Book Arts Workshop Prize for 2016

The Book Arts Prize is a juried award given every year in recognition of excellence in the creation of a hand printed and bound book made in the Book Arts Studio by a Dartmouth College undergraduate, graduate, or community member.  The cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of the Friends of the Library.  The winners are:

Grand Prize (shared)

Kassie Amann, ‘16

This Must Be The Place

$500 award

Grand Prize (shared)

Marie Schwalbe, ’16

Mountains of Vermont

$500 award

Artist Book

Hyun Ji ( Jenny) Seong,‘16

Memoriscapes – The Book

$150 award

First Prize in Hand Bookbinding

Amalia Siegel, ‘16

Waste / Land

$150 award

First Prize in Letterpress Printing

Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello, Grad

$150 award

Honorable Mention in Letterpress Printing

Josh Kauderer, ‘19

Dulce Et Decorum Est

$75 award

All the winning entries are on display in the Treasure Room cases in Baker Library beginning Saturday, June 11.  

Written by Barb Sagraves

2014 Book Arts Prize Winners

The winners of the 2014 Book Arts Prize competition are:

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and What She Found There”, tied for Grand Prize.

"Alices Adventures in Wonderland and What She Found There", inside.

Grand Prize:
Isana Skeete ‘14 for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and What She Found There”
and
Eva Petzinger ’15 for “The Ballad of Sir Remmy, Part 1”


Gabrielle Pacia '16, Honorable Mention for "Do Not Go Go"

Artist Book:
Stephanie Ng ’16 for “Disjointed”

Maria Fernandez ’14, Honorable Mention for “La Biblioteca de Babel”

Letterpress:
Eva Petzinger ’15 for “The Mapmaker”

Bookbinding:
Isana Skeete ’14 for “Case Binding”

Community Excellence:
Patricia Stone for “An Apple Gathering” 

Tara Wray, Honorable Mention for “Come Again When You Can’t Stay So Long”



Please stop by the Treasure Room just off The Baker Library main hall,  to view the other winners! This exhibit is not to be missed!

By Sarah Smith

Book Arts Prize Program 2014

The Book Arts Prize is a juried award given every year in recognition of excellence in the creation of a hand printed and bound book made in the Book Arts Studio by a Dartmouth College undergraduate or graduate student.  The cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of the Friends of the Library.

There are four prize categories:

Book Arts Grand Prize
Letterpress Printing
Hand Binding
Artist Book (new category)

The Book Arts Program is fortunate to enjoy the participation of local bookbinders, printers, and amateur book artists.  Again this year the competition will be open to the community to recognize and reward excellence in their work.

For complete details as well as the submission form go to the Book Arts Prize webpage.

All entries must be submitted by 5:00 pm, Friday, May 30.

Book Arts Prize Winners for 2012

The Book Arts Prize is a juried award given every year in recognition of excellence in the creation of a hand printed and bound book made in the Book Arts Studio by a Dartmouth College undergraduate.

This year the grand prize award of $500 was given to Taylor R. Campbell, '11 for his entry of "Resigned".

Resigned

The colorfully bound, printed, and illustrated book contains dialogue between Number Six and Number Two from the 1967 British television show, The Prisoner. The judges considered the entry an impressive use of polymer plate printing with traditional letterpress.

Resigned

Honorable Mention for the Book Arts Prize and recipient of a $75 award was Hye (Amy) Gu, '12. Ms. Gu’s poetry book, "Tagore", features the use of letterpress and blind stamping.

The award for Best Hand Bound Book went to Bridget A. Herrera, GR, for "Taino Myths".

Taino Myths

The book of broadsides illustrating authentic petroglyphs and pictographs of the Hispaniola people is a drum leaf binding that opens to each image and allows the viewer to be enveloped by the world the images creates. Ms. Herrera will receive a prize of $150.

Taino Myths

This year because of a number of high quality letterpress entries created with different processes the judges decided to recognize traditional letterpress printing and alternative printing techniques. Sarah Parkinson, '09, won for best Traditional Letterpress Printing with her entry of "Words in Orbit".

"Words in Orbit"

The best example of Alternative Letterpress Printing went to Bridget A. Herrera, GR, for "Deus Est Machina". Each winner will receive $150.

"Deus Est Machina"

Honorable Mention prizes of $75 went to Sarah Parkinson in the Alternative Letterpress category and to Do-Hee Kim, '12, for Traditional Letterpress.

All the winning entries are on display in the Treasure Room cases in Baker Library beginning Saturday, June 9 through the Fall 2012 term.

Congratulations to all the contestants and special thanks to the Friends of the Library for their support of this competition.

Written by Barb Sagraves.