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UN-SPEAK-ABLE

Dates: Mar 3, 2011 to Apr 2, 2011

Participating Artist(s):
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UN-SPEAK-ABLE

The Arts Center hosts a national juried exhibit of book arts: “books” of all shapes and forms. Altered books, bindings, unique pieces, samples of small editions, books with imagery, books with calligraphy and so forth. In short, it will share with the Corvallis community the range of what an “artist-book” can be.

The title and theme of the exhibit “Un-Speak-Able” refers to the fact that a word can have many interpretations, and at times a picture is worth a thousand words. It can have both positive and negative connotations.

Participating Artists:

Chuck Forsyte, Christopher Kramer, John Smith, Diane Fine, Elizabeth Mckee, Ellen Knudson, Martha Hayden, Jim Hockenshull, Robert Rowe, Lane Hall, James Prez, Jill Pollock,  Libby Barrett, Jessica Drenk, Cristina de Almeida, Gay Leonhardt, Andie Thrams, Suzanne Vilmain, Tatiana Ginzberg, Shawn Simmons, Roni Gross, Margaret Davis, Jessica Spring, Luz Marina Ruiz, Laura Russell, Karen Kunc, Marie Kelzer, Alex Apella, Beth Uzwiak, Jamie Runnells, Timothy Laurin, Beata Wehr, Ellen Ziegler, Roberta Lavadour, Aileen Bassis, Amy Borezo, Peter Bushell, Macy Chadwick, Brian Cohen, Susan Collard, Stephanie Copoulos-Selle, Eileen Green, John Watson, Heather Watkins, Gregory Martins, Kathryn Bryam, Margaret Couch Cogswell, Tricia Treacy and Ashley John Pigford.

Award Winners:

     7 Juror’s Awards:

• Macy Chadwick, 'Connect the Dots'
• Lane Hall, 'The Flowage Rebellion'
• Diane Jacobs, 'Rep-Hair-Ation'
• Ellen Knudson, 'Keeping'
• Karen Kunc, 'Air Water Oil'
• Robert Rowe, ',,,:;?;;'
• Tricia Treacy, 'What More to Say'

     3 Honorable Mention Awards:

• Peter Bushell, 'whisper, tickle, symphony, applause'
• Roni Gross, 'Sayings of the Blind'
• Heather Watkins, 'Series: Likenesses'

Juror:

Barb Tetenbaum, Professor and Book Arts Department Head at the Oregon College of Art and Craft served as the juror. Her books are exhibited and collected in the United States and abroad. In turn she is an avid collector herself. She is the recipient of the 2010 Sally Bishop Faculty Fellowship at the Center for the Book in New York City as well as a 2010 RACC Project Grant. Other awards include an Oregon Arts Fellowship, other RACC grants and two Fulbright Fellowships. Tetenbaum earned her MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago.

Barb Tetenbaum Websites:

• http://www.vampandtramp.com/html/home.html
• http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/artist_book/staircase.html

Juror's Statement:

"When selecting the work for Un-Speak-Able I looked for a wide range of approaches to the book arts in the hope that this exhibition would both engage and educate its audience. I was delighted with the breadth and level of the submissions. My job as curator was greatly rewarding and eye-opening."

"The artist book is itself evolving as our society's notion of 'bookness' and 'reading' are changing. As we become more aware of the physical act of turning pages, thanks to the proliferation of computers and e-readers, there is a sensitivity emerging as to what exactly that act entails and how best to exploit it. In the work selected for this show, I see new technical approaches in printing, in new materials, and new themes arising in the content of the work."

"The work in this show, though not all accessible for page turning, hopefully will inspire many to seek out a hands-on interaction by visiting one of the many book art collections in the Pacific Northwest."

-- Barbara Tetenbaum