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Please join us! Tea, cookies, and conversation at the Behind the Archives Door series.
Jessica Spring, local Tacoma letterpress printer and owner of Springtide Press, will discuss her recent work as shown in reCollection: An Ephemeral Exhibition of Exquisite & Eclectic Ephemera, which was on display at the Spaceworks Artscape from September – December 2014. Jessica’s talk will focus on the process of collecting and the curation of personal archives. “When used by collectors, the term ‘ephemera’ describes materials, often paper, that have little value beyond their intended use,” says Spring. Matchbooks, postcards and milk bottle caps are examples. “These objects serve to light a cigarette, send a message, or protect a bottle of milk, but they also provide a glimpse of another place and time.” Jessica will share examples of the ephemera as well as talk about how the curation of the collection has inspired and influenced her own art.