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Art & Design
18th Havana International Book Fair - February 14-21, 2009
In February, I was privileged to be part of a group of North American librarians who visited Cuba on the occasion of the 18th Havana International Book Fair, known in Spanish as the Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana. This trip was generously supported by Cowles Library and the Drake University Center for the Humanities.
The Book Fair attracts a huge number of visitors every year from all segments of Cuban society and all parts of the island.
Crowd at the 2009 Havana International Book Fair - Havana, Cuba from M Djenno on Vimeo.
Cubans seem to seek and acquire reading material at any and every opportunity!
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
Magnum Photos now available through ARTstor!
Magnum Photos International, Inc., the photographic cooperative responsible for some of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century, has partnered with the ARTstor database to provide access to over 73,000 high-quality photographs.
Of interest to those conducting research in a variety of disciplines, these photographic records of pivotal events and people constitute a very exciting addition to the existing ARTstor collections.
New art books - April 2009
Cowles Library has recently acquired the following titles:
Interventions: Native American art for far-flung territories/Ostrowitz, Judith.
The art of Buddhism: an introduction to its history & meaning/Leidy, Denise Patry.
The Federal Art Project and the creation of middlebrow culture/Grieve, Victoria.
Outside in: Chinese x American x contemporary x art/Silbergeld, Jerome.
Flood!: a novel in pictures/Drooker, Eric.
A force for change: African American art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund/Schulman, Daniel.
Art in Eastern Africa/Arnold, Marion I.
Medieval ivories and works of art: the Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario/Art Gallery of Ontario.
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 - March 2009
Cowles Library has recently acquired the following titles:
Patronizing the arts/Garber, Marjorie B.
The $12 million stuffed shark : the curious economics of contemporary art/Thompson, Donald N.
Seven days in the art world/Thornton, Sarah.
Human futures : art in an age of uncertainty/Miah, Andy.
The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution/Dutton, Denis.
The hearing eye : jazz and blues influences in African American visual art/Lock, Graham.
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.
New art books - October 2009
Cowles Library has recently acquired the following titles:
Really good packaging explained: top design professionals critique 250 package designs and explain what makes them work./Edwards, Bronwen.
The American Leonardo: a tale of obsession, art and money. /Brewer, John.
Preston Singletary: echoes, fire, and shadows./Post, Melissa G.
Georgia O'Keeffe: abstraction./O'Keeffe, Georgia.
Étant donnés: manual of instructions./Duchamp, Marcel.
On art and war and terror./Danchev, Alex.
James B. Thompson: the vanishing landscape./Sayre, Henry M.
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.
