Vessel - The Guild of Book Workers 2015-2017 Traveling Exhibition

The Guild of Book Workers invites all members to participate in its 2015-2017 traveling juried exhibition, Vessel. The book as vessel inspires beautiful metaphor - a craft for traveling, a container, a holder, a receiver, a transporter. Across time and culture, the vessel is at the center of many ceremonies and rites of passage. Native American cultures regarded the vessel as a portal to a sacred realm. The book as craft is our vessel to sail the high seas, to hold our dearest memories, and to indicate the pulse of life. Guild of Book Workers members are invited to interpret “vessel” as broadly or as narrowly as they wish.

SCOPE OF EXHIBIT

This exhibition will feature approximately 50 works by Guild members. Opening in the spring of 2015, the Vessel exhibition will travel to between six and nine venues across the U.S., closing in the spring of 2017. Selected works will include fine and edition bindings, artist’s books, broadsides (letterpress printing, calligraphy, and decorative papermaking), and historical binding models. Works will be selected by a jury to ensure that they are of excellent quality.

ELIGIBILITY

All entrants must be members in good standing of the Guild of Book Workers at the time of submission and carry a current membership throughout the entire run of the exhibition. Member registration may accompany entry, along with entry fee. Entrants may submit a total of two works. An Intent to Enter form must be submitted online by October 17, 2014 in order to be notified of exhibitions updates and a link to the online entry form. Works will be juried from digital images.

ENTRY PROCESS & TIMELINE (exact dates subject to change)

• INTENT TO ENTER: SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 – OCTOBER 17, 2014

• OPEN CALL FOR ENTRY: JANUARY 15, 2015 – MARCH 1, 2015

• NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: APRIL 1, 2015

• WORK DUE TO RECEIVING VENUE: MAY 05, 2015

CATALOG

A full color printed catalog will be produced by GBW and made available for sale online and at the exhibition locations. The catalog will depict all 50 works, plus binding descriptions and biographical statements by each binder.

Click here for a printable flyer.