PHOTO ARTISTs’ BOOKS
Instructor: Paula McCartney | Dates: Saturdays, January 11 - February 15 | Time: 11:00AM - 1:30PM EST | Tuition: $595 (Members) $700 (Non-Members) | Requirements: N/A | Class Size: 6
Books are a dynamic and intimate way to share work and offer a viewing experience that is not tied to a specific time and location. Handbound artist books (or creatively altered print on demand books) allow for unique forms that actively engage the viewer. This 6-week online course focuses on the sequencing, construction, and study of photo-based artist books.
McCartney will share her process of creating the books she’s made over two decades, along with favorite books from her collection. Through demonstrations and examples, students will learn basic binding techniques and explore how they can be altered to meaningfully tie materials and structure to concepts. Participants will receive weekly feedback on a book in progress or a series of images that are ready to be sequenced and bound.
Image © Paula McCartney. Courtesy of the artist.
Paula McCartney makes artist books, photographs, and ceramics that illustrate her collaborations with the natural world and consider ways that light activates both objects and environments. McCartney holds an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and a certificate in Creative Studies from the International Center for Photography. McCartney was a 2020/2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellow and has taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design since 2007. Her books are included in the collections of the Walker Art Center, Museum of Modern Art, Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale University, New York Public Library, UCLA Arts Library, Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection at SAIC among many others. She has two published monographs, Bird Watching and A Field Guide to Snow and Ice and has made over 15 self published artist books that range from press printed books to handmade sculptural objects.
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