SCHOLARLY
PAPERS, PANEL PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC LECTURES
2009
Lecture. “Ravished
with Joy: Book Art in America, 1980 to Today.” University
of New Mexico – Albuquerque. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Moderator and panelist. “Risk
and Renewal in Letterpress.” My
paper: “Phoenix at the Press.” College Book Art Association
(CBAA)’s inaugural conference, held at the University of Iowa-Iowa
City.
2008
Lecture. Letting Vision Find its
Way: From Yesterday until Tomorrow, at The Press at Colorado College.” At
a Press Fest commemorating the 30th anniversary of The Press at Colorado
College.
Lecture. On the occasion of the exhibition, “Altered
Books, Past in Present,” lecture co-sponsored by the Friends of
the Minneapolis Public Library.
2007
Moderator and panelist. “Artists’ Books
and Book Arts.” Plenary panel at MCBA for SHARP conference (Society
for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing), Minneapolis.
With Harriet Bart, Ruth Rogers, Gaylord Schanilec, Kathy Walkup. (http://mh.cla.umn.edu/sharp2007events.html)
Panelist. MCBA Symposium, “23 Covered Bridges:
Book Arts in the Landscape of Contemporary Art.” With Fred Hagstrom,
Karen Hanmer, Susan Hensel, Jeff Rathermel (moderator).
Lecture. Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. In
conjunction with exhibition, “Sacred Texts / Contemporary Forms:
Spiritual Traditions in the Digital Age.”
Presentations. Stéphane Mallarmé’s Un
Coup de Dés symposium (in conjunction with an exhibition).
Scripps College. Two presentations on Mallarmé’s influence
from mid-century to present. Other participants: Johanna Drucker, Judd
Hubert, Clifton Meador, Rosemary Waldrop. (http://www.scrippscollege.edu/campus/press/goudy-symposium.php)
Paper. “Clifton Meador’s Memory Lapse and The
Nameless Dead: In[ter]ventions of the Travel Memoir.” College
Art Association conference, New York City.
2006
Lecture, Book Signing. Multnomah County Library, Portland,
Oregon.
Lecture, Book Signing. Center for Book Arts, New York
City.
2005
Keynote speaker. “To Have and to Hold: Why We
Need Book Art.” ABC: The Artists’ Book Conference.
Wellesley College, Massachusetts. (http://www.wellesley.edu/Library/ABC/index.html)
Lecture, Book Signing. Open Book in Minneapolis, in
celebration of the publication of No Longer Innocent.
2002
Lecture. “Artists’ Books: Volumes of Possibilities,” a
lecture for the Colleagues of Calligraphy, a Minnesota interest organization
centered on the lettering arts.
2001
Keynote speaker. “Traces of Utterance: From
Artist’s Book to eBook.” Academic and Research Librarians
Division, Minnesota Library Association.
Paper. “Philadelphia 1964: A Premonition of
Transgressive Readings.” Society for the History of Authorship,
Reading and Publishing (SHARP) conference, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Lecturer. “Past in Present: the Book Arts Phenomenon,” at
Open Book in Minneapolis for MCBA, sponsored by the Minnesota Humanities
Commission.
1999
Panel Chair. “Book Arts 2000 and Beyond.” (notes
on panel session: (http://www.bookarts.ua.edu/session1.html) Collegiate
book arts educators conference. Panel: “Toward Theory: What Concepts
are Evolving as the Book Arts Mature?” With Inge Bruggeman, Gary
Frost, Susan King, Karen Wirth, Phil Zimmermann. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa.
Memorial talk. “Sanctuary and Release: A Celebration
of the Books of Jim Trissel.” Pyramid Atlantic Sixth Book Arts
Fair, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1996
Presenter. Invited participant in roundtable discussion
sponsored by London’s Camberwell College at Mills College, Oakland,
on critical issues of education.
1995
Lecture. “The Best of the Book Arts, from a
Decade’s Perspective.” MCBA, on its tenth anniversary.
Same lecture presented later that year at the Getty Center for the
History of Art and the Humanities (Los Angeles), during my research
trip.
1994
Two gallery talks. Concerning Off the Shelf and
On-line. Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa (host site
for touring show).
1993
Paper. “The Future of the Image in Publication” panel,
MONTAGE: International Festival of the Image conference, Rochester,
New York.
Lecture. “Harbinger for the Year 2000: Vulnerability,
Change and the Artist’s Book.” University of Iowa-Iowa
City. Book Arts Club.
Lecture. “Technology and Form: Artists’ Books
and the Machine.” Ampersand Club, Minneapolis.
Gallery talk. Concerning Off the Shelf and On-line.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (host site for touring show).
1991
Paper. “Ut Architectura Libri: The Book as Architecture.” The
Art of the Contemporary Book conference, The Ohio State University-Columbus.
1990
Speaker. “Book Arts in the USA.” Represented
MCBA on two panels at national book arts conference (over 400 attended),
New York City.
1989, 1988
Lecture. On local book artists. Walker Art Center
(Minneapolis).
GUEST LECTURES AT COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES
2008
Lecture. “Ravaged with Joy: Book Art
in America.” Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont.
2007
Lecture. University of Minnesota, studio arts classes
(May, July)
Lecture. Winona State University Celebration of
the Book.
2006
Lecture. Minnesota State University, Moorhead.
Lecture. Syracuse University.
Lecture. Vassar College.
Lecture. University of Minnesota, studio arts class
(July, December)
Lecture. College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
2003
Lecture. “Who Put the Art in Book Art?” Open
Book, Minneapolis, Ampersand Club.
2002
Lecture. “Who Put the Art in Book Art?” Frederic
W. Goudy Lecture, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
Lecture. “Past in Present: the Book Arts Phenomenon,” Colorado
College, Colorado Springs.
2001
Lecture. University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, on strategies
for image and text to convey memoir.
2000
Lecture. Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD),
Minnesota Arts Experience program. Previous lectures on a variety of
topics (use of color, text, artists’ books with environmental
themes, etc.) delivered in 1999, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1991, 1990.
1997
Lecture. “From Here to Where? Presence and Absence
in Book Arts Criticism,” Colorado College, Colorado Springs.
1994
Lecture. “The Book and its Contexts: In Life,
Learning and Art.” Colorado College, Colorado Springs.
Lecture. Five lectures, introducing book art, intensive
week-long Elderhostel class. Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Lecture. Visual research techniques. Design Studies
class. University of Minnesota-St. Paul.
Lecture. Image/text relationships. Studio Arts class.
University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.
1992
Lecture. Hamline University, St. Paul.
1991
Lecture. University of Minnesota-Duluth.
TEACHING
2008
Instructor, Johnson State College,
Johnson, Vermont. Collaborative teaching of studio art and poetry students,
with writer Jay P. White, and with Johnson faculty Neil Shepard and
Ken Leslie.
2002
Instructor, Scripps College, Claremont, California. “The
Book Artist as Storyteller.” Frederic W. Goudy Workshop.
2001
Instructor, Compleat Scholar Program, University of
Minnesota. “Uncovering the Art of the Book,”
team-taught with a sculptor, a printer, and the librarian of Walker Art
Center.
Adjunct Faculty, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. “Narrative
Space in Artists’ Books.” Art History-Humanities course.
1998
Instructor, Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA).
Designed and team-taught class, “Color, Light and Poetry: Color
Copier Books,” with a painter, a poet and a binder. In conjunction
with Clare Forster exhibition.
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