BART 4390 - Artists' Books I

This course covers content development, bookmaking, basic book design, integration of various media, low-tech image-making processes, text generation, and the functionality of various bookmaking materials. Students create a library of book models through hands-on bookmaking demonstrations with provided kits and cultivate individual book projects around these models, based on each assignment's conceptual, material, and structural needs. Discussions around artists’ books from the Marriott Library’s collections and assigned readings as well as in-class exercises directly inform student work. The final project is student-directed and instructor-supported as individual concepts are developed and the appropriate production method, structure, and materials are identified, customized, applied, and produced.