Monday, April 13, 2009

Two Classes to Consider

ART 298 T5
BOOKBINDING
Pima Community College

Fall 2009 August 26th-December 16th
Wednesdays 4:00 pm to 8:30 pm
West Campus Room ART 120

Class Limited to 15 students
3 credits— No prerequisites

Introduction to the field of Book Arts: discuss and critique historical and contemporary practices; preview a cross section of artist books; create sample books using a variety of binding techniques; and develop personal projects that explore the relationship between material, text and image.

Please email instructor for further information:
Heather Green
hgreen1@pima.edu

ART 404/504 | Topics in Studio Art: LETTERPRESS
Summer Session 1, June 8th-July 9th, 2009

Monday-Friday
5:00-8:50 pm
Room 201
Class limited to 10 students
3 credits, no prerequisites

Learn how to hand-set type and use early twentieth century printing presses to create printed ephemera. Traditional hand-set type, photoengraved zinc plates as well as photopolymer plates will be used. Integrate the tactile quality of letterpressed type and image with other media. Conceptual and material aspects of letterpress will be discussed.

Email Heather Green for more information: cartagrafia@gmail.com

2 comments:

tmancus said...

i wish both of these were in my head already. how goes the desert?

my word to verify was prepedly, i don't know what this means...

Morgan Lucas Schuldt said...

I don't either, but I like it. Prepedly...rolls right off the tongue.