Opening Keynote Speaker:
Betty Bright, "To Have and To Hold: Why We Need Book Art"
Betty Bright is an independent scholar, curator, and teacher. She received a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Minnesota in the spring of 2000. That research formed the basis of her book, No Longer Innocent: the Book Arts in America, 1960 to 1980, which is due out in 2005 from Granary Books.
Betty Bright's Opening Keynote Address, "To Have and to Hold: Why We Need Book Art", will focus on three major aspects of book arts: key historical points in artists' increasing use of the book form in the United States from ca. 1960 forward ("To Have"); the intersection of private and institutional collecting ("To Hold"); and why librarians and curators are the gatekeepers for the future needs of the field ("Why We Need Book Art").
Closing Keynote Speaker:
Mark Dimunation, "What Will Next Prove a Rose: The Thorny Side of Building the Nation's Collection of Book Arts"
As Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, Dimunation will discuss the challenges of collecting, preserving, and utilizing the largest collection of rare books in North America.
Curators from private, public, large and small institutions will discuss the building of institutional collections of artists' books. Depending upon the type of institution, issues such as collecting practices and preferences; uses of
these collections for research, curricular support, and artist inspiration;
regional cooperative collecting; developing administrative support; budgeting; promotion and fundraising; exhibitions; and instruction may vary. Collectors, book sellers, and book artists will gain a deeper understanding of the purposes of institutional artists' book collections and the issues involved in developing them.
Moderator: Sandra Kroupa, University of Washington
Panelists: Judy Harvey-Sahak, Claremont College
Laurie Whitehill Chong, Rhode Island School of Design
Max Yela, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Roberta Zonghi, Boston Public Library
This discussion on private collecting will include the following topics: what it means to be a collector; the motivations behind private collecting; how issues such as personal taste, collection goals and strategies, and eventual repository determine acquisition decisions; and the private collector's relationship with artists, booksellers, and librarians.
Moderator: Sidney Berger, Simmons College
Panelists: Robert Ruben, collector, New York City
Duke Collier, collector, Cambridge
Members of this panel will discuss marketing strategies, pricing and edition size considerations, exhibition opportunities, and websites. What are the different advantages of engaging the services of a bookseller, being part of a cooperative, or selling independently?
Moderator: Suzy Taraba, Wesleyan University
Panelists: Cynthia Imperatore, independent bookseller
Emily Larned, Booklyn, Inc.
Julie Chen, book artist
Three book artists at different stages in their careers engage in a frank discussion about the challenges of creating books, making a living, and managing one's life. What works? What doesn't? How do book artists' careers evolve?
Moderator: Katherine McCanless Ruffin, Wellesley College
Panelists: Lindsey Mears, book artist
John Carrera, Quercus Press
Carolee Campbell, Ninja Press
This panel offers a survey of four college and university programs in the book arts. Panelists will discuss how courses are integrated into the curriculum, how are they funded, who the students are that take these courses, and what career paths they pursue.
Moderator: Steve Miller, University of Alabama
Panelists: Ken Botnick, Washington University
Kitty Maryatt, Scripps College
Terry Chouinard, Wells College
This spontaneous panel session will close the conference by inviting several attendees to discuss their observations and impressions of the conference and to provide their own perspectives on the important issues covered — or omitted!
Moderator: Richard Zauft, Emerson College
Panelists: Kathy Walkup, Mills College
(Additional panelists will be selected after the
conclusion of Panel Five)
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