Past Events
From time to time, we wish time stood still. If it did, we would be able to get to see the exhibits that interest us, go to lectures and book signings and not have to consult our watches and calendars. But it does go on and we say, "Darn it!"
When possible, those Past Events featured on The Popuplady's website will live on here. Where weblinks remain on-line, they will have a second-life. Of course, if I have missed an event and learn about it too late to give you a timely heads-up, hopefully it will be presented on this page.
The Smithsonian pop-up exhibit has been taken down but the images and lectures live on! Spend some time with these images and lectures to learn much about pop-ups and paper engineering. See the Popuplady's homepage for lecture links.
Another past exhibit I just became aware of on Science and Artists' Books at the Smithsonian Institute Libraries, 1995.
Springing to Life: Movable Books & Mechanical Devices at the University of Rochester Library-now extended from August 17, 2012
Paper Poetry: The colorful world of vintage pop-up, movable and toy books (with
slide show)
at the University of Washington; closed March 26, 2012
solo exhibition of artist books by Elsi Vassdal Ellis; at the 23 Gallery, Portland, OR
closed March 10, 2012
2 Dutch Pop-up Exhibits
Movable books from the 15th century with artist books
And a 3rd exhibit: 1st
Dutch Pop-up exhibit extended until Jan. 2012
Nairac Museum/Barneveld-see video
Pop-ups: They're Not Just for Kids!
exhibit at Bowdoin College, Maine until June, 2011 The catalog of the exhibition
with images.
Anatomical Flap
books, 16th-21st century Do NOT miss this rare overview of rare books presented by Duke University, ended, July 2011.
See videos from the exhibition.
Pop-ups and Company [Livres en formes pop up et cie]
Images from the pop-up book exhibition in Toulouse, France-2010
An interview on the exhibit, in French.
The catalog from the exhibit may be ordered from the Toulouse Library or from the Paris books store specializing in pop-ups, Boutique du livre animé € 14.00 (ISBN 2-85322-072-9)
Pop-Now! A Juried Exhibition of Movable Books
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR [September 22, October 30, 2010]
Supported by The Movable Book Society, mounted to coincide with the 2010 biennial
conference. Laura Russell, proprietor.
See TV clip of the exhibition.
Best of Show, Unique [One-of-a-Kind] Book; Kevin Steele The Movable Book of Letterforms
Best of Show, Editioned Book; Mary Jeanne Linford Tool Box
Jurors' Choice Awards:
Sue Collard Small Museum of Nature and Industry
Kitty Maryatt and Scripps College Press Students Arch
Linda Johnson Blessing Bowl
Gallery Choice Award; Elsi Vassdal Ellis There Goes the Neighborhood
Paper
Instruments & The sea
NY Times exhibit review of: Lost at Sea: The Ocean in the English Imagination, 1550-1750
At The Folger Shakespeare Library, Wash, DC-2010
especially look at the image of Samuel Sturmy’s “Mariners Magazine” and a Gunter-type quadrant, a paper navigational instrument.
Romantic Gardens:
Nature, Art, and Landscape Design at the Morgan Library, NYC
[
May 21 through August 29,
2010]
This exhibit of books presenting the effect of the Romantic Era on European gardens featured the work of Humphry Repton (1752-1818). Repton was the first to use the term "landscape gardener" drawing upon his background as an artist. His Red Books prepared for large estate owners used the flap technique to show his clients the 'before and after' of Repton's garden ideas.
before-lift the flap
after-flap folded back to right