Event Info
Course Code: 25SPV004V
This two week, virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Tuesdays, March 4th – March 11th, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET.
- Tuesday, March 4th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday, March 11th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on February 18th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
In this class, students will rescue memories from their existing archives by curating artists’ books commemorating travel, activities, seasons, or other discrete periods of time. We will begin by discovering examples of artists’ books that serve as an archive, database, travelogue, moodboard, or memory book. We’ll discuss the importance of maintaining a personal archives and touch on the history of scrapbooking and travelogues. We’ll then brainstorm ideas for content for such a book and create a dummy based on existing artists’ books.
Required Materials:
Students will only need a computer and some sort of Word or Slide Show processor.
Recommended: InDesign or another graphic design software will be helpful but not necessary; paper, stapler, glue, needle/thread for creating a physical draft of a book.
About Gillian Lee
Gillian Lee (they/them) is Librarian at Center for Book Arts. They also assist with fundraising and membership.
Lee has worked in art museums and gallery libraries since 2017. They have been involved in the zine and artists’ book community in New York and Central Virginia since 2013; they joined the CBA team in October 2021.
Lee is passionate about the potential for print media to uplift and empower communities, spread information, and bring joy to life, and is excited to steward a collection of materials that values and embodies this ideal.
Lee is also a musician and writer. They hold a BA in English from the University of Virginia and an MLIS from Long Island University.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. The amount you choose to pay goes directly toward our instructors and toward creating scholarship opportunities for the future. This class will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.