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Sheryl Oring: Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors
by Audrey Sage “I created “Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors” as an interactive performance at the Eldridge Street Project on the Lower East Side in New York City. It explored the connection between place, language and memory as it relates to the American immigrant experience. I set up a portable office within the 1887 […]
Souvenirs of Great Cities
Verses by Dorothy A. Yule, Illustrations by Susan Hunt Yule by Audrey Sage UNCG’s Special Collections contains a copy of the wonderful four-volume artist book set by Left Coast Press. Souvenirs of Great Cities is a collaboration by Dorothy Yule and her twin sister, Susan Hunt Yule. Left Coast Press is the imprint of Dorothy […]
The Little Jungle Book by Linda Connor and Maria Sibylla Merian
by Audrey Sage We have added a luscious book by Linda Connor to our collection. Linda Connor is an American photographer and artist living in Northern California. Her work has taken her to remote parts of the globe, and her photographs consider the relationship of the sacred to the natural world and reflect her interest […]
Sky Signs: Aratus’ Phaenomena
-Audrey Sage The Phaenomena of Aratus is a co-publication of the Janus Press and Plowboy Press. This third-century work by the Greek poet Aratus describes the constellations and other natural phenomena The book is housed in a maple and birchwood slipcase with a lasercut label on the spine. The cloth-bound chemise is lined with Durer’s 1515 celestial […]
Spring in the Cabin by Lois Morrison
-Audrey Sage The Special Collections and University Archives contains a copy of Lois Morrison’s artist book Spring in the Cabin. This delicate handsewn miniature book is 2.5″ x 2.5″ square, is constructed of a hand drawn cover, and contains handwritten text and illustrations. This book is accompanied by a collection of thirty six small hand […]
ABC OF BUGS AND PLANTS IN A NORTHERN GARDEN by Judy Fairclough Sgantas
by Audrey Sage I find summertime to be one of the most exciting times of the year because it affords the opportunity to witness the abundance and proliferation of insects and plant life in the garden. This wonderful artist book “ABC of Bugs and Plants in a Northern Garden” is filled with fantastic information and […]
You Are Here by Julie Chen
We are focusing our attention on the work of book artist Julie Chen. The University Libraries is privileged to have several of Chen’s exceptional works in their collection. One of which is titled You Are Here, a border book that measures 4″ by 4″, closed, but spans 15 1/2″ by 11 1/2″ when fully opened. […]
Paper Bridge by Ellen Schechner-Johnson
-Audrey Sage In this new artist’s book, artist Ellen Schechner-Johnson explores the legend of the “Paper Bridge,” seeking to express the historic liminality of Jewish existence, the image of the wandering Jew, the subjects of displacement, homelessness, and disconnection—of belonging and not belonging. The poems by Kadya Molodowsky express this, specifically, and are placed as […]
Caring for artifacts in the Robert C. Hansen Collection
-Audrey Sage Nestled within the Special Collections and University Archives is the Robert C. Hansen collection. This collection dates from circa 100 to 2020 (bulk 1800s-2000s) and contains programs, heralds, guidebooks and periodicals, playbooks, sheet music and songbooks, correspondence and autographs, original costume and scenery designs, posters, photographs, postcards, tradecards, scrapbooks, and other visual materials […]
360 degrees of Yusuke Oono
by Audrey Sage The Special Collections and University Archives at UNCG have recently acquired some wonderfully unique artist’s books by Yusuke Oono. These works are a special format of book – a 360° creation. Yusuke Oono was born in Germany In 1983 and graduated from The University of Tokyo where he obtained both his Bachelor’s […]