Book Arts, Graphic Design and Photography

Saturday was a beautiful sun filed day. When my colleague Gail Simpson called to ask advice on taking a photograph of Vanishing Point, Actual Size Artworks piece in the 2010 Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, I jumped at the change to go outside and stroll along State Street. Vanishing Point stands 20 feet high and is on display inside the corner window area of the museum. Make sure to see the exhibition. More photographs of Vanishing Point can be seen by visiting the Actual Size Artwork photos at my site, or by going to Gail Simpson and Aris Georgiades’s Actual Size Artworks site.

Sarah Noreen Hurtt installed her Master of Fine Arts exhibition at the Commonwealth Gallery this May. You can visit a gallery of her work by clicking on the images above. Photographs by Jim Escalante

The pieces in Julie VonDerVellen’s Master of Fine Arts Exhbition tell stories about specific moments in her life when she can recall exactly what she was wearing. This body of work is a collection of garments that read as reinvented book structures. Each piece tells a significant story and is made entirely from paper. For VonDerVellen, memories evoke garments; garments evoke a memory. Follow this link to see a gallery of Julie Vondervellen’s work.

Kim Cridler’s newest work will be exhibited soon. I was able to take photographs of two of her newest pieces. You can see a gallery of Kim Cridler’s newest work at this link.

After several months of work, a recent project is finally off the press. My colleague Lisa Gralnick, is having a major exhibition at the Bellevue Art Museum (March 18 – August 1, 2010) in Washington State. For more information about the show, visit Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard. Working on collaborative projects is always a pleasure. You can see a gallery of photographs of Lisa Gralnick’s work. Phil Kovacevich from Seattle, Washington designed the catalog.

Cartonera artists from Cartonera Mexico, Elsoisa Cartonera and YiYi Jambo visited to make work in out type lab on Friday, October 9, 2009. You can see a gallery of photographs of the Cartonera book artists during the energetic and chaotic event. These book artists and publishers were in town as part of the Cartonera Publishers Conference and the Wisconsin Book Festival.

October 1, 2 & 3 Drew Cameron, Robert Possehl and Drew Matott conducted a workshop for veterans as part of the Combat Paper project. You can learn more about the efforts at the Combat Paper Organization site. A link of photographs can be viewed from the Combat Paper workshop.

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