The recent Beyond the Book Exhibition IX hosted a record number of events, which attracted participants and visitors from the community and academia alike. Boston University's Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program was pleased to be a sponsor of Beyond the Book IX.
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| Beyond the Book Exhibition organizer Ronni Komarow (center) interacting at the opening |
We reported earlier on the well-attended exhibition launch at the Faneuil Branch of the Boston Public Library. View the flickr photo album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/unitwin/23493905136/in/album-72157661954798526/
This was followed by two Artists' Talks organized by Ronni Komarow, one at the Faneuil Branch and the other at the Brighton Center Library Branch. These generated fascinating interactions between the artists themselves and participants from universities and the community, resulting in fresh ideas to disseminate the goals of a wide variety of entries. One example was a discussion of a work of Helga Felleisen entitled
Counting Flatbread; the artists offered suggestions on how to attract yet further support for the featured disadvantaged populations in Syria.
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| Artist Helga Felleisen with her work Counting Flatbread |
An additional event was a practical "hands on" workshop, where participants learned how to create their own "books as art".
Given the success of this series of events, we already look forward to next year's Beyond the Book X!
