this body public, the Mills College MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing Thesis Exhibition, opens at Johansson Projects on Friday, March 21st. The exhibited work is the result of five semesters of studio art practice intertwined with creative writing workshops and study of artist book traditions.
Jess Marks-Gale and Emji Spero explore the structures formed between bodies in relation, between the commons and the home, the event and the everyday. This is an attempt to map intangible sites of intersection, the boundaries of porous bodies in the moment of encounter and this space that betweens us.
The exhibition features work that invites the gallery visitor to collaborate with the artists, while showcasing the various methods in which the artists are working with the book form: installation, one-of-a-kind artist books, trade editions of poetic work, and letterpress printing.
About Mills College MFA Book Art and Creative Writing
The MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing Program, the first such program in the country, is designed to help students develop as both a writer and a visual artist, to enhance one’s understanding of contemporary writing and its visual forms, and to encourage a deep exploration of the book as both a literary artifact and a material object that exists in space and time.
Exhibition: March 21-April 11
Johansson Projects, 2300 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, California.
Opening reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8pm
Closing reception and performance: Friday, April 11, 6-8pm
Open Hours: Thursday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 1-5pm, and by appointment.
For more information, contact:
Cheena Marie Lo, [email protected]
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Jess Marks-Gale and Emji Spero explore the structures formed between bodies in relation, between the commons and the home, the event and the everyday. This is an attempt to map intangible sites of intersection, the boundaries of porous bodies in the moment of encounter and this space that betweens us.
The exhibition features work that invites the gallery visitor to collaborate with the artists, while showcasing the various methods in which the artists are working with the book form: installation, one-of-a-kind artist books, trade editions of poetic work, and letterpress printing.
About Mills College MFA Book Art and Creative Writing
The MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing Program, the first such program in the country, is designed to help students develop as both a writer and a visual artist, to enhance one’s understanding of contemporary writing and its visual forms, and to encourage a deep exploration of the book as both a literary artifact and a material object that exists in space and time.
Exhibition: March 21-April 11
Johansson Projects, 2300 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, California.
Opening reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8pm
Closing reception and performance: Friday, April 11, 6-8pm
Open Hours: Thursday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 1-5pm, and by appointment.
For more information, contact:
Cheena Marie Lo, [email protected]
this body public, the Mills College MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing Thesis Exhibition, opens at Johansson Projects on Friday, March 21st. The exhibited work is the result of five semesters of studio art practice intertwined with creative writing workshops and study of artist book traditions.
Jess Marks-Gale and Emji Spero explore the structures formed between bodies in relation, between the commons and the home, the event and the everyday. This is an attempt to map intangible sites of intersection, the boundaries of porous bodies in the moment of encounter and this space that betweens us.
The exhibition features work that invites the gallery visitor to collaborate with the artists, while showcasing the various methods in which the artists are working with the book form: installation, one-of-a-kind artist books, trade editions of poetic work, and letterpress printing.
About Mills College MFA Book Art and Creative Writing
The MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing Program, the first such program in the country, is designed to help students develop as both a writer and a visual artist, to enhance one’s understanding of contemporary writing and its visual forms, and to encourage a deep exploration of the book as both a literary artifact and a material object that exists in space and time.
Exhibition: March 21-April 11
Johansson Projects, 2300 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, California.
Opening reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8pm
Closing reception and performance: Friday, April 11, 6-8pm
Open Hours: Thursday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 1-5pm, and by appointment.
For more information, contact:
Cheena Marie Lo, [email protected]
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Jess Marks-Gale and Emji Spero explore the structures formed between bodies in relation, between the commons and the home, the event and the everyday. This is an attempt to map intangible sites of intersection, the boundaries of porous bodies in the moment of encounter and this space that betweens us.
The exhibition features work that invites the gallery visitor to collaborate with the artists, while showcasing the various methods in which the artists are working with the book form: installation, one-of-a-kind artist books, trade editions of poetic work, and letterpress printing.
About Mills College MFA Book Art and Creative Writing
The MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing Program, the first such program in the country, is designed to help students develop as both a writer and a visual artist, to enhance one’s understanding of contemporary writing and its visual forms, and to encourage a deep exploration of the book as both a literary artifact and a material object that exists in space and time.
Exhibition: March 21-April 11
Johansson Projects, 2300 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, California.
Opening reception: Friday, March 21, 6-8pm
Closing reception and performance: Friday, April 11, 6-8pm
Open Hours: Thursday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 1-5pm, and by appointment.
For more information, contact:
Cheena Marie Lo, [email protected]
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Johansson Projects
2300 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
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