[Libri] Yale: Tuesday, October 5 at 1pm: Richard Minsky

[Jim Wald]

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(apologies; got lost in the queue)

Tuesday, October 5 at 1pm: Richard Minsky

Pioneering book artist Richard Minsky will speak about his life and work 
at the Yale University Library, New Haven, CT. Please join us on 
Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at 1pm in the Sterling Memorial Library 
Lecture Hall, 130 Wall Street. Light refreshments will be served after 
the talk. This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by 
the Yale University Library Standing Committee on Professional Awareness.

This event is held in conjunction with the current exhibit at the Robert 
B. Haas Family Arts Library “Material Meets Metaphor: A Half Century of 
Book Art by Richard Minsky” on display through November 29, 2010. The 
entrance to the Haas Family Arts Library is in the lobby of the Loria 
Center for the History of Art at 190 York Street, a short walk from 
Sterling Memorial Library. The exhibit is open to the public from 8:30 
am to 5:00 pm on the day of the lecture.

Richard Minsky, contemporary book artist and founder of the Center for 
Book Arts in New York City, is known for his conceptual approach to hand 
bookbinding and commitment to changing the perception of the book arts 
from craft to fine art. He combines a background in Economics with an 
innovative use of traditional methods and new materials to create 
sculptural, often political bookworks. The blending of an eclectic mix 
of interests, from musical and theatre performance to social issues and 
virtual worlds, remain a hallmark of Minsky's career. This exhibition 
showcases his editioned (non-commissioned, made in multiple copies) 
bookworks alongside selections from the Richard Minsky Archive, which 
documents the history of his career and his working process.

A PDF catalog of the exhibition is free to view and download at

http://www.library.yale.edu/arts/specialcollections/Material_Meets_Metaphor-Minsky.pdf

The Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library opened in August 2008 in the 
renovated Paul Rudolph Hall and the new Loria Center for the History of 
Art. The library brings together the collections, staff, and resources 
from the former Art + Architecture and Drama libraries and the Arts of 
the Book Collection, as well as staff and services for the Visual 
Resources Collection. It serves as the library for the Schools of Art, 
Architecture, and Drama, as well as the Department of the History of Art 
and the Yale University Art Gallery. The library is open to the public 
Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:45 p.m. on Fridays. For more information, visit 
http://www.library.yale.edu/arts/

Jae Jennifer Rossman

Assistant Director for Special Collections

Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library

Yale University

180 York Street

New Haven, CT 06520

203.432.4439

203.432.0549 (fax)