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Interesting exhibition that will be over the summer at The Art Institute.

If you find yourself in NYC in the coming weeks be sure to check out a very interesting exhibition on diaries at the Pierpont Morgan Library. This is a link to the online version.

I believe I am going to find myself in NYC in the coming weeks--do you have to pay to see the exhibit?

Interesting exhibition of artists books relating to time. From this site, you can see many of the artist that are exhibited in the show and see there work. Unfortunately, the exhibit just closed.

For those of you interested in BOOKBINDING.

Information about and some really interesting images from an exhibition of artists books that happened in the fall of 2010 at Princeton.

An exhibition of artists book that feature pop-ups.

An online exhibition presented by The Bonefolder e-journal: binders from the US and Canada show off their craft. 

An online exhibition by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the Washington Project for the Arts exploring explores the links between scientific and artistic creativity through the book format. Check out the digital brochure and exhibition.

Souther Methodist University's Meadows Museum will display a collection of illuminated manuscripts from the 11th to 18th centuries, looted by Napolean's armies from the Sistine Chapel, and rediscovered in 1997. Through 4/23.

This is the online catalog for an artist book event from March 18 - April 30 at the Donna Seager Gallery in San Raphael, CA.

Serves as an online hub for websites and exhibitions related to artists books.

I don't think I ever gave you this info on the book arts listserv...

"An online repository of facsimiles, metadata, and criticism... ABsOnline consists of files that display artists' books, exhibits, essays, and links to other collections or resource materials for this field." What I found really cool about this site is when you view a book, there is a really comprehensive profile on the right side of the page that besides providing you with the artist and publication history, also includes an 'aesthetic profile' and other comments and tidbits.

For some reason I missed that you posted this Molly even after searching our group site! whoops!

Potentially of interest to anyone in the pacific northwest..."[BAG] was formed in Seattle in 1979 to support the diverse disciplines of the book arts and has been actively dedicated to promoting all hand bookmaking crafts and contemporary book arts for 30 years."

"Brooklyn is an artist-run, nonprofit organization headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. Our mission is to promote artist books as an art form and educational resource; to provide educational institutions and the public with programming involving contemporary artist books; and to assist artists in exhibiting, distributing, and publishing innovative bookwork."

There's definitely a line between journaling and artist's books, but I think the two are often interrelated.

Emma, this is an amazing site, with much relevance to artists books. In fact there is a strong diaristic element to some artists books, as we will see later in April. Your post reminds me that I wanted to tell you all about the fabulous exhibition of diaries I saw last week at the Morgan Library in New York. I'll put that info in a post to the group.

"The Center for Book Arts is committed to exploring and cultivating contemporary aesthetic interpretations of the book as an art object while invigorating traditional artistic practices of the art of the book."