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Got Art?

posted by Heather Kearns
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
posted in: Alice C. Sabatini Gallery | Artblog - Life in the 700s
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Now you do! These links should lead you to anything and everything (almost) art-wise in Topeka. Many of these venues participate in Topeka's First Fridays Artwalk (download the map here).

Rare book links

posted by Brea
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
posted in: Special Collections | Rare Books
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A to Z of Samuel Johnson
From the BBC News. An alphabetical list of facts to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the printing of Johnson's English-language dictionary.

A Brief History of Fore-edge Painting
From Marist College (NY) Archives and Special Collections.

Conservation/Preservation Information for the General Public
Frequently Asked Questions and links to resources on caring for books, papers, photographs, and other archival materials.

Fore-edge Painting

Pop-up Book links

posted by Brea
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
posted in: Special Collections | Pop-up Books
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A Brief History of Early Movable Books
From the University of North Texas Libraries.

A Short History of Pop-Ups
From paper engineer Mark Hiner.

History of Pop-up and Movable Books
Discusses the development of movable books from the 13th century to today.

Make a simple pop-up
Instructions for making a talking mouth pop-up from Popular Kinetics Press.


 

 

 

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Books as Art links

posted by Brea
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
posted in: Special Collections | Books as Art
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Book Artists and Poets podcasts
Audio files of interviews with book artists and poets. Hosted by Steve Miller, coordinator of the MFA in the Book Arts Program at The University of Alabama.

Book Arts Links from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
Extensive list of links related to all aspects of bookmaking.

Book Arts Web
Home of the e-journal The Bonefolder, the Book_Arts-L listserv archives, and extensive links to book arts websites, exhibitions, and reference...

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