Past WSW intern & Artists’ Book resident Dani Leventhal is part of Greater New York, the third iteration of the quinquennial exhibition organized by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, showcasing some 68 artists and collectives living and working in the metropolitan New York area. The exhibition will open at MoMA PS1 on [...]
Beyond Binnewater: Dani Leventhal at P.S. 1
May 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Beyond Binnewater · Book Arts · Interns · Visiting Artists
Nicole Donnelly: Falling Water
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments
A WSW Artist-in-Residence Profile
By Steven Andersen
Tucked away on her website, Nicole Donnelly has a 10-second video clip of a wayward book as it’s tossed and tumbled by waves on the banks of the Thames. It’s one of those strange, serendipitous moments where a random event takes on a kind of transcendence. The pages of the [...]
Tags: In the studios · Paper Making · Visiting Artists
The Book Remembers Everything – The Work of Erica Van Horn
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Hello out there New Havenites! There will be a show highlighting The Beinecke Library’s collection of Erica Van Horn’s (Seven Lady Saintes) work January 13 -through March 27th, 2010.
“Throughout her career, Van Horn has woven together her methods and preoccupations into a common fabric of artistic practice and subject. Her interest in exploring the daily aspects of her [...]
Tags: Book Arts · Events · Silkscreen · Visiting Artists
Hello Chicago!! Opening Reception for Respite Tonight
November 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments
The lovely and talented Melissa Jay Craig is featured in the show Respite, at the Vespine Gallery in Chicago. Melissa spent the spring here with us at the workshop coaxing pulp into dazzling shapes and colors. She writes about her experience at the workshop, and at two other residencies she took part in this past [...]
Tags: In the studios · Paper Making · Visiting Artists
The Complex of All of These (A.K.A. Abby is so cool)
October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Somehow Abigail Uhteg managed to not only edition a book and take some of the sweetest photos ever during her residency here at WSW, but she also managed to put together over 3000 of her photos to make a fabulous video of the process. We cant stop watching this!
You can learn more about abby at [...]
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