Callliope's Cabinet Episode Two: Artists' Books with Beth Shoemaker

The next episode of Calliope's Cabinet: An Exploration of Curious Innovations Through the Ages is now available! 

Beth Shoemaker, Rare Book Librarian at Emory’s Rose Library, discusses a selection of artists’ books — “art in a book form that makes visual art more temporal.” The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library holds a large collection of artists’ books, including the entire archive of Atlanta’s own Nexus Press. These innovative books “combine construction, design, image, text . . . to make a complete artistic expression” that invites the reader in and engenders a new pace and type of reflection. 

Calliope’s Cabinet is a collaboration between The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation and Emory Libraries. This video series seeks to inspire Emory innovators and connect them to Emory University Library resources by showcasing unusual and thought-provoking archival material from deep in the Emory’s library collections.

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