Book Arts Collection
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The Book Arts Collection comprises historical and contemporary examples of publications created as artworks in various formats, such as books, letterpress, broadsides, and chapbooks. The collection encourages an interdisciplinary curriculum that promotes multi-sensorial communication and learning within the art and art history department and deepens connections with the larger Colorado book arts community.
Book Arts Highlight
Video without words. Description for "Off the Shelf" video: Exhibition curator Johnny Plastini demonstrates the function of and materials in Alicia Bailey's artist book 'Lipstips' (2001). Plastini opens a small cardboard box to reveal a metal lipstick tube. He opens the tube and twists the bottom, which pushes out multiple sheets of pink paper with typed text. The video's music, "CGI Snake," by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Book Arts Resources
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Book Watson WorkOpens in new window. Gail Watson - Artists’ Books + Letterpress Editions Catalogue Raisonné 1987 to 2023
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CABIN: Carl Wilson Letterpress Printing WorkshopBook Arts at CSU
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Colorado Book Art Comes ‘Off the Shelf’ for New GAMA ExhibitColorado State University’s Gregory Allicar Museum of Art's exhibition showcases work by 17 artists in Colorado. Exhibition pieces are drawn from GAMA’s permanent holdings and book arts collections around the state. Many of the works featured in the exhibition are also courtesy of the CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections, partners in the exhibition and with CABIN.
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I am what I am by Seojung LeeI am who I am where I am, by Master of Fine Arts candidate Seojung Lee, is the first exhibition of a series to show how the CSU Libraries is an indispensible ally for students embarking on artistic and scientific journeys.
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Invitation: Selections from the Book Arts Collection at CSU Libraries Archives & Special CollectionsOpens in new window. BFA student Kaylee Congdon created this in the fall of 2023.
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Lasting legacies: Following the ’50sSince 1988, the Clarence Wentworth Memorial Endowment has purchased books and materials for Morgan Library, directed by the English Department. This significant accession of letterpress, chapbooks, and broadsides to Archives & Special Collections, in addition to the 2021 acquisition of Colorado Book Arts pieces, created the Book Arts Collection.
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Multifaceted Mirrors Exhibition at the Morgan LibraryMeg Robinson, BFA with a concentration in Graphic Design put together this exhibition that features selections from Archives and Special Collections, specifically the Friedman Feminist Press and Book Arts Collections.
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Take a look inside some of the artists' books in Off the Shelf: Contemporary Book Arts in ColoradoLinks to several videos demonstrating book arts pieces
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The Power of Artists’ Books: Catalysts for Creative Thinking Across the CurriculumBy Jane Carlin and Sha Towers. Artists’ books in the classroom—and really in any setting where people can engage with them—provide rich opportunities to explore artistic expression and commentary.
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