Heart & Hands
2
will showcase the best examples of the broad range of books being
made by graduate and undergraduate students in accredited academic
institutions.
Books made in book arts, graphic design, photography, printmaking,
and writing courses will be featured.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska at
Omaha Libraries will purchase selected award-winning books from
the exhibit for their special collections.
Juror
Timothy Ely began making books in 1957. Interests in UFOs, alchemy,
comic book, bones, and arcane religious artifacts led him from
painting and design work to bookbinding. The recipient of an
NEA grant, Ely traveled to Japan and Europe for training in traditional
eastern and western methods of book making. His unique books
play upon his interest in sacred geometry and particle physics
and a fascination with the contemporary interaction between eastern
and western thought. Embossing, incisions, dyes, tooling, paste,
watercolor, metalwork, and printmaking are integral elements
in his artwork, which combines conceptual art with traditional
bookmaking techniques and materials. Ely’s books have been
exhibited and are part of museum and library collections all
over the world.
Sponsored
by
UNL
Department of Art and Art History
Nebraska Book Arts Center
UNL Libraries
UNO Library
Lincoln Print Group
$1200+
in Purchase Awards.
Open
to graduate and undergraduate students in accredited institutions.
Each
student may submit one or two books for an entry fee of $20.
Actual
book (or books) will be juried, not slildes.
Entries
must be bound books (no portfolios).
Books
completed between June 1, 2004 and October 1, 2006 are eligible.
Accepted
entries must be available for sale.
Selected
books will display quality craftsmanship and design as well
as compelling visual and/or literary content.
Entries
must be received between October 2 and October 13, 2006.
Noti€cation
of Acceptance and return of books not selected by December 1,
2006.
Exhibition
Dates and locations:
UNL
Love Library
November & December 2006
UNO
Dept of Art & Art History
Hexagon Gallery - January 2007
Return
of books not purchased by March 1, 2007.