Update on The Information is Not Knowledge Project

The Bookverks 2008 Information is Not Knowledge Project, of which I am a participant, will be on view at the Grassroots Arts Facility (GRAF) from October 2-24, 2008. The GRAF is located at 143 Christopher Columbus Street in Jersey City. All are welcome to the opening, taking place on Thursday October 2, from 7-10 PM.

The exhibition will be on view during the Jersey City Studio Tours, October 4-5, 2008, from 12-6 PM.

Bookverks 2008 The Information is Not Knowledge Project

Upcoming in October I am one of the artists invited to be part of the Bookverks 2008 Information is Not Knowledge Project, curated by Amanda Thackray and James Prez. For this project, a number of artists were each given one volume from a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and asked to do whatever they pleased to it.

My contribution, Earth Volume, made from Volume E, Earth-Everglades, began its tranformation by composting the text block. Two oak tree seedlings are now growing out of the former pages.

This project will be on view in the New Jersey City Canco building during the 18th Annual New Jersey City Studio Tour on the weekend of October 4-5, 2008. Other venues to follow, check back here future postings and more information!

LUOGHI DELL 'UTOPIA

A video of showing of the Luoghi dell 'Utopia (Places of Utopia) exhibition, in Viareggio, Italy, has been posted to Youtube. This video includes some shots of the Biblioteca Utopica (Utopian Library) of which the Migratory Books Project is a part. To see the video, visit here.

THE UTOPIAN LIBRARY / LA BIBLIOTECA UTOPICA

VIAREGGIO -- VILLA BORBONE -- 26 luglio-24 agosto 2008

The Migratory Books Project is currently part of the exhibition THE UTOPIAN LIBRARY/LA BIBLIOTECA UTOPICA, in Viareggio, Italy, through the 24 of August 2008. Read below for statements and information by Vittore Baroni, the coordinator of this project.

Dear friends,

in a few days the festival LUOGHI DELL'UTOPIA ("Places of Utopia") will start here in Viareggio with two rooms of the historical Villa Borbone devoted to the collective project The Utopian Library. I received artist's books from over 100 international artists, and 50 more books were selected from my E.O.N. archive. I want to thank you all for generously taking part in this project, and for the variety and relevance to the "Utopian" theme of the books that will be freely handled by the audience. If you happen to pass through Viareggio, on the West Coast of Italy, the exhibition that includes works and installations from 45 artists opens on Saturday July 26th at 7.30 PM with a series of short performances. Villa Borbone is at the middle of Viale dei Tigli, a street connecting Viareggio to Torre del Lago, and the show will be open till August 24th (hr. 6,00-11,00 PM, closed on Monday and Tuesday).

Best regards,

Vittore Baroni - Associazione Culturale BAU

Women Helping Women Project Travels to Florida

The Women Helping Women, Stitch By Stitch collaborative project, of which I am a participant, has traveled to Florida for the following two exhibitions:

August 1 - August 26, 2008
Part of the exhibition "Pursuit of Happiness," new mixed media works by Betsy Bohrer
Arts on the Park Members Gallery
Upstairs Gallery
Lakeland, Florida

September 1 - September 30, 2008
Pamplin Gallery, Bartow Public Library
2150 South Broadway Ave.
Bartow, Florida

If you are interested in supporting the Rubia Foundation or purchasing any sustainable craft products to support the women of Darrai Noor, Afghanistan, please visit here.

Michelle Wilson at Paul Green's School of Rock

For the next few weeks I am teaching a t-shirt screen printing workshop at Paul Green's School of Rock, in Bucks County, PA. Pictured at left are School of Rock instructor Lauren Pollock and a student printing their shirt for the band AI (photo by Michelle Wilson) Visit here to see when the students will be performing and wearing their art.

In August I will be teaching a children's workshop called "Nature Books," at the Woodmere Art Museum. It will focus on using the book form as a means of learning about nature and environmental awareness. To register a child for this class, visit here, or call the Woodmere Museum Education department at 215-247-0948.

2008 Puffin Foundation Grant

I have been selected to receive a 2008 Grant from the Puffin Foundation Ltd. This funding will be going into my next artist book project, which has the working title of Future Tense. This work will examine parallels between an endangered bird, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa), and the endangered languages at both ends of its migration, Inuktitut and Yámana. Through their intersecting narratives, I hope to reveal ideas about our dominant culture.