Works using paper will be on exhibition at the Hosmer Gallery in Forbes Library. Passionato Books will be exhibiting along with artists Lee Thomson and Steven Levin. On the wall will be cyanotypes, Joomchi, paper weaving, marbling and hand made paper. The display case will have artist books - pieces of art using the idea of the book as inspiration. Reception Saturday, March 16th 2-5.

Tonya Lemos and Lilian Jackman are curating a show at APE Gallery in downtown Northampton. I will have 3 artist books on display as well as other wonderful book artists and printers from the area.

Kalamazoo Book Arts Center presents its annual Illustrated Accordion 2024 show. Accordion Books from all over the world. My teabags cyanotype accordion is on display. Exhibit can be viewed in person or online. https://kalbookarts.org/events/2024illustratedaccordion/

I have 2 artist books accepted into the International Art of the Book show in Rochester, NY. My pieces are called “Garden Herbs” and “Tea Bags.” Both use cyanotype techniques.

Cyanotype “The Kiss Redux” has been accepted to the National Open Juried Show at Tunxis Community College. The opening and award celebration is Sept. 9, 12-2.

The Artery Gallery is having an Artist Book exhibition. I have 3 artist books showing, “Tea Bags, Quilt Squares, and Wood Block Rubbings. Opening reception is Friday, Sept. 8 from 7-9pm. Awards will be announced at the reception. @contentartistbooks@arterydavis Hours are:  Monday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm, Sunday 12 - 5pm

August show at Rhynia Gallery in Northampton. This month’s theme is “Boxes” I have 2 pieces showing. One is a cyanotype on a box and the other is a weaving that looks like little boxes when the warp and the weft are woven together. Opening is August 11th 5:00 - 8:00pm.

Show can be viewed on opening day 5-8 or on Tuesdays or by appointment herbaltonya@gmail.com

Eco-print accordion book will be on display at gallery A3 in Amherst, MA. The theme of the show is “undercurrents of art revealing the unseen.” The art reveals the mysteries or new views of the natural world. Opening reception will be Aug. 3 from 5-8. Hours 2:00-7:00 Thursday-Sunday.

July show at Rhynia Gallery in Northampton. This month’s theme is “Monochrome.” I have 2 pieces showing. One is a cyanotype and the other is Indigo dyed cloth. Opening is July 14th at 5:00 pm.

Show can be viewed on opening day 5-8 or on Tuesdays or by appointment herbaltonya@gmail.com

Artistrree Gallery in Pomfret, VT is again hosting an exhibit of artist books. There will be” curious folios, recent Grimoires, tomes turned to sculpture and some works having a relations to books in concept only.” Closing celebration is July 15 5:30-7:30 I will be exhibiting 3 new works.

June show at Rhynia Gallery in Northampton. June’s theme is “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” I have 2 pieces showing. One is a cyanotype and the other is dried flowers and homemade paper. Opening is June 9th at 5:00 pm.

Different accordion books will be on display all over the first floor of the Camden Public Library. Mine is library themed titled “Books, Words and Literature.”

Each year the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (KBAC) sponsors a non-juried exhibition The Illustrated Accordion, showing in the KBAC Gallery in spring. Open to all emerging and established artists, this exhibition focuses on books created in the accordion form.

This year we had an overwhelming response of over 130 books! We hope everyone enjoys seeing them on line and that you are able to come to the KBAC in person if you are in the area. We are open M - F, 10 - 5 p.m. We are sometimes off site teaching, so please email info@kalbookarts.org if you are traveling to make sure we are at the studio.

I have one art piece showing at Paper in the River. This is a hand made paper piece that was molded around a geometric shape from a children’s book and then each page inside has different geometric shape designs done with colored pencil.

We are four artists employing a variety

of mediums: paper, metal, paint, wax,

and more. Rich layering and the exploration

of textures push the boundaries of each work

of art. The result is a cohesive and organic

intermingling of processes and aesthetic.

August 18 - September 18, 2022

Hours:

Sunday - Monday 12 - 5 PM

Thursday - Saturday 11 AM - 7 PM

I have 2 artist books in the Rochester Public Library 2022 International Art of the Book Show. One is called “RED Accordion Book” and the other “Fruits and Veggies Papyrus”. If you are in the area please stop in.

Unbound returns to Artistree Gallery in Vermont where I will have several pieces on exhibit. Opening reception is June 24th 4:30-6:30 and closing celebration is July 16 5:00-7:00. Always an inspiring exhibit of artist books and happy they have returned after pandemic.

2022 international accordion book show at the Kalamazoo Arts Center Gallery takes place in Feb. and March this year. The gallery is open Monday-Friday from 10:00-5:00. I have one piece in the show made from Indigo paper.

In 2011, the first Art of the Book exhibit was held in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Rochester Public Library. At the time, the library wanted to celebrate what has been at the core of libraries for centuries–the book. They marveled over the intricate interpretations of this humble format, and we were thrilled with the response to the exhibit from the community.

In subsequent years, the exhibit has grown to include entries from all over the world, featuring well-known artists for their exquisite work. The exhibit has built a reputation worldwide among book artists.

Books continue to ensnare the imagination, both for their form and content. Artists manipulate those two components to create breathtaking, mind-bending works of art that tease and cajole people to consider the intricacies of paper, ink, words, and meaning.

I am pleased to present my paper sculpture called BOOK LOVERS.

This artist book speaks to those with “Closed Minds” who do not want to work to save our planet.

The wire mesh is dipped into paper pulp and as a book cover represents the climate deniers enclosed in a type of jail space.

There are 5 small pamphlets with collage and quotes on tea dyed paper.

Each pamphlet is separate and can be removed for a closer look.

            Climate Change pamphlet with NY Times quotes about ghost forests

            Greta Thunberg climate activist, quotes from this wise young woman

            Environmental Defense Fund regarding methane

            Book by Bill McKibben, “The End of Nature”  

                    Two pamphlets with quotes from a newer introduction to        

                    his 1989 book:  Cars, human society and sea ice.

The ninth annual juried exhibition exploring what a book can be will be held at Artistree Gallery in South Pomfret, VT This is presented in conjunction with the Woodstock Bookstock Festival. I am proud to have one of my artist books, “Japan Street Art”, accepted to this exhibit. The opening reception will be 5:30-7:00 on Friday July 26th.

My set of accordion books called “The Five Senses” will be at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center for an annual exhibition focusing on books created in the accordion style.

I have 2 pieces in a show at Bread Euphoria based on the theme of literature, books and words. The title of the show is “The Art of Words”. Show coincides with a fundraiser for Forbes Library and runs until May 4th.

Paper Jam is a month-long show and series of events at the Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls, MA inspired by paper and the local paper-making industry.  These events represent a partnership between the arts performance group Exploded View, The Great Falls Discovery Center and Montague's cultural development initiative.  I will have my Korean Joomchi piece on display.  The opening reception is on the 9the from 2-4pm.  

"Playing With Textures" has been accepted to show at Gallery A3 in Amherst, MA for the month of June.  3 small accordion books with different textures - grids, string or teabags -  are presented in a handmade box.  

My Book Lovers art sculpture was one of 35 works chosen out of 400 pieces.  I am excited to have it showing in the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library.  

"Celebrate!" is the third in a series of satellite art exhibits Orchestrated by Abecedarian Gallery.  It will be on view at libraries and Universities in Denver, CO.  This juried exhibition is International in scope and will celebrate aspects of food, dance and music.  My accepted submission is an altered book called "Music in Words".  I am thrilled to be accepted and to share my artist book in the exhibition.  

South Beaches Gallery is a venue for emerging and established artists.  I have several collages and statues that are on exhibit along with painting and glass work by other artists.  The gallery is run by the incredible painter and educator, Susan Giblin.