MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Mentorship

Saturday, Feb. 19th I did a mixed media workshop at MCBAwith the recipients
of the Mentorship Program:

poet Meryl DePasquale sculptor and textile artist Caroline Keefe photographer Ben Lansky video artist Amanda Lovelee choreographer, playwright and director Rachel Perlmeter photographer and printmaker Keith Taylor We worked with different materials, and then put together an experimental codex bound book. The 3 mentors are: Richard Stephens, Regula Russelle, and myself, Julie Baugnet Binding the soft covered codex book. Above, from left to right, Ben, Rachel and Meryl signing the reductive linocut edition that was done in Richard's workshop.

ART HOUSE CO-OP

I just finished my  sketchbook for the ART HOUSE Project. Thousands of books will be exhibited in galleries and museums around the country. I received a theme entitled: BOYS AND GIRLS.
We were all given the same sketchbook. I asked Felip Costaglioli to write me a short poem. I tore out the thin papers and added 2 pages of Rives BFK, a 100% cotton paper which I like for mixed media work.  The digital type, is Century Schoolbook. I added ink and graphite to completed the work.

TEXT by Felip Costaglioli

The Book 

Smugglers’ Song

We are Book swallowers

we 

Hopscotched 

in the fields

With blue pages flickering

                                in our pants

and our shoes

  long ago

           Have been torn 

                 by the bushes

No frontier!

       we are no longer

                            afraid

We read

we

are

Levitating.

Check out the recommended book for the class:

Simon Jenning's book is filled with great ideas and techniques.
Click Here:  The New Artist's Manual

Mixed Media and the Artist's Book
U of MN Split Rock Arts Program 
April 14-17, 2011
Instructor: Julie Baugnet. 
 Split Rock Link

Here's a great chance to study at the Cloquet Forestry Center! It is beautiful setting, you'll have time to walk, and lots of time to work (and you can opt out of sleeping).  They feed us well and in general there is lots of enthusiasm for creativity. Think of this workshop as one that will inspire you and give you ideas for years to come. I'm hoping to see students that I've had in the past, and looking forward to meeting others who are interested in working and experimenting with different mediums. No previous experience is necessary, only a passion for creativity.


Participants in this retreat will experimenting with a variety of materials, including watercolor, acrylic, pastel, collage, cut paper, found items, and more. From William Blake, the first acknowledged practitioner of the form, to artists from any number of artistic movements—Futurism, Dada, Post-Modernism, Pop, and on—artists' books have remained popular because of their versatility of content, adaptable formats and structures, and integration of text, image, and form. For all Information Split Rock Link 

Here is a new collaboration I just completed. It is now in a private collection. The poem was written by Felip Costaglioli in Sept. 2010. He is currently working on translating Emily Dickinson's poems to the beautiful Catalan language.

New Collaborative Work

Lin Lacy gave me some of her pressure prints to work on.
Felip Costaglioli gave me some words and here is my first broadside. I'm working on a suite of 3. 

Gordon Parks Gallery — St. Paul, Minnesota

Here are a few photos from our September exhibition.