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Visual Arts
Cowles Library Special Collections artist featured on 'Craft in America'
Berkeley book artist Julie Chen is featured on the PBS television series Craft in America produced by the organization of the same name. Chen's book 'The Veil' is part of Cowles Library's special collection of artists' books.
Exhibit of artists' books from Cowles Library and University of Iowa Libraries
Cowles Library's special collection of handmade and artists' books will be part of 'The Book in Time and Place: A Selection of Artist Books from The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Drake Universities Cowles Library' exhibition that runs from September 11, 2009 to October 9, 2009 in the Anderson Gallery on the Drake University campus.
The Veil, by Julie Chen. Cowles Library Special Collections.
For more information: http://www.drake.edu/news/db/official/archive.php?article=4677
New art books - June 2009
Cowles Library has recently acquired the following titles:
Architecture and art of the Deccan sultanates [electronic resource] / Michell, George.
Hans Burkhardt: the California State University, Northridge Collection/ Burkhardt, Hans Gustav.
The painter's chair: George Washington and the making of American art/ Howard, Hugh.
Punctuation: art, politics, and play /Brody,Jennifer DeVere.
Beauty/Scruton, Roger.
New art books - May 2009
Cowles Library has recently acquired the following titles:
Agitate! edu
cate! organize!: American labor posters /Lincoln Cushing and Timothy W. Drescher.
Encyclopedia of Asian American artists /Hallmark, Kara Kelley.
The Gardner heist: a true story of the world's largest unsolved art theft /Boser, Ulrich.
The Eight and American modernisms /Kennedy, Elizabeth.
Transit Tehran: young Iran and its inspirations /Halasa, Malu.
Treasures from Havana: New Additions to the Cowles Library Special Collection of Artists Books
Ediciones Vigía is a publishing house located in the city of in Matanzas, Cuba. Vigía was founded in
the mid-1980s by artists and musicians and continues to produce limited edition, handmade books on a variety of topics and in a variety of formats.
Cowles Library has recently acquired six recent handmade books from Ediciones Vigía for its special collection of artists books.
Milían, Juan Luís Hernandez et al., Yo quería escribir como Vallejo, Havana: Ediciones Vigía, 2008.
Note: ACCESS RESTRICTED. This item does not circulate and can only be viewed by prior arrangement on library premises. Please make arrangements to view this and similarly restricted items by contacting
Cowles Library Reference at 515-271-2113 or reference@drake.edu.
