Time Does Not Pass: Artists’ Book Development Workshop
Event Info
This virtual workshop takes place via Zoom across four sessions on Mondays, July 1st – 22nd, from 10am–12pm ET.
- Monday, July 1st, 10AM to 12PM ET
- Monday, July 8th, 10AM to 12PM ET
- Monday, July 15th, 10AM to 12PM ET
- Monday, July 22nd, 10AM to 12PM ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on June 17, at 11:59PM ET.
About the Workshop:
In this virtual workshop for all experience levels, Instructor Shirin Salehi will guide participants through the poetic process of creating an artists’ book focusing on the concepts of time, structure, body, the haptic and the visual sense and the spatial display. The workshop will be driven by group discussions on artists’ book theory through a selection of case studies designed by the instructor. Though conceptual discussion is the basis of the class’ structure, the instructor will work along with each participant on their ideas and intuitions in order to create the initial structure of personal artists’ book project.
The course is open to artists, poets, thinkers, and all creative individuals interested in participating in critique and theoretical discussions related to book arts and to artworks with a specific emphasis on bookness.
Required Materials:
No materials or tools are needed in advance of the course. The Instructor will help each participant identify what they need based on their respective projects.
About the Instructor
Born in 1982 in Tehran, Shirin Salehi (she/her) is a Spanish-Iranian visual artist, art researcher, and teacher living and working in Madrid and New York. Salehi primarily works in the discipline of printmaking though she moves freely through drawing, sculpture/ceramics, artist’s books, and poetry—a passion she feels is informed by her Iranian heritage.
She has worked as an art teacher for many years, written essays on the poetics of the artistic process, and spearheaded conferences in art schools and art institutions including the Prado National Museum in Madrid. She has completed numerous residency programs such as Académie de France à Madrid, Il Bisonte Foundation in Florence, and Fundação Bienal de Cerveira in Portugal.
Salehi has received numerous awards for her work in the U.S. and Europe and her work has been exhibited in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, and Germany.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal participant to instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on June 17th at 11:59PM ET. The price of this class is $190. This class will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.
