Center for Book and Paper Arts
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Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
, located in Chicago, Illinois. The Center is the largest book-and-paper-arts teaching institution in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, which is housed on the second floor of the historic Ludington Building
Ludington Building
The Ludington Building is the earliest-surviving, steel-frame building in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on...
. The Center teaches letterpress, papermaking
Papermaking
Papermaking is the process of making paper, a substance which is used universally today for writing and packaging.In papermaking a dilute suspension of fibres in water is drained through a screen, so that a mat of randomly interwoven fibres is laid down. Water is removed from this mat of fibres by...
, bookbinding
Bookbinding
Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. It usually involves attaching covers to the resulting text-block.-Origins of the book:...
, artists' books
Artists' Books
Artists' books are works of art realized in the form of a book. They are often published in small editions, though sometimes they are produced as one-of-a-kind objects referred to as "uniques"....
. The Center has a history of dedication to furthering knowledge and appreciation of book arts". In addition to teaching classes for interested individuals from the community, the Center is part of the Interdisciplinary arts
Interdisciplinary arts
Interdisciplinary Arts is an academic department in the School of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago. As one of the earliest interdisciplinary arts programs in the United States, it has been an incubator for new approaches towards art making that has shaped the development of arts professionals...
Department at Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
, whose programs include an MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts.
The Interdisciplinary arts
Interdisciplinary arts
Interdisciplinary Arts is an academic department in the School of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago. As one of the earliest interdisciplinary arts programs in the United States, it has been an incubator for new approaches towards art making that has shaped the development of arts professionals...
Department full-time faculty who teach at the Center for Book and Paper Arts primarily include: Associate Professor & Director of the Interdisciplinary Book and Paper MFA Program Clifton Meador and Assistant Professor Melissa Potter.
The Center for Book and Paper Arts also has a large 4000 square feet (371.6 m²) gallery space whose exhibition history includes work by Enrique Chagoya
Enrique Chagoya
Enrique Chagoya is a Mexican-born painter and print-maker. His subject is the changing nature of culture.He was born in Mexico City in 1953. He was partly raised by an Indian nurse who helped him to respect the indigenous people of his country and their history. He studied economics at the National...
, Bruno Richard, a 2008 exhibition of the iconic manuscript scroll of On the Road
On the Road
On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of...
by Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
, and a 2009 exhibition featuring Buddhist Printing techniques from the Derge Parkhang
Derge Parkhang
The Derge Parkhang, is one of the foremost cultural treasures of Tibet...
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