be found in library and museum collections across the world. In 2019, Blassingame founded the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective. Most recently, Blassingame has co-curated, with writer, book artist, publisher Stephanie Sauer, the NEA and Center for Craft grants-awarded exhibition, Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, held at Minnesota Center for Book Arts (14 April – 12 August 2023) and San Francisco Center for the Book (28 October -22 December, 2023). Tia Blassingame was the current Bodleian Printer in Residence, 2023. Book/Print Collective | Instagram: @bookprintcollective Programmed by The Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian Libraries.

Alva Mooses photographed by Mauricio Cortes Ortega at Shandaken Projects, Governor's Island 2023. Alva Mooses is an interdisciplinary artist. Her work explores the intersections of printed media, ceramics, and sculpture while engaging with earth-based materials to signal the memory of geological time. Her ceramic series titled ear to the earth/ culebra, truena, tormenta was exhibited at Jane Hartsook Gallery as part of her artist residency at Greenwich House Pottery. The slip-cast reconfigured globes move away from historical representations of the earth as a perfect sphere on a steady axis toward a transformative body—the pieces are glazed, distorted, mended, and kiln-fired multiple times. culebra, truena, tormenta translates to snake, thunder, storm, referring to the Mexica earth and mother goddess Coatlicue whose entire skirt, head, and belt represent snakes. The legendery 16th century Coatlicue statue was buried and unearthed multiple times since the Spanish conquest out of concern that the statue would inspire religious and political resistance; it now lives in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. The writer Mirene Arsanios describes Alva's ceramic globe series as: “Broken or no longer erect, the globe stands and their measuring systems are inoperative—the deconstructed globes undermine the project of western geography and the violence of its measuring tools, favoring instead a world, earth, and planet governed by the erotics of its own materials.” Alva holds a BFA from The Cooper Union and an MFA from Yale University. She has exhibited her work in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe. She has completed fellowships and residencies at the Lower East Side Printshop, Shandaken Projects, Socrates Sculpture Park, Center for Book Arts, Greenwich House Pottery, The University of Chicago, Tou Trykk in Stavanger, Norway, and Casa Wabi, in Oaxaca, Mexico, among others. She serves on the faculty at Hunter College in the Department of Art and Art History and lives with her daughter and partner in Brooklyn. ear to the earth/ culebra, truena, tormenta, 2022 | ceramic | 20x15x8 inches | Photo by Alan Wiener courtesy of Greenwich House Pottery. ear to the earth/ culebra, truena, tormenta, 2022 | ceramic | 16x10x9 inches | Photo by Alan Wiener courtesy of Greenwich House Pottery. Undercurrents, 2023 | Drawing with CNC machine | 13x17 inches

Tammy Nguyen was born and raised in San Francisco, and received a B.F.A. from Cooper Union in 2007, and an M.F.A. from Yale in 2013. Her recent solo exhibitions include the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2023); Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, South Korea  (2023); Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY (2022); Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (2022); François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Tropical Futures Institute, SEA Focus, Singapore (2022); Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY (2021) among others. Tammy has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Still Present!, 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2022); Past/Present/Future: Expanding Indigenous American, Latinx, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Perspectives in Thomas J. Watson Library, Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2022); Greater New York 2021, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2021); Nha, The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2021); Face of the Future, The Rubin Museum, New York, NY (2018); Bronx Calling: The Third AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (2015); and DRAW: Mapping Madness, Inside-Out Museum, Beijing, China (2014). Her artist books are in many notable public collections, including Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY; Clark Art Institute Library, Williamstown, MA; Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Mayer Library, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art Library, Philadelphia, PA; Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Wesleyan University Library, Middletown, CT; and the Whitney Museum of American Art Library, New York, NY.

Kevin Umaña was born in 1989 and grew up in El Salvador and Los Angeles. He received a BFA from San Francisco State University in 2014 and lives and works in Kansas City.  Umaña is the co-founder of The Ekru Project, an artist-run Kansas City gallery focused on contemporary, emerging and underrepresented artists. In 2017, he created a permanent installation at The United Nations Headquarters in New York City. He has completed residencies at The Center for Book Arts, New York City (2019); Plop Residency, London, England (2018); and SIM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland (2018). His work was featured in “Pattern Recognition,” curated by Amy Lincoln at Sperone Westwater in 2022. Institutions owning his work include The United Nations Art Collection, Fidelity Mutual Funds Collection, Center for Book Arts Library and The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art.

As we do each week, we're getting picks for arts & culture events to check out in the Puget Sound region. KUOW's Kim Malcolm got these recommendations from writer Shin Yu Pai, who just this week was named Seattle's Civic Poet. She also hosts the KUOW podcast "The Blue Suit."

In this special episode in the ARA podcast series, Prof Christo Doherty of ARA speaks to three internationally acclaimed and award-winning artists about their creative research into the possibilities of the book as an artwork. Veronica Schapers, Robbin Amy Silverberg, and Julie Chen are showing a range of their artists books in a spell-binding new exhibition at the Jack Ginsberg Centre for the Book Arts housed in the Wits Arts Museum. Entitled "Creative Research: The Artists' Books of Schapers, Silverberg, and Chen", the exhibition runs till the 15th December. The reason I grabbed the opportunity to speak to these three artists, while they were in Johannesburg, is because creative research is central to their practice but in fascinatingly different ways. Through their diverse artists' books they explore the complexities of personal and inter-cultural positions, language, and meaning-making through being. Veronika Schäpers was born in Coesfeld, Germany. She was trained as a bookbinder for three years before she studying for a diploma in painting and books at the University of Art & Design in Halle, Germany. After a three months scholarship with the Centro del bel Libro, Ascona in Switzerland, followed by a nine months scholarship with Naoaki Sakamoto in Tokyo, she began her career in 1998 as a free-lance book artist and working from her own studio in Tokyo. In 2012, Schäpers moved back to Germany and now lives and works in Karlsruhe . In her practice, Veronica explores a wide range of materials that offer visual and tactile solutions through the sensual medium of the book. Robbin Amy Silverberg is the founder of both Dobbin Mill, a hand-papermaking studio, and Dobbin Books, an artists' book studio, both in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Princeton University with a BA Cum Laude in Art History in 1980 and began making her own paper in 1980. Since then Robbin has created great number of artists' books—both on her own and in collaboration with other artists, all over the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South Africa. Robin's books embody her research into paper as her preferred material and as a vehicle for the multisensory experience of touch, reading and the transfer of ideas. Julie Chen was born in Inglewood, California. She completed an undergraduate degree in printmaking at the University of California, Berkeley in 1984.[1] She subsequently became interested in book arts and got a degree in book arts from Mills College in 1989. She began teaching book arts at Mills College as an adjunct in 1996 and became an associate professor in 2010. Julie has achieved prominence by creating conceptually sophisticated works that combine traditional techniques, such as letterpress printing and hand bookbinding, with more modern technologies such as photopolymer plates and laser cutting. She is known for pushing the structural boundaries of the artist's book with a range of architectural and sculptural approaches. At one point you will also hear the voice of Jack Ginsberg himself, explaining the after-exhibition access that is possible for visitors to this unique collection of artists books, one of the most comprehensive in the world. Please note that this recording was done by myself with a single microphone in the Jack Ginsberg Centre. As a result, the sound quality is not great, but I hope the content is of sufficient interest to make listening to this special ARA podcast worthwhile. Follow these links for further information: Website of The Jack Ginsberg Centre for the Book Arts http://www.theartistsbook.org.za/ The artist's own websites with images and information about their book art practice: Veronika Schäpers http://www.veronikaschaepers.net/en/ Robbin Amy Silverberg https://www.robbinamisilverberg.com/ Julie Chen https://flyingfishpress.com/

In this special episode in the ARA podcast series, Prof Christo Doherty of ARA speaks to three internationally acclaimed and award-winning artists about their creative research into the possibilities of the book as an artwork. Veronica Schapers, Robbin Amy Silverberg, and Julie Chen are showing a range of their artists books in a spell-binding new exhibition at the Jack Ginsberg Centre for the Book Arts housed in the Wits Arts Museum. Entitled "Creative Research: The Artists' Books of Schapers, Silverberg, and Chen", the exhibition runs till the 15th December. The reason I grabbed the opportunity to speak to these three artists, while they were in Johannesburg, is because creative research is central to their practice but in fascinatingly different ways. Through their diverse artists' books they explore the complexities of personal and inter-cultural positions, language, and meaning-making through being. Veronika Schäpers was born in Coesfeld, Germany. She was trained as a bookbinder for three years before she studying for a diploma in painting and books at the University of Art & Design in Halle, Germany. After a three months scholarship with the Centro del bel Libro, Ascona in Switzerland, followed by a nine months scholarship with Naoaki Sakamoto in Tokyo, she began her career in 1998 as a free-lance book artist and working from her own studio in Tokyo. In 2012, Schäpers moved back to Germany and now lives and works in Karlsruhe . In her practice, Veronica explores a wide range of materials that offer visual and tactile solutions through the sensual medium of the book. Robbin Amy Silverberg is the founder of both Dobbin Mill, a hand-papermaking studio, and Dobbin Books, an artists' book studio, both in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Princeton University with a BA Cum Laude in Art History in 1980 and began making her own paper in 1980. Since then Robbin has created great number of artists' books—both on her own and in collaboration with other artists, all over the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South Africa. Robin's books embody her research into paper as her preferred material and as a vehicle for the multisensory experience of touch, reading and the transfer of ideas. Julie Chen was born in Inglewood, California. She completed an undergraduate degree in printmaking at the University of California, Berkeley in 1984.[1] She subsequently became interested in book arts and got a degree in book arts from Mills College in 1989. She began teaching book arts at Mills College as an adjunct in 1996 and became an associate professor in 2010. Julie has achieved prominence by creating conceptually sophisticated works that combine traditional techniques, such as letterpress printing and hand bookbinding, with more modern technologies such as photopolymer plates and laser cutting. She is known for pushing the structural boundaries of the artist's book with a range of architectural and sculptural approaches. At one point you will also hear the voice of Jack Ginsberg himself, explaining the after-exhibition access that is possible for visitors to this unique collection of artists books, one of the most comprehensive in the world. Please note that this recording was done by myself with a single microphone in the Jack Ginsberg Centre. As a result, the sound quality is not great, but I hope the content is of sufficient interest to make listening to this special ARA podcast worthwhile. Follow these links for further information: Website of The Jack Ginsberg Centre for the Book Arts http://www.theartistsbook.org.za/ The artist's own websites with images and information about their book art practice: Veronika Schäpers http://www.veronikaschaepers.net/en/ Robbin Amy Silverberg https://www.robbinamisilverberg.com/ Julie Chen https://flyingfishpress.com/

Russell Maret is a book artist and letter designer working in New York City. He began printing in San Francisco as a teenager before apprenticing with Peter Koch in Berkeley and Firefly Press in Somerville, Massachusetts. He set up his own press at the Center for Book Arts, New York in 1993 and has been printing and publishing ever since. In 1996 Russell began teaching himself to design letterforms, leading to a twelve year study of letterforms before he completed his first typeface in 2008. In 2011, he began working to convert some of his type designs into new metal typefaces for letterpress printing. Since then he has produced four metal typefaces and four suites of metal ornaments.

Ep.112 features BETHANY COLLINS (b. 1984 Montgomery, AL). She lives and works in Chicago, IL. Collins is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptually driven work is fueled by a critical exploration of how race and language interact. Collins received an MFA from Georgia State University in Atlanta GA, and a BA from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Recent solo exhibitions include: Cadence (2022), PATRON, Chicago, IL; America: A Hymnal (2021), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Evensong (2021) Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN; My destiny is in your hands (2021), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL; Chorus (2019), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St Louis, MO; Benediction (2019) The University of Kentucky Art Museum, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; A Pattern or Practice (2019), University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL; The Birmingham News 1963 (2018-2019), Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL; The Litany, Locust Projects (2018), Miami, FL; Undersong (2018), PATRON, Chicago IL; and Occasional Verse (2018), The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY. Image courtesy of the artist and PATRON Gallery, Chicago. Photography by Evan Jenkins Additional information~ Artist https://bethanyjoycollins.com/home.html Patron Gallery https://patrongallery.com/exhibition/285/cadence https://patrongallery.com/artist/bethanycollins Montgomery Museum of Fine Art Bethany Collins - MMFA Brooklyn Rail https://brooklynrail.org/2022/02/artseen/Seize-the-Time WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/collectors-eye-they-built-a-world-class-collection-of-black-artists-work-who-are-they-acquiring-now-11594828483 Artspace https://www.artspace.com/artist/bethany-collins Richard Gray Gallery Bethany Collins - Artists - Richard Gray Gallery Block Museum https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/events/2022/artist-talk-laylah-ali-and-bethany-collins.html Chicago Gallery https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bethany-collins-cadence Crystal Bridges https://crystalbridges.org/calendar/bethany-collins-america-a-hymnal/ Frist Art Museum https://fristartmuseum.org/exhibition/bethany-collins-evensong/ https://burnaway.org/daily/collins-frist/ The Phillips Collection https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2021-06-25-jacob-lawrence-american-struggle Speed Art Museum https://www.promisewitnessremembrance.org/ Art in America https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/breonna-taylor-promise-witness-remembrance-speed-art-museum-1234594195/ Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/641634/amy-sherald-bearing-witness-to-breonna-taylor-life-and-death/ NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/arts/design/breonna-taylor-review-museum-louisville.html PBS https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-breonna-taylors-name-and-image-is-teaching-america-about-black-lives The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/apr/01/remembering-breonna-taylor-through-art-it-keeps-her-alive Artforum https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202202/the-dirty-south-contemporary-art-material-culture-and-the-sonic-impulse-87629 Smart Museum https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/take-care/ Renaissance Society https://renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/540/nine-lives/ Hirshhorn https://hirshhorn.si.edu/explore/bethany-collins-part-1-hirshhorn-artist-diaries-2/

A 2020 Pollock-Krasner awardee and currently an artist research fellow at the Hispanic Society of Americas, Ana Paula Cordeiro thrives in the communal space. A founding member of the Introspective Collective, in 2018 she co-curated a multi-media installation at The Clemente and co-authored a book about making books titled Bookforms. Originally from Brazil, she does her work at The Center for Book Arts shared shop. Her artist books are collected by major institutions in the US and abroad. Keep up with her at www.anapaulacordeiro.com

There's nothing more exciting than adding a new machine to your shop's lineup (especially if it's the first one!). But there are some different things to consider before you start combing the market. This second episode of the "Getting Started" series will help guide you through the whole process, from deciphering which kind to look for, how best to find them, and what you want to plan for before you make your purchase! Have you recently added a press to your shop? Whether it's your first, or fifth, tag @hotoffthepresspod in a photo so we can share it to our feed! We love to watch the letterpress community grow and see all these precious machines landing in loving homes! Quotable Moment: "For some reason pulling it up seems way scarier than dropping it down" "The garage is not always greener on the other side" Links & Resources: To see a press: Letterpress Commons A Print Museum near you (list courtesy of American Amateur Press Association) Center for Book Arts near you (list courtesy of good ol' Wikipedia)

The Open Call Podcast, hosted by Anne Stagg and Laura Tanner, features conversations with contemporary artists about their work.This week, The Open Call Podcast has the pleasure of sharing with you part of our conversation with Buzz Spector. When we spoke, Buzz had recently moved from St Louis to his new home in the Hudson Valley, His studio was in the final phase of construction. Buzz is an internationally recognized conceptual artist who is perhaps best known for his work with books, but his vast body of work also includes drawings, photographs, collages, and more. He says of his practice, all of the techniques he uses “are techniques of intimacy in action, but our position to recognize them is retrospective - it comes after the fact. So the play of memory he talks about is one) of projecting your own experience and secondarily, of assessing the limited terms that our language gives us to describe what we witness.”Buzz often uses language as a stand in for something that is missing. He considers all of his work through the lens of drawing and he talks about how “the distance between reader and page, between artist's eye and artist's pencil on paper, is an intimate space of noticing, empathizing, and of accepting that makes the experience shift from a reading of structural terms to an epiphany of identification.”Buzz is also widely recognized for his critical writings about art. He describes his role as not simply providing an opinion, but instead as finding a way of faithfully describing what he has seen that will preserve something of that effect in the imagination of the reader. When he writes he chooses from a huge field of properties to describe one, then another, then another and that description doesn't lead to a total picture of the artwork, but instead to a premise of the success or failure of the artwork. The structure of his writing is intended to clarify where he is coming from as the person on the other side of that written text.We enjoyed a rich conversation that meandered through a variety of topics including his practice, critical writing and pedagogy. We hope you enjoy our conversation and please check out our Instagram -- @the_open_call_podcast -- where we share images of Buzz's artwork. We produce three seasons a year during which we release new episodes every 2 weeks. Special thanks to Susan Cooper for voicing our Outro, Scott Stagg for composing our music, Judah Bachmann for creating a new version of our podcast music and for sound engineering, and to our wonderful research assistants:  Ally Price,  Nikki Cohen, and Erin Miller  who provide production support, web, and social media design.

Radha Pandey is a papermaker and letterpress printer. She earned her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she studied Letterpress printing, Bookbinding, and Papermaking with a focus on Western, Eastern and Indo-Islamic Papermaking techniques. Her artist's books are held in numerous public collections, she has lectured and taught workshops on Indo-Islamic papermaking around the world, and she is currently working on an artists book inspired by Mughal miniature paintings of botanicals from the 17th century. Radha splits her time between India, where she grew up and Norway, where she and her partner Johan Solberg run Halden Bookworks.

December 16, 2021--Join Johanna “Wildoak” for Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with Zida Borcich, Judith Detrick, Felicia Rice and Theresa Whitehill about Book Arts Mendocino, and with Juliana Sanchez about the Mendocino Coast Children's Fund.

Guest: Corina Reynolds Hosts: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on September 1, 2021. Corina Reynolds is the Executive Director of Center for Book Arts in New York City. At CBA, she has focused on connecting artists across distance and time through a diverse program of exhibitions, panels, conferences, and classes. Her passion for the art of the book has led her to curate exhibitions, organize conferences and panels, publish books, and teach about the book arts in the US and abroad. She has an MFA in textiles from Cranbrook Academy of Art and, in 2012, she co-founded Small Editions, an artists' book publisher and curatorial residency program in Brooklyn, NY with the goal to expand the public understanding of artist books. During her time at Small Editions she published over 30 books which are now held in some of the most prestigious public and private collections across the globe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Over the years she has overseen the production of hundreds of books including books about artist's books, design, architecture, photography, and contemporary art. In 2021, she and two collaborators founded Book Art Review, a new serial publication that ventures to develop, diversify, and propel critical discourse in the book arts. Center for Book Arts --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

December 2, 2021--Blake More interviews Ladies of BAM – Book Arts Mendocino – Theresa Whitehill, Felicia Rice and Zida Borsich. They discussing BAM and its series of exhibitions, readings, talks, demonstrations, and workshops, all devoted to the wide ranging & varied arts of the book.

This time we invited Richard Minsky to our podcast, a bookbinder, book artist, teacher, and many things more. In the end, the episode became a three-parter, as we recorded with Richard for more than 3 hours. The first part is mostly dedicated to beginnings: printing in childhood, first experiences in bookbinding, shifting to art as a social commentary, and the origins of the Center for Book Arts in New York. In the other two parts, Richard talks and shows more of his bindings, digital world, politics, history, and takes us for a tour of his studio. Stay tuned, they will be published in the upcoming weeks! You can watch the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cvo1iNOGC0 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Find out more about Richard Minsky: - https://minsky.com/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Minsky - https://centerforbookarts.org/people/richard-minsky - https://web.library.yale.edu/arts/special-collections/interviews-with-richard-minsky 00:00 – Beginning 00:55 – Richard's childhood: graphic art shop class, starting a first printing business at the age of 13 with a platen press 04:58 – Making a photo of Lyndon B. Johnson with handmade “Working press” shield 06:45 – How a printing press helped to attract 300 students to a Junior Astronomy Club's lecture 07:48 – Promoting events and printing art through the years 09:11 – Twists of life: Path from printing to bookbinding through astrophysics, car crash, economics, violin, and chorus 16:41 – Richard's firsts: full leather and tooled bindings made as a student of Daniel G. Knowlton in 1969 17:54 – “The Georgics” of Virgil with the French method of onlay: Learning on your own mistakes to make your bookbinding and design better 21:52 – “Garbage or archive”: The importance of documenting the process and the results of errors 25:43 – The shift from making “just” books to making book art that is a social commentary 34:28 – Origins of the Center for Book Arts in New York City 41:44 – Disconnect between the communities: design, art, and bookbinding. Possibility of collaborations 50:00 – Theoretical critical apparatus for discussion of bookbinding and book art. The “Material meets metaphor” methodology introduced by Richard Minsky 55:31 – Should an artist be versed in all the theories or can it be an intuitive art? Differences between art and craft 57:28 – Importance of being able to talk about your art 58:07 – Continuation of the story of the origin of the Center for Book Arts in New York City

علم الفلافل يَدرسُ علاقة الفلافل بالقضية الفلسطينية من منظور علمي، في ظل الهجمة لسرقة التراث العربي الفلسطيني.

Photo of Nicolás by Wadi Céspedes Raful / Courtesy of Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles treads an elusive path that manifests itself performatively through creative experiences that he unfolds within the quotidian. He has exhibited or performed at Madrid Abierto/ARCO, The IX Havana Biennial, PERFORMA 05/07, IDENSITAT, Prague Quadrennial, Pontevedra Biennial, Call/Walks, Queens Museum, MoMA, Printed Matter, P.S. 122, Hemispheric Institute of Performance Art and Politics, Princeton University, Anthology Film Archives, El Museo del Barrio, Center for Book Arts, Longwood Art Gallery/BCA, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Franklin Furnace, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Nicolás has received mentorship in art in everyday life from Linda Mary Montano, a historic figure in the performance art field. Residencies attended include P.S. 1/MoMA, Yaddo and MacDowell. Nicolás holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, where he studied with Coco Fusco; and an MA from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. Born in Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros, Dominican Republic, in 2011 he was baptized as a Bronxite; a citizen of the Bronx. Since 2006, he has pursued trainings with key people in the healing, somatic movement, and writing fields. Nicolás is the founding director of The Interior Beauty Salon, a space working at the intersection of creativity and healing. Learn more and follow The Interior Beauty Salon on Instagram. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful In Bed with the Tropicals, 2015, inaction Photo: Frances Pollitt / Courtesy of Nicolás Dumit Estévez In Bed with the Tropicals consisted of a five-hour stopover by a sleeping subject in Wave Hill's conservatory, NY. This dormant being rested uninterruptedly, side by side with the vast array of orchids, lichens, air plants and ferns that make up the lush greenhouse's collection. In this exercise, which relied on inaction, the cessation of the most visible movements on behalf of the sleeper were meant to put him on a par with the imperceptible activity generated by the plant world around him. In Bed with the Tropicals was meant to conjure images of hibernation, catalepsy, the Dormition of the Virgin, and the continuous interplay between life and death. It also signaled the urgent call for what deep ecology activist Joanna Macy refers to as the “greening of the self” or the eco-self; an awareness for one's inextricable interdependence with all living beings irrespective of the lesser status “humans” have assigned to them. Rhina Valentin and Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful with Michael Max Knobbe and Angel RodríguezThe Metropolitan Portal, 2020, art in everyday lifePhoto: Argenis Apolinario / Courtesy of Nicolás Dumit EstévezNicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo invites Rhina Valentín, who in turn invites Master Percussionist Angel Rodríguez to represent her spiritual guide, and BronxNet Executive Director, Michael Max Knobbe to represent her connection to community. They step into Rhina's everyday portal through the shopping district of Parkchester, reminiscent of the walk she would take to get to the train when she lived there with her Mother—through improvisational ritual choreography that launches near the fountain of Parkchester and processes through Metropolitan Avenue. Mantras, colors, and drum beats are all part of the portal through which Rhina skillfully takes the group: a magical field. She eventually leads all involved out into the day-to-day buzz of the City to enjoy the echo of any transformations experienced during the action. This action is part of Performing the Bronx. Performing the Bronx is an expansion of Nicolás's on-going efforts to generate work with and within different communities in the Bronx. It is also representative of his interest in recovering, reclaiming and remembering histories of the area's inhabitants that run the risk of being effac...

This time we are talking about the Boekkunstbeurs, a book arts fair held in Leiden. And our guest is Karin Cox, one of the persons in charge of this fair. Karin is a bookbinder, book restorer, and book arts teacher from the Netherlands. And she's a member of the Stichting Handboekbinden, the Dutch bookbinders' society. iBookBinding was a participant of the Boekkunstbeurs twice, in 2018 and 2019. And both times, it was an amazing experience. The fair is jointly organized by the society of bookbinders and the society of printers. If you are in Europe or have a chance to visit the Netherlands early this November, we highly recommend you to visit the fair in Leiden! Listen to this episode on: - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/ibookbinding-podcast/id1510257102 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWJvb2tiaW5kaW5nLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Boekkunstbeurs: https://boekkunstbeurs.nl/opening-en/ Stichting Handboekbinden: https://stichting-handboekbinden.eu/ Drukwerk in de Marge: https://drukwerkindemarge.org/ Karin Cox on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boekrestauratie Information about getting tested: https://www.testenvoortoegang.org/ Entering or returning to the Netherlands: https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/checklist-entry 00:00 - Beginning 01:54 - Introducing Boekkunstbeurs - Book Arts Fair in Leiden 06:11 - Organizing this year's fair after the last year's cancellation 09:23 - From which countries participants and visitors are coming to the fair? 10:30 - How travel limitations of this year are affecting the fair? 13:18 - Are there any online activities associated with the fair? 14:09 - How many participants and visitors usually attend the fair? 14:52 - Pieterskerk - the spacious and magnificent location for the fair 16:38 - Karin's personal experience of participating in the fair - book arts fair as a bookish club 21:11 - What kinds of workshops can you usually find at the Boekkunstbeurs? 22:42 - Is there still a chance to register as a participant? 24:08 - The financial aspects of the fair 27:42 - Join the Dutch Society of Bookbinders and support their cause! 30:52 - What other activities the Society is organizing? Competitions and challenges 34:13 - The age of participants. Starting to make books and experimenting 36:13 - The history of the Stichting Handboekbinden and its future 37:49 - Options for a more formal bookbinding education in the Benelux region 39:26 - Career of Karin Cox and her path to becoming a bookbinder, book restorer, and book arts teacher 45:18 - Current Society's bookish challenge

Dilini Eriyawala, a lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne and a Diploma in World Literature at the University of Warwick, England speaks to SBS Sinhala radio - මෙල්බර්න් හි Deakin විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ කථිකාචාර්ය, සහ එංගලන්තයේ වොරික් විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විශ්ව සාහිත්‍ය පිලිබඳ ඩිප්ලෝමාධරිනියක් වන මෙල්බර්න් වාසි දිලිනි ඊරියවල සමඟින් SBS සිංහල සේවයේ දිල්රුක්ෂි විජේසූරිය ගෙන එන මෙම සාහිත්‍ය රසවින්දනාත්මක විශේෂාංගයට සවන්දෙන්න ඉහත ඡායාරූපයේ ඇති speaker සලකුණ මත ක්ලික් කරන්න

*The stories shared in LuLaBitch are our own personal experiences, opinions and allegations of our time in the cult LuLaRoe. Some accounts may be triggering. Please listen at your own discretion. This is meant as a companion series to the Amazon Docuseries, LuLaRich, and is in no way affiliated with the film.* We finish up Part 2 as Becca and I discuss some of the more burning questions in LuLaRich, like that odd marriage and why Mark and DeAnne think it's so funny. Plus some of the deepest secrets that LuLaRich didn't mention, and what we think about what's to come and the future of LuLaRoe. Plus Becca answers my rapid fire questions and it leads to even more bananery. Show Notes Watch LuLaRich on Amazon Prime Video! - https://amzn.to/3k68Axs LuLaRoe: The REAL Untold Story. (Anti-MLM) (Pt.1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMp7iIAiWQU LuLaRoe: The REAL Untold Story. (Anti-MLM) (Pt. 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSUQU-1FY6Q Behind the Bastards: Part One: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-john-ronald-brown-the-55594943/ Behind the Bastards: Part Two: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-two-john-ronald-brown-the-55806281/ Becca's Washi Tape Store! https://www.prettypackagestape.com/ Washi Tape: 101+ Ideas for Paper Crafts, Book Arts, Fashion, Decorating, Entertaining, and Party Fun! - https://amzn.to/3u2opsc Fun With Washi!: 35 Ways to Instantly Refresh Your Home, Accessories, and Packages with Washi Tape - https://amzn.to/39qZZzf Current LuLaRoe Prints - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa/video/6989734605972655366 LuLaRich Critics - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa/video/7009420382973283589 Becca's SLMLMBOK Interview! - https://soundslikemlm.libsyn.com/lularoes-bless-of-death-the-end-of-an-alleged-criminal-empire GoT S07E07 Petyr Baelish "Assume the Worst" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_OmC3dk-O8 Dr. Steven Hassans's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note!

ምስ ጋዜጠኛን ጸሓፊን ግርማይ ገብሩ ብዛዕባ ግጥሚታቱ ካብ ዝተገብረ ዕላል እተወስደ።ዕልልታን ንብዓትን፥ምፍጣርኪ ዝነግር ብኽያትኪ ሰሚዖምኩሎም ብዕልልታ ብታሕጓስ ነቢዖም።ደሓርከምማትኪ ዝነግር ጥሩምባ ምስ ሰምዑጨጉሪ ርእሶም ነጽዮም ንሶም እንትነብዑትስሕቂዶ ሽዑ?

እዚ መቐጸልታ ናይቲ ምስ ጸሓፊ መጽሓፍ "መዘክር ወዲ ሃገረሰብ" ዝጸሓፈ መንገሻ ሃብተ የማነ እተገብረ ዝርርብ እዩ። ንባህሊን መንነትን ኣነባብራ ብዛዕባ ትገልጽ መጽሓፉ መሰረት ዝገበረ ዕላል እዩ።

ኣብዚ ቅሩብ እዋን ተሓቲማ ኣብ ዕዳጋ ትርከብ መጽሓፍ "መዘክር ወዲ ሃገረሰብ" ካብተን ኣብ ነበብቲ ቅልጡፍ ተቐባልነት ረኺባ ዘላ መጽሓፍ እያ። ኣብ ባህሊን ያታን ኣነባብራ ሕብረተሰብ ትግርኛ እትገልጽ መጽሓፍ ዝምልከት ምስ ጸሓፊኣ መንገሻ ሃብተ እተገብረ ዕላል ቀዳማይ ትሕዝቶ።

In this online event, Ana Paula Cordeiro, the creator of Body of Evidence, speaks from the workshop in New York City where she produced it. She will be joined in conversation by Merve Emre, Associate Professor of American Literature. Body of Evidence (2020) is an artist's book that examines the role of documentary evidence in defining national and individual identity. The red, white, and blue of the printing and binding echo a national story, viewed from the perspective of an immigrant, with quotations from Rebecca Solnit, Emily Dickinson, William James, Agnes Martin, and Fernando Pessoa. We open the conversation by examining the book's unique structure, moving on to consider the questions posed by the book's theme. What qualifies as a document? When does a document become evidence? And what does this evidence prove about an individual or a nation? How can an individual's narrative assert their integrity in face of dehumanization? The conversation will be launched after a live presentation of the copy of this book now in the Bodleian. Originally from Brazil, Cordeiro is based in New York and composes her book works at The Center for Book Arts in New York City, from where she will speak. In 2020 she was awarded a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her artist books are collected privately and institutionally. Book Arts programme from the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book. Supported by a generous donation to the Bodleian Bibliographical Press.

In this online event, Ana Paula Cordeiro, the creator of Body of Evidence, speaks from the workshop in New York City where she produced it. She will be joined in conversation by Merve Emre, Associate Professor of American Literature. Body of Evidence (2020) is an artist's book that examines the role of documentary evidence in defining national and individual identity. The red, white, and blue of the printing and binding echo a national story, viewed from the perspective of an immigrant, with quotations from Rebecca Solnit, Emily Dickinson, William James, Agnes Martin, and Fernando Pessoa. We open the conversation by examining the book's unique structure, moving on to consider the questions posed by the book's theme. What qualifies as a document? When does a document become evidence? And what does this evidence prove about an individual or a nation? How can an individual's narrative assert their integrity in face of dehumanization? The conversation will be launched after a live presentation of the copy of this book now in the Bodleian. Originally from Brazil, Cordeiro is based in New York and composes her book works at The Center for Book Arts in New York City, from where she will speak. In 2020 she was awarded a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her artist books are collected privately and institutionally. Book Arts programme from the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book. Supported by a generous donation to the Bodleian Bibliographical Press.

Amy Richard is a native of Miami, Florida. After working for many years as an artist/illustrator, science writer and educator, a fascination with hand papermaking processes led her to complete an MFA in Book Arts at the University of Iowa. Her focus was on Japanese-style papermaking, along with the history, traditions, and the spiritual/ healing aspects of the practice. Heavily influenced by the cycles of life, much of Richard's work is a response to the metaphysical energy exhibited in nature, particularly within the detritus or "relics" that remain after life is gone. Using the inner bark [bast fibers] from specific plants, Richard strives to capture nature's vibrancy in her sculptures, prints, paintings and artist books. Find the show notes here.

The 20th episode of iBookBinding's podcast will be published in three parts because we are talking to Daniel Kelm, an amazing bookbinder and book artist with almost 45 years of experience. Daniel is an amazing speaker and teacher and shares lots of amazing stories during this discussion. Among other things, Daniel experimented with book structures, invented the wire-edge binding, founded a school, and did many other amazing things. To learn more, watch this episode or listen to it (see the links below). Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgKzGwdvv6w Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ 00:00 - Daniel Kelm 00:30 - Starting with chemistry 03:21 - Finding a connection with books 04:24 - Running away from words to library bindings 05:41 - Learning process, apprenticeship, and influences 07:15 - Using chemistry to figure out the guilding techniques 08:05 - Starting with the traditional approach and moving on to experimentation 08:58 - Importance of collaborations 11:24 - "If you put a scuplture on the front of the book, it stops being a book!" 12:54 - Asking questions, playing, and having fun 13:45 - Having this great chance for free creative collaborations in the Western World 15:35 - Freedom from strict traditions 18:13 - Inventing the wire-edge binding 19:46 - Looking for stress areas of bindings 25:19 - Learning as much as possible about different structures and materials 30:09 - When a book is not a book anymore? 36:30 - The difference between book market and art market 39:31 - Buried books of Mark Cockram 41:41 - Ways to transmit narrative to the reader 44:11 - Open mind vs. bookbinding conservatism 48:42 - Sharing the knowledge and not being protective with your own inventions 51:05 - Teaching, founding a school, and having apprentices 54:40 - Cancer experience and its influence on Daniels life 57:28 - Work/life balance 59:22 - Growing things 1:02:09 - Listening to the material vs. forcing your own will onto it. Alchemy and science 1:11:39 - A very traditional mix of philosophy, bookbinding, and alchemy 1:12:29 - Collaboration with Ben Elbel

Middle school ELA teacher Shanna Yarbrough and host Evelyn Lauer discuss the dilemma of the three-percent Covid positivity rate threshold in New York City, the benefits of new technologies, and the challenges of summative assessments while teaching remotely. Yarbrough has a BA in Creative Writing from UC Santa Cruz, an MFA in Book Arts from the University  of Alabama, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Relay Graduate School in NYC. She began teaching as a NYC Teaching Fellow in 2014. She has also taught bookbinding and letterpress printing for about 10 years. She is currently teaching eighth graders at Highbridge Green Middle School in the Highbridge area of the South Bronx.Follow host, Evelyn Lauer, on Twitter and Instagram, @evelynalauer.

Our guest is Mark Cockram, a book artist, teacher, and bookbinder from London, UK. Mark is the owner of the Studio 5 Book Arts. See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPreEm6GQo Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ To follow Mark's projects, use the links below: https://www.instagram.com/markbookartist/ https://twitter.com/markbookartist https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuiGvf4CuYNSV6LNL7nu5g https://www.facebook.com/mark.cockram.9 Studio 5 Book Arts http://studio5bookbindingandarts.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Studio5Bookarts/ 00:00 - Beginning of Part 2 00:27 - Adhesives - a hot topic! 01:44 - On collaborations with students 05:30 - Education, students, and empowerment 09:30 - A dyslexic bookbinder 11:30 - Beginning of the workshop tour. Why Studio 5? 12:07 - Equipment and the general layout 13:00 - Bookbinding ploughs, etc. 16:48 - Show and tell - Old and new bindings 17:56 - On the size of the studio 19:28 - The oldest tool in the workshop 21:13 - Finding a place for a board shear in a small studio 22:46 - Accumulating stuff for 17 years 24:03 - Buried Books project 28:58 - When damaged book loses its function (if ever)? 30:37 - What's a book? 32:29 - Ceramics and bookbinding 37:56 - Smaller books and strange shapes 39:52 - Hommage to Joseph Cornell 46:08 - Kinetic sculptures and bookbinding 47:40 - Box as an extension of the binding 54:37 - Book worms

Our guest is Mark Cockram, a book artist, teacher, and bookbinder from London, UK. Mark is the owner of the Studio 5 Book Arts. See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk. Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUnFyGOVuYo Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ To follow Mark's projects, use the links below: https://www.instagram.com/markbookartist/ https://twitter.com/markbookartist https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuiGvf4CuYNSV6LNL7nu5g https://www.facebook.com/mark.cockram.9 Studio 5 Book Arts http://studio5bookbindingandarts.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Studio5Bookarts/ 00:00 - Introducing Mark Cockram 00:26 - Reinstalling Art Deco toilets to old buildings 02:47 - College: art and conservation 03:54 - Opening the studio and teaching 05:43 - Bookbinder vs. Book Artist 09:09 - Book as a universally recognizable object 10:37 - Breaking the rules 14:18 - Damaging books for art and teaching 15:21 - Books and microwaves 16:38 - Experimenting with materials 22:11 - Relation of materials to the theme of the book 23:57 - Clay from Singapore 27:10 - Public perception of a traditional book as an 18th-century binding 28:08 - Education and paying the bills 31:00 - Collections of modern bindings 34:38 - When a client asks to do something wrong 39:46 - Where Mark finds his inspiration 41:47 - Mark's collage work 47:27 - How the approaches change over the years 48:51 - Mark's current classes 52:47 - Setting students on a path 56:32 - Educational videos Mark shares on Facebook

Picture books aren't just for kids, especially not when they're made by Scott Samuelson.

This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with craftsfolk Brien Beidler and Mary Sullivan at the off-grid rural Idaho homestead of Jim Croft and Melody Eckroft during their summer 2019 ‘Old Ways of Making Books' class. Brien, Mary and I sat down at the end of a three week workshop period where we all had different roles as both teachers and students during Jim and Melody's yearly or bi-yearly ‘Old Ways of Making Books' class. Brien and Mary are highly skilled bookbinders who came to assist Jim Croft and also continue to learn and be mentored by him. I've mentioned the old ways class on the podcast several times and posted about it on the blog over the years. Alyssa Sacora and I talk about the Old Ways class on the podcast, here. I posted a photo diary three years ago of my time at Jim and Melody's homestead, here. I posted a recent photo diary documenting the hide tanning portion of the class from this summer, here. ********************************************* From the beginning, Brien Beidler has been inspired by historic bindings, and is consistently delighted by their ability to harmonize fine craftsmanship, quirky but elegant aesthetics, and evidence of the hands that made them. Though traditionally structured and bound with integrity, Brien's bindings seek ways to create new compositions and juxtapositions of these historic precedents. Naturally, a healthy love of the tools of the trade followed suit, and with the generosity and encouragement of toolmaking legends Jim Croft and Shanna Leino, Brien also creates a limited assortment of specialized hand tools for bookbinding and its related trades. Over the last nine years Brien has taken and taught a variety of bookbinding and toolmaking workshops, and is an active member of the Guild of Book Workers. In the fall of 2016, he and his wife upped their roots in Charleston, South Carolina and set up shop in Bloomington, Indiana, where Brien works from his home studio with Wren, his curmudgeonly Brittany. ***************************************** Mary Sullivan grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and was one of those children who always seemed to be making something. After completing her BA in Fine Art from Maryville College in 2006 she worked as a designer and printer at the legendary Hatch Show Print, one of the country's oldest continually operating letterpress poster shops in Nashville, TN. After several years absorbing the history, materials, and tools of the trade she left Nashville temporarily to pursue an MFA in book arts at the renowned University of Iowa Center for the Book in Iowa City, Iowa.  Over the next 3 years she studied bookbinding, paper-making, printmaking, calligraphy, and book repair and was taught by some of the most respected practitioners in my field. Upon completing her MFA in Book Arts in 2014, she moved back to her hometown in Nashville and founded Crowing Hens Bindery, where she designs, makes, and sells everything from blank books to letterpress printed stationery, decorative papers, art prints, and tools; all made by hand, one at a time.   In this episode of the podcast, we talk about:   how Brien and Mary met the bookbinder and papermaker Jim Croft and how he affected their relationships to bookbinding, printmaking, papermaking, and craft in general. how learning about bookbinding and craft processes at Jim and Melody's homestead in northern Idaho is unique because of their land-based lifestyle how Jim Croft's books are modeled after medieval era books, but are unique to him and the landscape of northern Idaho the scavenge nature of Jim Croft's craft process Brien talks about his focus on bookbinding, toolmaking etc. and his preference for making his books and tools accessible Mary speaks on her work of bookbinding, printing, and art making; as well as her graduate school research on paper-making production how industrialization affects the slow craft of bookbinding especially when using materials from the land and doing the process by hand and with the focus of quality books in mind the effects industrialization has on the consumer's expectations of perfectionism, something that didn't always exist in bookbinding and paper-making historically some bookbinding history the responsibility of carrying on the trade of bookbinding and not losing the knowledge of how to make different styles of books how capitalism affects our understanding and treatment of books some talk on the value of art vs. craft in our culture Links: Jim and Melody's website, where you can contact them about future classes out in Idaho (calling or writing letters is best): https://cargocollective.com/oldway Brien's website: https://www.beidlermade.com/ Brien's instagram: @bhbeidler http://www.instagram.com/bhbeidler Mary's website: https://www.crowinghensbindery.com/ Mary's instagram: @crowinghensbindery http://www.instagram.com/crowinghensbindery Penland School of Craft: https://penland.org/ Friends of Dard Hunter paper-making conference: https://friendsofdardhunter.org/conference University of Iowa Center for the Book: https://www.iowacenterforthebook.org   Support the podcast on Patreon to contribute to our grassroots self-funding of this project.  Support the Ground Shots Project with a one time donation: paypal.me/petitfawn (include your email so I can send you a thank you note!!)  Our website with backlog of episodes, plant profiles, travelogue and more: http://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com  Our Instagram page @goldenberries Join the Ground Shots Podcast Facebook Group to discuss the episodes Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the Ground Shots Project Theme music: 'Sweat and Splinters' by Mother Marrow Produced by: Opia Creative        

Happy Thanksgiving, SOTA listeners! This week Sarah gives us an insight into the MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Fellowships Series XIV exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. She also provides some extra content from her live experience at the opening! Jasa is coming back to the Twin Cities for Thanksgiving! So, she has provided her list of must-see art exhibitions for Thanksgiving weekend. Need some places to take the family? Need some places to escape from immense family time? We have suggestions for you! References: Info on the MCBA exhibition – http://www.cathyryanprints.com/cv-info/ – http://www.ioanastoian.com/2018/the-a-z-of-motherhood/ – http://cargocollective.com/pengwu and http://www.mnartists.org/peng-wu – https://cargocollective.com/Jammo Egypt's Sunken Cities @ Mia Walker Art Center Exhibition Calendar Adam White @ Augsburg Art Galleries Selected Works: Fall 2018 @ Bockley Gallery Material Futurity @ Law Warschaw Gallery *due to our researcher's not-so-thorough research, this university gallery will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. However, we thought it was still worth promoting because it's an excellent show! The researcher had to be let go. “Native American group denounces Met's exhibition of indigenous objects” – The Art Newspaper “Metropolitan Museum of Art reclassifies status of Native American art for new exhibition” – The Art Newspaper other things aaia has been up to: http://www.realclearlife.com/news/popularity-indian-costumes-halloween-horror-native-americans/ https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/hunterdon-county/2018/10/18/rago-arts-native-american-auction-lambertville/1685833002/ https://www.indian-affairs.org/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

From BCB... https://www.bestofbcb.org/wu-311-barn-artists-at-bac-in-november/ Two of Bainbridge's premier art organizations, BARN and BAC, are collaborating to bring you an exciting November exhibit. In this informative podcast, Lindsay Masters, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts' Executive Director, and Mark Nichols, Bainbridge Artist Resource Network's Executive Director, tell us about each of their organizations and how their missions are synergistic. Their collaboration will be exemplified during the month of November, when BAC will serve as the public gallery for 42 artists who have honed their artistic skills at BARN. Some have never exhibited their artwork in public before, but all have met the standards of the jury for this exhibition. Listen here as Lindsay describes the jurying process for the beautiful BAC gallery and tells us about the many additional offerings and services provided by BAC, from art classes for seniors and opportunities for local BI students to demonstrations at nursing homes, on ferries, and beyond. Mark Nichols talks about the new BARN, which includes 11 different studios for very different artistic endeavors, including Book Arts, Electronic and Technical Arts, Fiber Arts, Glass Arts, Jewelry Making, Kitchen Arts, Metal Arts, Printmaking, Woodworking & Small Boat Building, Writers, and Media Arts.  All these offerings will be housed within BARN's soon-to-be-completed building, off New Brooklyn Road, near the Fire Station.   We're all looking forward to this new 25,000 sq ft building -- especially the Commons area where artists can relax, have a cuppa and share ideas! More information about each organization can be found at bainbridgebarn.org and bacart.org. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Diane Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-267-may-events-at-barn/ May at the BARN offers a wide variety of learning opportunities, including: May 15: Introduction to Raspberry Pi, a $35 open-source computer that fits in the palm of your hand May 21-22:  Make bone bookmaking tools and objects by hand with Jim Croft May 24: Viscosity printing with Denise Kester and the monthly meeting of the Book Arts/letterpress group May 26: Writers Roundtable and Chiaroscuro Wood Cut Relief Carving with Ann Schuster May 28: Basic stone setting with round and square tubing, taught by Jennifer Stenhouse ... and on Mondays there will be a series of workshops on chain necklace-making taught by Jane Martin. For more information about these and other BARN offerings, visit the BARN website at http://www.bainbridgebarn.org. Credits: BCB host: Joanna Pyle; audio editor: Chris Walker; publisher: Diane Walker.

In this month's BARN podcast, board member Catherine Camp recaps some of the strategic planning in which the board is exploring some fascinating alternatives for BARN's future. In addition, Catherine reminds us of the dates for several of the popular studio groups at the BARN's current studios in Rolling Bay: the Fiber Arts studio group meets Tuesday, November 10 from 7 to 9pm; the Woodshop group meets Saturday, November 14 from 9 to 11am; and the monthly Book Arts gathering will be Wednesday November 18 from 7 to 9pm. Catherine also mentions a few classes during the upcoming holiday season that may help you with your holiday gifting needs: the "Spindle Turning Intro" presents gift-making opportunities in wood with Jeff Williams, on Wednesday Nov 9 from 6 to 8pm, where you can use a lathe to make a bottle opener, pizza cutter, ice cream scoop, or bottle stopper; the workshop on Fused Glass Frames with Elaine Greene on Wednesday November 11 from 10am to 1pm, will offer a chance to make gifts in beautiful colored glass; and the session on Tassel and Macrame Bracelets on Friday November 20 from 10am to 1pm with Amy Margaret will show you how to design bracelets with gemstones, charms, sparkly glass and macrame. Credits: BCB host: Joanna Pyle; BCB audio editor and publisher: Barry Peters.