[BKARTS] Podcast of a forum on the Book of Origins exhibition and the book arts in Anchorage, AK

[Peter Verheyen <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Podcast of the "Book of Origins Forum" at the University of Alaska, 
Anchorage.
2007-09-22

The Book of Origins Forum included book binder Artemis Bona Dea, artist 
Susan Share, antiquarian book seller William Lorch, Garry Kaulitz from the 
UAA Art Department and Phyllis Fast from the UAA Anthropology Department. 
They discussed various aspects of the Book of Origins including an 
introduction to design binding, the history of fine books, the importance of 
printmaking and letter press, book making as an art form, and the 
implications of native creation stories in book form and the role of the 
wampum belt as a way to communicate.

The podcast can be heard at 
<http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/podcasts/index.php?id=158>.

See the exhibition online at 
<http://library.syr.edu/digital/exhibits/b/bookoforigins/>.
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Peter D. Verheyen
Bookbinder & Conservator, PA - AIC
<verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The Book Arts Web & Book_Arts-L Listserv
<http://www.philobiblon.com> 

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