UICB at the Iowa City Book Festival

Saturday, July 18th

Gibson Square Park, Iowa City

UICB faculty and students will be at the Iowa City Book Festival Saturday, July 18th. UICB will be offering demonstrations, hands-on book activities and exhibiting their work. The festival will also feature a mix of local and regional booksellers with new and used books for sale, a music stage, children's activities, food vendors, readings and panel discussions. For more information on the festival visit their website here.

“Nature, Materials and Process in the Japanese Craft of Hand-Papermaking”

Slide Lecture with Paul Denhoed

Friday, May 29th, 5pm

215 North Hall

The myriad handmade papers of Japan are possible as a result of the craftsperson's careful handling of natural resources. At each step of the lengthy process, decisions are made which ultimately affect the quality and temperament of the finished paper. Paul Denhoed has been documenting hand papermaking in Japan for the last seven years. In this illustrated talk, he will share a glimpse of daily life in papermaking studios and describe the materials, processes, and tools that are employed to create the wide variety of Japanese handmade papers.

Paul Denhoed has lived in Japan since 2001 researching Japanese hand papermaking, and studying with Richard Flavin, Shinichirou Abe, and Hiroaki Imai. Since April of 2008, he has been working full-time at Oguni Washi Papermaking Studio in Niigata, Japan. In June 2008, he and his wife accompanied three papermakers from Japan to Toronto for the World Washi Summit, where he also lectured. He earned his MFA in Design from the University of Iowa, and a Graduate Certificate from the University of Iowa Center for the Book.

"Wood: From the Living Tree to the Bed of the Press" Slide Lecture with Gaylord Shanilec

Friday, May 22, 3:30 PM

Main Library, Rm 2032 (2nd floor classroom)

Gaylord Schanilec, proprietor of Midnight Paper Sales, wood engraver and fine printer, has been printing books, primarily from wood blocks and metal type for 30 years. His work is represented in most major collections of contemporary book art in both the US and UK.

The lecture will survey his work back to the beginning, with emphasis on Sylvae and discussion of The River, his newest adventure. Schanilec will also have books and working materials on hand to look at and discuss.

UICB Spring Open House

May 8, 3:30 - 6:30 PM

Ground floor, North Hall

Exhibits from UICB studio classes in calligraphy, papermaking, bookbinding, boxmaking, pop-up book structures, letterpress printing, and digital printing will be on display.

Calligraphy and bookbinding demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the afternoon.

Food and drink will be served--all are welcome!

UICB Final Project Exhibit

May 8th, 6-9pm

Arts Iowa City Gallery

Lower Level

103 E College St., Iowa City

Come celebrate with us as nine Center for the Book students show off their final projects. UICB students Amelia Bernhardt, Laura Capp, Amber Jansen, Juli McLoone, Melissa Moreton, Elizabeth Munger, Kimberly Nelson, Kathleen Tandy and Jessica White will exhibit their final projects in a group show titled The Printed, The Bound, The Finale.

This collection of projects includes handprinted artists books, calligraphic broadsides, a historical binding model, handmade paper, an academic analysis, and other fine printed materials.

UICB New Works at Luther College

April 8-May 24

Luther College, Preus Library, Decorah, Iowa

An exhibit of books, prints, calligraphy and more by the graduate students and faculty of the University of Iowa Center for the Book.

"Whitman's Publics" Talk by Virginia Jackson

April 30, 7:30pm

Gerber Lounge

English Philosophy Building (EPB)

Virginia Jackson's book Dickinson's Misery (Princeton UP) won the MLA Prize for a First Book in 2005 and the Christian Gauss Prize from Phi Beta Kappa in 2006. With Yopie Prins, Jackson is a key figure in the New Lyric Studies and was a contributor to the PMLA forum on that topic in January 2008. Her current project, "National Meter: Nineteenth-Century American Poetry in Public," traces the uneven process of lyricization in the work of Bryant, Poe, Oakes Smith, Harper, Longfellow, Jackson, Lanier, Whitman, and Dunbar. She will speak on the topic of "Whitman's Publics."