Upcoming Exhibits in the Star Tribune Foundation Gallery
	Jerome Fellowship Series X November 12, 2010 – February 6, 2011 Opening reception Friday, November 12; 6-9pm Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to announce the selection of four recipients for Series X of the MCBA Jerome Foundation Book Arts Fellowships. This exhibition will mark the culmination of the fellowship program. Bethany Kalk, artist and art educator at Minneapolis College of Art and Design A careful exploration of nature takes shape in Kalk’s proposed bookwork. From one specific spot on the bank of the Mississippi River, she will document the landscape as well as found minutiae in drawings, paintings and video. These representations will be reproduced through digital printing and screenprinting, then combined with text (documentary and/or commissioned site-specific poetry) in a hand-bound bookwork produced in an edition of 15. Original paintings, drawings and video will accompany the book in exhibition. Anna King, printmaking artist King plans to create a bound collection of lore and lessons around urban agriculture, specifically the raising of poultry in urban neighborhoods, in two editions: a fine press limited edition, and a commercially-produced edition for free distribution. King’s studies in folklore and history bring to this project a desire to document these traditions, as well as to disseminate information to increase interest in the practice as a sustainable small-scale alternative to factory farming. Cecilia Ramón, artist and art educator at University of Minnesota–Duluth Ramón’s proposal explores the sense of “self” in various spiritual and philosophical contexts from ancient to modern. These explorations will take shape as three one-of-a-kind sculptural books in paper, vellum and wood, each interpreting the poem "I am not I / Yo no soy Yo" by Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jimenez, recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature. Joanne Price, wood engraver and printmaking artist Combining old and new technologies through hand-carved wood engravings, metal type and polymer plate letterpress printing, Price’s proposal explores fantasy and narrative. An interest in fairy tales and folktales led her to select The Palm Tree Story, a traditional Columbian tale, as source material for her proposed book, entirely hand-printed and produced in two editions: a hand-bound letterpress-printed pamphlet edition, and a deluxe portfolio edition housed in a box. Since 1985 the Jerome Foundation has helped emerging artists push the boundaries of contemporary book arts by supporting the creation of new book works. Under the previous nine series of fellowships, Minnesota artists of diverse disciplines -- including printers, papermakers, binders, painters, sculptors, poets, photographers, essayists and others -- have created projects ranging from exquisitely crafted fine press volumes to documented performances to one-of-a-kind installations that “break the bindings” and redefine conventional notions of book form and content.
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