Books as Art
Stewart wandered back through, searching for something else. “Did you talk about the big picture yet?” she asked Brown. “About how our Arts Alive! exhibits will be focused on all different kinds of book-related art?”
At least a year’s worth of book-related art exhibits are in the works at Eureka Books. “So many different art forms came directly from books,” he noted. “Medieval painting was done to illustrate books. Etchings and woodcuts were developed as ways to make illustrations. There’s a whole world of fine press books that involve handmade paper, letterpress type and handmade bindings. Even photography, within a year of being invented, was being used to illustrate books.”
This will be Brown’s first foray into the Arts Alive! milieu, at least as a participant, but he has an interesting history with the event. “I helped plan the very first one, before it was even called Arts Alive!, when I was assistant director of the Main Street program. That was about 15 years ago, and I don’t think we ever imagined that it would turn into such a successful event. It’s great to be hosting one.”
The artists included in “Art of the Book” are Dorothy Swendeman, Ellen Golla, Kathy Marie, Peggy Marrs and Margaret Beech. More information about NORBAG can be found on the group’s website at www.norbag.org. Eureka Books is located at 426 Second St. in Old Town, across from the gazebo.
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