Auguste Pierrot - Prints and Drawing by Harper Folsom
侘び寂び -Wabisabi- Recent work from Nana Takano
Exhibit Opening Celebration for ‘Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education’
Text and Textures: Women Creating Books with Bite - A conversation with Pervin Saket & Diane Vadino
Text and Textures: Women Creating Books with Bite.
A conversation with Obermann International Fellow Pervin Saket & Diane Vadino led by Devanshi Khetarpal.
Co-sponsored by the International Writing Program and the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.
Free and open to all!
Read Aloud at the Lagoon Shelter House: Tending Iowa's Land
Iowa has stories to tell: hard lessons learned from soil loss, compromised water quality, and fragmented natural systems, but also proven solutions built on knowing and doing better that are ready to scale up.
In Tending Iowa's Land, local researcher and writer Cornelia Mutel offers a collection of essays and personal stories from experts and everyday people that prove the challenges and explore the pathways to a regenerative future for our natural environment.
Help give voice to these stories on...
Musings on Folded, Flapped, Rolled, and Manipulated Paper
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Curator Guided Tour of ‘Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education’
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
The Making of a Book: A Conversation with Johanna Drucker
Join the University of Iowa Libraries for an intimate conversation with author, artist, and scholar Johanna Drucker about her new book, Affluvia: The Toxic Off-Gassing of Affluent Culture. In this talk, Drucker will discuss her book, along with its development, and publication. It’s your chance to learn the ins and outs of writing and publishing your book.
This event is free and open to the public. It will take place on Oct. 8 from 1 to 2 p.m. on the second floor of the Main Library in room 2032...
Iowa Bibliophiles - Artists' Books: Critical Writing in the Field
Artists’ books continue to be a hard-to-define and multifaceted field of work made at the intersections of conceptual art, the craft of the book, independent publishing, alternative culture, and other aesthetic motivations. No simple single lineage is shared by these works, and even tracking them to an origin point — such as illuminated manuscripts, the books of William Blake, or the 20th-century avant-garde — can be problematic. Artists’ books have remained more marginalized in the mainstream...
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
UI Center for the Book Open House and Reception
Reception for Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Kindred Spirits: 30 Years of University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Work
Nadia Sophie Seiler Visiting Book Artist: Shawn Sheehy
The University of Iowa Center for the Book, in partnership with the UI Libraries, proudly presents an artist talk with Nadia Sophie Seiler Visiting Book Artist Shawn Sheehy. This free event will take place in Shambaugh Auditorium and is open to the campus community and the public.
“Paper Engineering: Book Arts in Four Dimensions”
Pop-up books capture a reader's attention not only with sculptural form but also with movement through space and time. Join paper engineer Shawn Sheehy as he demonstrates...
