Image credit: Julien Chen, Guide to Higher Learning (opened)

January 27 – March 6, 2010

Public Reception: Wednesday, January 27, 5:00-7:00pm

Co-curated by book artist Felicia Rice and gallery director Shelby Graham

PRESS LINKS: Santa Cruz Sentinel,  UCSC City on a Hill  KUSP radio

Book as Medium: Holding/Withholding Text is an international invitational exhibition featuring 28 book artists. Each of the participants probes issues of content, form, material, collaboration and accessibility with wide ranging results. The exhibition is sponsored by the UCSC Art Department, Charles Griffin Farr Fund, Porter College and Cowell College.

List of participating artists:

Jody Alexander, Inge Bruggeman, Matt Cohen & Sher Zabaszkiewicz, Carolee Campbell, Julie Chen, Maureen Cummins, Marie C. Dern, Johannes Strugalla, Markus & Barbara Fahrner, Peggy Gotthold & Lawrence G. Van Velzer, Brad Freeman, Kate Hitt, Charles Hobson, Constance Hunter, Tom Killion, Peter Koch, Deborah Kogan, Victoria May, Ruth McGurk, Adrienne O’Hanlon, Robin Price, Harry Reese & Sandra Lidell Reese, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Barbara Tetenbaum, 
Peter & Donna Thomas, Claire Van Vliet, Marshall Weber, Gary Young

Related Events

Friday, March 5, 2010 (Parking* available at East Field House and reserved Hahn Parking lot)

Bookmaking demonstration @ Cowell Press: 2:00-3:30pm with Gary Young

Followed by a panel discussion @ Cowell Provost House: 4:00-5:30pm

with Julie Chen, Harry Reese, Sandra Liddell Reese and Felicia Rice, moderated by Shelby Graham

Closing reception @ Sesnon Gallery, Porter College: 5:30-6:30pm

FREE and open to the public: no registration required

Please RSVP to Leslie Fellows <lfellows@ucsc.edu>

*Parking Info: Please follow the signs to Sesnon Event. 

The East Field House lot has 36 metered parking spaces; other spaces require an “A” or “B” permit. Hahn Lot 101 is reserved for additional parking and will have "Sesnon Event" signs posted leading to Cowell Press and Provost House. People with mobility impairments can either park in the East Field House parking lot or be dropped off in that lot for close access. Parking permits are available at paystations in both lots or may be purchased at the main entrance Kiosk. Parking meters are posted regarding hours of enforcement.
 

Creative Connections SPECIAL EVENT on FEB. 26 4:00-5:30

Library of Maps with Moira Roth at the Porter Faculty Gallery 

January 27 – March 6, 2010