23Sandy invites you to start thinking about new work for EcoEditions. Can artist books raise consciousness, create awareness or change the world and our environment? Let’s use our powers as stewards of the earth to report on the state of our environment, ecology, sustainability, pollution, climate, recycling and our planet in general. This juried exhibition is open to unique and limited edition artist books, broadsides, zines, sculptural bookworks and more and will juried by Cara List, the Art and Art History Librarian at the University of Oregon Architecture and Allied Arts Library.
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23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to announce FEAST!, a juried exhibition of art inspired by food. The book arts offer a banquet of materials, mediums and structures. Food offers a banquet of ideas for the artist.
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For those of you planning to enter the Infinite Possibilities show, the entry form is now live and ready. Got our first two entries this weekend and I can't wait see more of your work. This show is going to be fantastic!
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES: MATH, SCIENCE, BOOK ARTS
THEME - By those in the know, meaning those left-brained, analytical types, math and science are often described in artistic terms: the eloquence of an equation, the beauty of a concept.
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What happens when two book artists—one math-phobic and one-math loving—get together to brainstorm? An exhibition, of course. That's what happened with our latest opportunity for book artists. My friend Dina and I wanted to collaborate on a show, and math and science seemed like the perfect subject.
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Speaking of Print on Demand Books. . .
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The Poetic Pen: Celebrating Calligraphy and Poetry
Exhibition dates: June 22 - July 28, 2012 Location: 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon Entry Deadline: April 20, 2012
23 Sandy Gallery invites you to celebrate the beautiful word by entering The Poetic Pen, a juried exhibition of calligraphic artwork that uses poetry as a primary textual focus. Calligraphers throughout history have employed poetry to illustrate the art and fine craft of lettering, letterforms and calligraphic design. This show is open to pen or brush works in the form of wall-hung pieces, broadsides, books, sculptural objects and more.
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