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SPLC Campus Resources to Counter the Alt-Right Movement

The Southern Poverty Law Center has created a new set of campus resources to counter the alt-right movement. SPLC releases campus guide to countering ‘alt-right’ – With college students returning to class in the coming weeks, the SPLC released a new … Continue reading

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Behind the Archives Door: Thursday, September 7, David Wertheimer, “Collecting Incunabula”, 4 p.m., Archives & Special Collections Seminar room

Thursday, September 7:  Behind the Archives Door: Collecting Incunabula. David Wertheimer, an avid collector of early printed books and a Director at the Gates Foundation, will share his story of collecting. Many of the books that he owns, all printed … Continue reading

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Behind the Archives Door: A Conversation with Clarissa Sligh, Tuesday, September 5, 5:30-7 p.m., Collins Library

Join us for a conversation with visual artist and social activist Clarissa Sligh. For over 30 years, Sligh has woven together the cultural, historical, personal and political to explore concepts of memory and transmutation, and perceptions of boundaries and identity: … Continue reading

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Mare Made Artist Reception, Thursday, September 14, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Collins Library

Thursday, September 14, 2017 4:30–6:30 p.m. (Informal Remarks by Mare at 5:30 p.m.) Collins Library August 21, 2017 – January 19, 2018. Mare Made, spans over 4 decades of the work of local artist Mare Blocker. Teacher, mentor, writer, illustrator, … Continue reading

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Library Search Tool Primo Gets an Upgrade in early August!

The Collins Memorial Library search tool Primo is getting an upgrade in early August as part of a collaborative regional effort by the Orbis Cascade Alliance, the Pacific Northwest consortium of academic libraries that also delivers the popular resource sharing … Continue reading

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Presentation by Book Artist Diane Jacobs, Monday, July 31, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Library Room 020

Diane Jacobs has been making artist’s books under her imprint Scantron Press for 20 years. Her work is held in distinguished collections including The Getty Museum, SFMOMA, and the Walker Art Center, among others. She holds an MFA in printmaking … Continue reading

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A Conversation with Paper Maker Velma Bolyard, Tuesday, July 11, 6:30-8 p.m., Collins Library Rm. 020

Velma Bolyard is a fiber, paper and book artist working with mostly locally gathered materials for textile, paper, and book making. She recently retired from 25 years of teaching special education in alternative public school settings. Her passion is to … Continue reading

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Puget Sound Book Artists Awards 2017

The evening of June 8, 2017 was a fine one at the Collins Library. Artists, friends, librarians, and other interested visitors came for the reception and awards announcements for the 7th annual Puget Sound Book Artists exhibition—Northwest Musings. There was … Continue reading

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Katharine Etsell: 2017 Senior Art Award Winner

Collins Library is pleased to bestow the 2017 Senior Art Award to Katharine Etsell for her screen-print series that highlights the Port of Tacoma. The selection committee offers these remarks associated with her work: We selected an artist whose work … Continue reading

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Collins Library Welcomes Adriana Flores, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian

We are excited to welcome back Adriana Flores as our new Archivist & Special Collections Librarian.  Adriana will join us in mid-July as soon as she wraps up her current work at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston … Continue reading

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