How does a book of dreams come to life? In conjunction with Creativity Lab: Art of the Book, during this series of hands-on workshops hosted at the Center for Book Arts, participants will explore Surrealist strategies to transform fragments of memory and imagination into an expansive double accordion book that can be experienced and performed collectively.
Facilitated by artists María Verónica San Martín and Rebecca Mzengi Corey, the workshop will include creative writing and drawing exercises and hands-on bookmaking instruction. Individual contributions will be combined into a single book, where unexpected connections emerge out of chance and collaboration. The workshop will culminate in the activation of the book by unfolding and moving through it as a shared landscape of dreams.
An optional third hour of the workshop will give participants the chance to stay in the studios to create their own small accordion book to take home with them, while the collaborative book will continue to grow across workshop sessions. No prior bookbinding experience required; all skill levels welcome.
Recommended for adults and teens. Space is limited and RSVP is required.
Please note: This program will take place off-site at the Center for Book Arts at 28 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001.
This series is designed in collaboration with the Center for Book Arts.
Center for Book Arts promotes active explorations of artistic practices related to the book as an art object. Founded in 1974, Center for Book Arts is the oldest nonprofit dedicated to uplifting and furthering the book arts and book art through education, preservation, exhibition, art-making, and community building.
María Verónica San Martín is a multidisciplinary artist and an assistant professor of Art at Smith College. Her practice intersects artist books, printmaking, performance, installation, archives, and critical pedagogy to explore memory, resistance, and social justice in Chile and the Americas.
Rebecca Yeong Ae Mzengi Corey is an artist, cultural organizer, and educator fascinated by the imaginative possibilities of gathering and collaboration. Rebecca is Deputy Director of Center for Book Arts. She previously served as Executive and Artistic Director of Nafasi Art Space in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where she co-founded the Nafasi Academy for Contemporary Art and cultivated artist-led experimentation, exchange, and mentorship. She also founded the Tanzania Heritage Project, a research and archival initiative documenting Tanzanian music and its connections to contemporary cultural practice.
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