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Making connections, creating dialogues: artists’ books at Rhode Island School of Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Laurie Whitehill Chong*
Affiliation:
Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, 2 College Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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Artists’ books have been collected at the Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design for over 40 years. They include early multiples, conceptual books, fine press books, livres d’artistes, unique books, limited edition handmade books, books as sculptural objects, artists’ archives and ephemera. With between three and eight classes and individual appointments each week, artists’ books have become important teaching tools, fostering creativity among students, faculty and outside researchers. How do they speak to the creative process on so many levels? What is it that makes these resources so compelling?

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2007

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References

1. Smith, Keith A., Book 91 (Barrytown, NY: Space Heater Multiples, 1982).Google Scholar
2. Lorenz, Angela S., ed., Creating with abandon: process in the artist’s books of Angela Lorenz (Bologna, Italy: A. Lorenz, c2006).Google Scholar