A hand pointing at text that reads "Handy Books."

A call for artist responses to selected books that engage not just the eye, but also the hands—through folds, flaps, tabs, slices, pop-ups, embossing, decay, wear, mutilation, feel—mind and hand linked by the book.

Deadline for Intent to Enter: March 10, 2017

Exhibit Dates

August 20 – September 15,
  University of Iowa Center for the Book Merker Gallery
September 15 – November 1,
 University of Iowa Special Collections, Main Library

Curators

Julia Leonard, University of Iowa Center for the Book
Elizabeth Yale, University of Iowa Department of History

For full prospectus, click here
or write uicb-events@uiowa.edu

Co-sponsored by the Rare Book School Mellon Fellowship in Critical Bibliography