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The Harlem Renaissance: A Centennial Celebration
Fri, February 28, 2020
9:00 A.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
A display of materials from the Art & Literature Department highlighting the work of artists involved in, or influenced by the great cultural era known as the Harlem Renaissance, in celebration of its centennial. This display will be on view all month.
Book Arts Workshop: Basic stab binding
Sat, March 14, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Stab binding is a family of book binding techniques used for over two thousand years in Japan, China, and Korea. Both cathartic and simple, stab bindings are an efficient way to produce elegant books. Using thread to wrap around the spines, Japanese stab bindings are an ideal way to bind loose…
Art of Ghost River: A talk with editor and curator Will Fenton
Now through Mon, March 23, 2020
6:00 P.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga is a graphic novel about the Paxton massacres of 1763. However, as the title suggests, the Paxton vigilantes associated with this tragedy are peripheral to this story. This volume introduces new interpreters and new bodies of evidence in…
Book Arts Workshop: Building with the Map Fold
Sat, May 9, 2020
10:00 A.M.
Art Department
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Parkway Central Library
Starting with the classic map fold, we will build a variety of book or zine structures. Bring your prints, drawings, altered pages, or decorative papers to combine into stars, extend into chains, or create pop-up elements. Pages can be nested and combined with found objects for…