DIPTYCH Join us Thursday, May 12 at 7 p.m. for Diptych, the biannual reading event from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop & UI Center for the Book that highlights the relationships between visual poetry and artists books. This Spring's reading event will take place in the Atrium of the Visual Arts Building, amidst an installation of work from current and past readers. There will be a small table set up with work available for purchase.

 Keren Alfred MFA Thesis Exhibition Keren Alfred's MFA Thesis show is on display in the K. K. Merker Gallery this week. Join her for an artist's talk on Wednesday, March 30 at 6 p.m.: Zoom Link Here! She will be hosting a closing reception on Friday, April 1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the gallery. From Keren: A year and a half ago I wrote a letter saying I (and people who look like me) just want to live. Since then, I’ve thought a lot about what living looks like for me. I’ve realized that...

Unified Randomness & Found Narratives - Sara Rieger MFA Thesis Show MFA Thesis Exhibition March 20 - 26 Closing Reception on Friday, March 25th from 5pm - 7pm

Iowa Bibliophiles Presents Pop Ups and Movables in Books Are Older Than You Think, a talk with Emily Martin Movable elements can be found in books as early as the 13th Century, lift flaps and volvelles were used in religious texts to chronicle pilgrimages and calculate dates for religious holidays. Over time movables, pop-ups and movable sculptural book forms have been used for a variety of purposes from education to entertainment, scholarly texts to artists’ book.  Emily Martin, Adjunct...

Concrete Uncertainty Please join MFA Candidate Colleen Lawrence for her Thesis Exhibition closing reception at K.K. Merker Gallery Friday March 6 from 5 to 7 p.m.

In coordination with the "Hidden Collections" exhibit, the UI Center for the Book will host a lecture and demonstration with visiting artist Sol Rébora. Rébora will conduct a talk and open discussion on her work in design binding entitled “Design Methods and Process in Contemporary Binding” on Friday, February 11, with a lecture at 11:00 a.m., followed by a demonstration at 2:00 p.m. in 2032 of the University of Iowa Main Library. Attendees are also invited to attend virtually via Zoom.  Sol...

 a Lecture and Demonstration with Visiting Artist Sol Rébora The UI Center for the Book is honored to welcome renowned design binder Sol Rébora to Iowa City. Ms. Rébora will conduct a lecture and open discussion on her work in design binding. Following the lecture, she will offer a demonstration of specific on-lay techniques she has developed in her practice. The lecture and demonstration will be held in room 2032 of the University of Iowa Main Library and will also be accessible via Zoom...

Welcome to Iowa Bibliophiles! This group is for those who love book history, book collecting, or the curious.  For our meeting in February, explore the exciting world of book arts through the lens of Julie Leonard and Karen Carcia—creators of the Book Arts Research Database.  The project began as a way to add to the bibliographic descriptions of the physical characteristics of book art materials held in the UI Special Collections including books with pop-elements, handmade paper, innovative...

Welcome to Iowa Bibliophiles! This group is for those who love book history, book collecting, or the curious.  For our meeting in February, explore the exciting world of book arts through the lens of Julie Leonard and Karen Carcia—creators of the Book Arts Research Database.  The project began as a way to add to the bibliographic descriptions of the physical characteristics of book art materials held in the UI Special Collections including books with pop-elements, handmade paper, innovative...

Exhibits from UICB studio classes in lettering arts, papermaking, bookbinding, artist books, and letterpress printing will be on display. Work from UICB Faculty will be on display in the K.K. Merker Gallery.   Longer hours, spreading out attendance.   We’ve missed you all and hope to see you there.   *We all are wearing masks and will greatly appreciate your wearing them when visiting*

  Ho Che Anderson’s three-volume graphic novel, King, mixes the historical record with imagined conversations and events during Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life in the 1950s and ‘60s. Pages from King with the artist’s and editor’s annotations are part of the Stanley School Programs Collection that has visited K–12 schools across Iowa. Associate Curator of Education Joshua Siefken will present Anderson’s work and discuss the social justice themes present in the Stanley School Programs Graphic...

Please join us at the Fall Diptych Reading, on Thursday, October 21 at 7pm. The reading will take place on the outdoor lawn at Public Space One, 229 N Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA 52245. Diptych is a biannual collaborative reading series between the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the University of Iowa Center for the Book that strives to highlight the intersections of visual poetry and artists’ books. By offering readings and work samples in a cross-disciplinary framework, we hope to build community...

The UI Libraries Conservation and Collections Care Department presents the 2021 William Anthony Conservation Lecture: Save the date for this year's online event with special guest Peter D. Verheyen! Thursday, September 30 at 6:00 PM CST on Zoom. Free to attend, all are welcome. REGISTER NOW. About the lecture series: The William Anthony Conservation Lecture Series, hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries Conservation Lab, invites Book and Paper Conservators and Bookbinders to share...