Bartalos

Please join me for Book Arts Today: Amazing Intersections of All Kinds, a September 15 panel discussion offered by The Arts Forum of the Commonwealth Club of California.

I’ll be one of four Bay Area-based artists discussing various aspects of traditional and contemporary book arts and our personal involvement in the medium. My fellow panelists are Charles Hobson, Penny Nii, and Emily McVarish.

Emily McVarish, Charles Hobson, Penny Nii, Michael Bartalos.

Charles Hobson operates Pacific Editions which publishes limited edition artist books. His work is archived at the Stanford University Libraries and he teaches at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Penny Nii is a computer scientist, a researcher in the field of artificial intelligence, and gallery owner. Her artist’s book structures are engineered to function sculpturally and have been exhibited widely.

Panel Moderator Emily McVarish is a writer, designer, book artist, and Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the California College of Arts. She has operated her presses, Axel & Otto, in both commercial and experimental ventures since 1990.

Our panel will also reference the San Francisco Center for the Book’s role in the local arts community through its workshops, exhibitions, and public printmaking events such as the Roadworks Street Fair featuring large-scale printmaking with a steamroller. Accordingly, an exhibition of past Roadworks prints are on exhibit at the Club from September 12 through October 29. Many thanks to Anne W. Smith for organizing these programs.

Book Arts Today: Amazing Intersections of All Kinds takes place on Tuesday, September 15.
Location: Gold Room, Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market Street, San Francisco
Time: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program
Cost: $8 members, $15 non-members
Tickets available online and at the door.