(SBX) is an annual project of BookWorks Co-op. It is a fund-raising exhibition, creative collaboration, and a unique example of the projects that make the Co-op such an exciting Membership group.
Each year presents a new theme and Members are invited to participate in making an edition of small books no bigger than 3x3x3 inches. The books are exchanged among participants and at least one, complete edition, uniquely 'boxed' is donated for raffle. Proceeds support Artist Residencies Programs and Tuition Scholarships at Asheville BookWorks.
YOU could WIN 9 amazing artist books AND support the BookWorks Co-op Artist-in-Residence Program. Raffle Tickets available in the BookWorks on-line store for a donation $10 each. Only 200 tickets for sale!
The drawing will be held at 7:30 PM BookOpolis evening, September 24. Tickets are also available at BookWorks all the way up to the last minute.
The BookWorks Co-op chose the theme, Parallax, for the Small Book Edition this year. A parallax is a difference or change in the apparent position or direction of an object as seen from two different points. Proceeds from the sale of the Small Book Edition support the BookWorks Co-op Artist in Residency Program. This year’s project was organized by Gwen Diehn.
The Co-op Artist-in-Residence program supports up to 2 residencies per year at Asheville BookWorks.
The BookOpolis 2010 exhibition catalog was designed by Philip Bell, who created the poster this year, photography by Steve Mann and Laura Ladendorf. Three brief essays and images of all the books and prints selected for the BookOpolis Extended Exhibit through December 10th. Also includes images and artist statements of the 15 miniature books in the Small Book Exchange.
Preview and purchase a copy on-line http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1659792?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget
Save on shipping and stop by the studio to purchase beginning 10/31/10. Plus – view the exhibit through December 10th!
The Soundtrack of Our Life, by Hollis Fouts
Asheville BookWorks now has a Facebook business page. Please visit us and LIKE us, if you do! When you’re there, take a look at the photo album of all 15 miniature artists’ books in the Small Book Exchange raffle tagged with the artists’ names and titles. The lucky raffle ticket, drawn from over 170 tickets, belonged to Ms. Clara Boza. If you’re interested in owning the only other boxed set, it is available for purchase. The price is set at $1700, equalling the total $ amount raised in the raffle. All money generated by the Small Book Exchange Project each year goes directly into the Artist Residency Program.
2010 Small Book Exchange (SBX) raffle tickets are now available for purchase. Yesterday, Priscilla Hill and Annie Cicale cranked the Vandercook and pumped the treadle on the Kluge to make 300 numbered raffle tickets. We used the numbering machines for the first time!
Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased on-line or at BookWorks for the 4th Annual SBX entitled, Memory Palaces. Tickets are limited!
Drawings and dummy for the "Memory Ark"
BookWorks Co-op chose the theme, Memory Palaces, as a focus for the 2010 Small Book Exchange. The box in which the books will be kept and displayed is a physical construction of a “Memory Ark.” Each of the 15 miniature books in this year’s edition will treat the subject of memory in a unique way. Among examples of memory related topics the artists are exploring are: memory and the body, the senses and memory, loss of memory, troublesome memories, a dog’s memory, memory mapping and construction of memory.
Gwen Diehn is heading up this year’s project. She’s holding regular meetings for participants to give and get feedback on book ideas, book structures and editioning techniques. Gwen is also designing and building the “Memory Arks” to house full editions for raffle and for sale.
