Category Archives: Book Arts

Interview with Ashley Bond, Division of Special Collections graduate assistant

Posted on May 4, 2015 by | Posted in: Ashley Bond, Book Arts, Cookbooks, Rare Books | Leave a comment

By: Ashley Bond, SLIS graduate student Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series profiling the graduate students who work in the Division of Special Collections. Haley Aaron, Alex Goolsby, Ellie Campbell, Mary Haney, and Katie Howard have also been featured. … Continue reading →

Halloween updates from Rare Book Cataloging

Posted on October 31, 2014 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Allyson Holliday, Book Arts, Book Collections, Rare Books, Rare Books Collection, Richard Minsky Collection, UA History | Leave a comment

By: Allyson Holliday, W.S. Hoole Library Complex Copy-Cataloger In the spirit of the season… there’s something for everyone in the Division of Special Collections! Whether it’s skeletons, haints, headless horsemen, witches, or demons, we have your interests covered. For skeletons: … Continue reading →

Hoole book arts goes on the road

Posted on May 19, 2014 by | Posted in: Amy Hildreth Chen, Book Arts, Book Arts Collection | Leave a comment

By: Amy Chen, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow The Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee is hosting Preface: An Introduction to Artists’ Books, an exhibition largely drawn from the holdings of the W.S. Hoole Library. The show opened on March 28, 2014 and … Continue reading →

Interview with Amy Pirkle, Book Artist and author of Smoke (2008)

Posted on October 21, 2013 by | Posted in: Amy Pirkle, Book Arts, Book Arts Collection | Leave a comment

Interview with: Amy Pirkle, Book Artist & University of Alabama Instructor in the Honors College, New College, and the Department of Art How would you describe book arts to a layperson? For me, book arts is a broad field that … Continue reading →