Student letterpress work
108:201:001- Book Studies Workshop
Fall 2006
Fridays, 11:30 - 1:20
221 North Hall
Facilitators: Julie Leonard & Matt Brown
Instructors: UICB faculty and associates
Office hours by appointment.
Current Schedule:
Note: This schedule will be updated as presentations/readings/trips are arranged. All meetings take place in 221 North Hall unless otherwise noted. Check below for linked readings and websites.
| August 25 | Introductions |
| September 1 | Emily Martin (UICB), on her book Sleepers, Dreamers & Screamers Reading: Martha L. Carothers, “Novelty Books: Accent of Images and Words” |
| September 8 | Paul Gutjahr (Indiana University), on his scholarship Reading: Paul Gutjahr, An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1880. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1999. 1-7, 47-74. At 3 pm in 704 JB, PG presents “The Bible-zine Revolve and the Evolution of the Culturally Relevant Bible in America” |
| September 15 | Readings: Marshall Weber, “Justice is Beautiful: Expanding the Paradigm of the Artists Book”
Clifton Meador's "The Small Pond" Presentation by Jessica DeSpain and Kate Henderson |
| September 22 | Visit by Gaylord Shanilec, contemporary wood engraver. Readings: Midnight Paper Sales UNT Library "History of Wood Engraving" R. J. Reedham's Wood Engraving |
| September 29 | Open Reading: Coleman Hutchison, “Breaking the Book Known as Q,” PMLA 121:1 (January 2006): 33-66 |
| October 6 | Presentation by Cheryl Jacobsen (UICB), on her work and that of other contemporary lettering artists |
| October 13 | Margaret J. M. Ezell (Texas A&M), on her scholarship Reading: excerpts from Margaret J. M. Ezell, Social Authorship and the Advent of Print. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1999. |
| October 20 | Presentation by Sara Langworthy (UICB), on her art work |
| October 27 | David Levy, “The Universe is Expanding” and “Meditation on a Receipt,” from Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age (2001) |
| November 3 | Workshop of current projects and assignments from other courses |
| November 10 | Certificate student Jessica White on zines, zine production, and zine culture |
| November 17 | Open |
| December 1 | Presentation by Jennifer Burek Pierce (SLIS)Work in Progress: |
| December 8 | Conclusion |
Click here for previous semesters' schedules.
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