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Tag: Artists’ Books

  • Handmade Narratives: Creativity, Expression, and Personal Stories within the Student Artist Books Collection

    Handmade Narratives: Creativity, Expression, and Personal Stories within the Student Artist Books Collection

    By Lindi M. Harden, Communication Studies ’25, Spring 2025 Intern Over the past several weeks, I’ve spent most of my time as an intern in Rare Books working with the Student Artist Books Collection, and it has quickly become a body of work to which I feel deeply connected. Because of the time I’ve spent…

  • Art & the Alphabet

    Art & the Alphabet

    By Miriam Intrator, Special Collections Librarian Colorful and whimsical, realistic and fantastical, serious and playful. These are just some of the themes depicted in the creative and inspiring alphabets designed by students in ART 2520 Typography, taught by Sarah McDowell, during the spring 2024 semester. Inspired in part by a visit to view typographical specimen…

  • Reflecting on my Graduate Assistant Experience in Rare Books

    Reflecting on my Graduate Assistant Experience in Rare Books

    By Alexis Voisard, MA Student in English, 2022-23 Rare Book Graduate Assistant  Athens has been spoiled by beautiful weather, and I’ve taken advantage by going around campus getting photos in some of my favorite spots wearing my graduation robe! It’s starting to feel bittersweet going to classes and working at the library knowing I only…