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The BookOpolis 2010 exhibit opens to the public Friday September 24. Saturday, September 25, is an all day affair as BookWorks hosts an ‘open house’ for people to view the BookOpolis exhibit, talk with artists, watch demonstrations, participate in cranking the letterpress, sillkscreening or learn a simple binding technique.
BookOpolis is a unique annual event showcasing the studio, exhibiting the work of many talented artists and instructors and introducing many people to Book Arts, Letterpress and Printmaking. Locally based artists as well as artists from across the US and abroad submit work that best represents the integration of Concept and Craft; merging Content and Ideas with Creative Use of Materials, Inventive Construction and Technique.
The 2010 BookOpolis exhibit interprets the theme of Memory and Memory Palaces. Interpretations may include triggers to memory, unpleasant memory, memory loss or deletion, sensation and memory, animal memory, false memory, cultural and collective memory. Exhibited entries are in the form of artists books, broadsides and prints.
Also on Friday evening we announce the winner of the annual raffle of the Small Book Exchange. This set of 15 miniature handmade books is created by regionally-based artist/members of the BookWorks Coop and is housed in a beautifully constructed handmade Memory Ark. Tickets for the raffle are $10.00 each and can be purchased at BookWorks or online here. Funds raised benefit the Artist Residency Program at BookWorks.
A selection of prints and books from the exhibit will remain on display in our gallery until December 10, 2010.
Hosted by Asheville BookWorks.
