Book Art and Letterpress Lab
The Book Art and Letterpress Lab supports on campus letterpress printing, experimental printing, paper techniques, binding and bookery.
WHAT IS AN ARTIST’S BOOK?
“A book is done for its own sake and not for the information it contains. That is: it doesn’t contain a lot of works, like a book of poems. It is a work. Its design and format reflect its content — they intermerge, interpenetrate. It might be any art: an artist’s book could be music, photography, graphics, intermedial literature. The experience of reading it, viewing it, framing it — that is what the artist stresses in making it.”
—Dick Higgins, in the preface for “Artists’ Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook,” by Joan Lyons
THE FACILITY
The Book Art & Letterpress Lab is a space for classes, workshops and visiting artists. Past visiting artists have included,Dafi Kühne, Francois Deschamps, Karen Hanmer, Keith Smith, Joan Lyons, Scott McCarney, Julie Chen, Clifton Meador, Barb Tetenbaum, Inge Bruggeman, Amos Kennedy, Jessica Spring, Jen Farrell, Philip Zimmermann and Bruce Licher. The lab has hosted the College Book Arts Association (CBAA) meetings as well as the Amalgamated Printers Association (APA) Wayzgoose.
THE EQUIPMENT
THE LOCATION
The Letterpress and Book Art Lab is located at 1231 N. Fremont Ave., in the UA School of Art Graduate Studios, view map.
