{"676037":{"#nid":"676037","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Virtual Lecture: Radical Paper: Art and Invention with Colored Pulp ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoin authors and artists Lynn Sures \u0026amp; Michelle Samour as they talk about their new book \u003Cem\u003ERadical Paper: Art and Invention with Colored Pulp.\u003C\/em\u003E Although handmade papers have been used by artists for centuries, the use of colored paper pulp as an integral element in creating art \u2013 as opposed to serving only as the surface on which art is created \u2013 has seen remarkable development over the last 70 years. As early practitioners like Douglass Morse Howell, Laurence Barker, and Kenneth Tyler mapped out new directions in using colored paper pulp, their work inspired the careers of generations of artists who have taken this medium in fresh and unexpected directions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis first-of-its-kind book features 245 works by 73 artists in a 440-page hardcover, offset-printed publication by The Legacy Press. Essays, many based on the authors\u2019 interviews with the people who have made their mark in the field, cover a range of topics from history to practitioners to collaborative studios in this revolutionary and little understood medium. \u003Cem\u003ERadical Paper: Art and Invention with Colored Pulp\u003C\/em\u003E introduces and expands the medium to artists, curators, collectors, art historians, and the broader public as it highlights the dynamic scope and inventiveness of today\u2019s leading international practitioners.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERegistration:\u003C\/strong\u003E Use the link to sign-up for the lecture. Please email anna.doll@rbi.gatech.edu for questions or more information\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Speakers:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMichelle Samour\u2019s work explores the intersections between science, technology, and the natural world, and the socio-political repercussions of redefining borders and boundaries. Her artist residencies include Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and The Banff Centre. She has exhibited her work at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Kohler Art Center, and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. She has received grants from the MA Cultural Council and a Society of Arts and Crafts NE Artist Award. Collections that hold her work include the International Paper Company, Meditech, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Watson Library. Samour is Professor Emerita of the SMFA at Tufts University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELynn Sures creates multi-media works examining the juncture of geology, physics, and the origins of humans. She has been a SARF Fellow in Kenya and a US State Department American Artist Abroad in Sri Lanka. As an artist-in-residence she made works at Museu Mol\u00ed Paperer de Capellades, Spain, and the Press at the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM. Collections that hold her works include US Dept. of State; Library of Congress; Yale University; Schomburg Collection, NY Public Library; Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum; Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, Fabriano, Italy; Museum of Art \u0026amp; Photography, Bangalore, India; and Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt. 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