PAST SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
JOIN THE KING LIBRARY PRESS in celebrating its 45th anniversary! Hear Greer Allen, Yale typographical expert, discuss the work of Berthold Wolpe, a student at Rudolf Koch's Offenbach Workshop. As a designer for Faber & Faber and as a teacher at the Camberwell School of Art, Wolpe made a strong impact on twentieth-century British book design.
Attend a lecture by bookbinding authority Sue Allen, who will discuss the American vogue for Japanese fairy tales printed on paper creped for strength, impressed with authentic wood-blocks, and typeset in English for the export market.
Hear readings by two of Kentucky's Poet Laureates -- James Baker Hall and Richard Taylor -- and print a portfolio of their poems at the King Library Press.
We invite you to join us.
Kentucky's Poet Laureates
"The Printer" and "The Bookbinder"
two vignettes by Berthold Wolpe from Handwerkerzeichen (1936)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, 26 October 2001
BERTHOLD WOLPE
Fritz Kredel's
Colleague in Offenbach
Greer Allen
Senior Critic, Yale School of Art
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT
7:30 P.M., THE NEW PEAL GALLERY
King Library, University of Kentucky
Reception from 6:00 P.M. in the Press Room
Exhibition in the Peal Gallery
Free & Open to All
Saturday, 27 October 2001
B O O K A R T S W O R K S H O P
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., The King Library Press
Japanese Crêpe-Paper Fairy Tales
Sue Allen
Bookbinding Scholar
R E A D I N G S
Two Kentucky Poet Laureates
James Baker Hall
Richard Taylor
L u n c h O n Y o u r O w n
Print a Portfolio by Kentucky's Poet Laureates
at The King Library Press with
Paul Evans Holbrook
- Workshop Registration Required -
GREER ALLEN returns to Lexington to speak on Berthold Wolpe, designer of the popular display type Albertus. Former University Printer both at Chicago and Yale, Allen is Senior Critic in the Yale School of Art. He teaches graphic design at the University of Virginia Rare Book School and designs publications for such clients as Colonial Williamsburg, Harvard s Houghton Library, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum.
SUE ALLEN, recipient of the 1999 annual award of the American Printing History Association, is an authority on American publishers bindings. She teaches a course in Publishers Bookbindings, 1830-1910 at the University of Virginia s Rare Book School. She has lectured widely on historical bookbinding, especially publishers cloth, and has written for such sources as Antiques to unfold the unique appeal of the Victorian book.
JAMES BAKER HALL, Kentucky's Poet Laureate for 2001-2002, served as Director of Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky for twenty-five years. In addition to The Hunt Within (1973), Her Name (1981), Fast Signing Mute (1992), and other volumes of poetry, he has published such works of fiction as Yates Paul (1963) and Music for a Broken Piano (1982). In addition, he enjoys a national reputation as a distinguished fine art photographer.
RICHARD TAYLOR, Professor of English at Kentucky State University, was named the Commonwealth's Poet Laureate for 1999-2000. Both scholar and man of letters, he is also the proprietor of Poor Richard's Books in Frankfort. Richard Taylor has authored the novel Girty (1977) and a number of collections of poetry, including Bluegrass (1975), Earth Bones (1979), In the Country of Morning Calm (1998), and, most recently, Stone Eye (2001).
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS WORKSHOP
1. Friday Night's Lecture with Greer Allen is free and open to all.
2. Saturday's Book Arts Workshop requires registration and a fee of $25.00. Registration is limited.
To take part in Saturday's activities, make a reservation by calling 859 257-8408 or 859 257-8371, or contacting klijdb@pop.uky.edu and then sending your check for $25.00 payable to The University of Kentucky. Mail to: The King Library Press / University of Kentucky Libraries / Lexington, KY 40506-0039.
Lecture and Workshop are in the Libraries' Special Collections Department. All materials will be provided, although you may wish to bring an apron or smock to use at the Press.