All Stitched Up Book Arts Symposium
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9:00am - 3:00pm
Collins Library and the Tahoma Room
University of Puget Sound
Puget Sound Books Artists and the Collins Memorial Library are pleased to sponsor this one-day symposium with additional support from the Catherine Gould Chism Fund of the University of Puget Sound.
Registration opens: Sunday, September 15th.
Registration fee is $65. Registration is limited to 50.
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This one day event will focus on the creative process, collaboration and feature a number of artists represented in the exhibition. Registration fee is $65 and includes continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon break service. Once you have registered parking and additional registration information will be shared.
Schedule:
9:00 – 10:00: View the Exhibition in Collins Library and enjoy a Continental Breakfast. Welcome and remarks by Catherine Alice Michaels at 9:30
10:00– 10:15: Adjourn to the Tahoma Room (Thomas Hall) on the university campus
10:15 – 10:30: Welcome and Introductions
10:30 – 11:30: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Adele Patrick, co-founder and Creative Development Manager, Glasgow Women’s Library: The threads that bound a spine: art, texts and collaboration in the making of a women’s library.
We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Adele Patrick to Tacoma. She is an energetic leader in the arts and her work has inspired and enabled women artists throughout the UK to share their stories. Her work as an artist and advocate will inspire you and reflect our exhibition theme of collaboration. Dr. Patrick has been developing innovative, participatory cultural projects rooted in equalities for over 25 years. A co-founder of the Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL). Adele has had a leadership role in forging this influential, change making organization. She trained as an embroidery and woven textile designer at the Glasgow School of Art (where she subsequently has taught Gender, Art and Culture). Her doctoral research at the University of Stirling focuses on feminism and self-fashioning. In 2016 Adele was awarded Honorary Doctorates from the Glasgow School of Art and from Strathclyde University and was named Scotswoman of the Year. In 2018 she began a Clore Leadership Fellowship, (a prestigious fellowship to support arts leadership). Her current research (in collaboration with Goldsmiths, London) focuses on feminist leadership approaches. Learn more about the Glasgow Women's Library at www.womenslibrary.org.uk
11:30 – 12:30: The Art of Collaboration: a Panel Discussion. Collaboration was a key theme in our call for entries. Hear from artists whose books showcase collaboration. This panel, moderated by Lucia Harrison, will focus on the process of collaboration and explore what was it about this particular exhibition and the theme of collaboration and stitching that prompted collaborative work.
12:30 – 1:15: Buffet Lunch (a variety of vegetarian and gluten free options will be available)
1:30 – 2:30: Lucy Childs: Sewn Stories: Using Thread to Build Narratives
Lucy Childs is an accomplished artist based in the California Bay area whose work embraces stitching and embroidery. She began exhibiting her artwork, including paintings, sculpture, and artist’s books, in the mid-70s; and in 2014 began using embroidery as her medium. This new work includes a murder mystery, a series depicting life on the imaginary Quiet Island, and a five-panel narrative showing the gradual healing of an open wound. Lucy moved to the Bay Area to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts, graduating in the mid-70s; and she now lives now in Martinez, California, with her husband and their Maine coon cat, Scoobie. Of her practice, Lucy states: “My embroidered work includes artist’ books and wall pieces: narratives, landscapes and maps, and conceptual pieces about rips and mending or borders and edges. I experiment with stitches, color, patterns, narratives, and concepts.” Find more about Lucy Childs at lucychildsbookarts.com. For her artist books, she is represented by The Kelmscott Bookshop, Baltimore, Maryland.
2:00 – 2:15: Coffee Break
2:15 – 3:15: Lightning Round. Artists who are attending the Symposium will be invited to provide a short overview of their work. Once we have the full list of registrants, we will be connecting with artists to share their stories.
3:15 – 3:45: Reflections: Adele Patrick, Catherine Alice and Jane Carlin: We will take a moment and reflect on what we have learned about collaboration, creative thinking, stitching and mending and what this show means to us.
Please note that there are two related events may be of interest to attendees but which are also not sponsored by the PSBA. These events are free but registration will be required.
Event 1: Friday, November 1st: Diana Weymar: Tiny Pricks Project: Tweets, Textiles and Trump. 4:00 - 5:30pm, Collins Library, Room 053. To Register, e-mail: libref@pugetsound.edu. Be sure to include your name and e-mail.
Event 2: Sunday, November 3rd: Visit to the Sherry Grover Gallery, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. Visit the Book Art Gallery, meet museum curators and enjoy conversation with local artists. For more information visit https://www.biartmuseum.org.