{"id":2604,"date":"2012-03-14T07:35:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2012-03-14T07:35:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:35:25","slug":"circus-libris-artist-books-by-jessica-spring-opening-reception-march-29-430-630-p-m-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/circus-libris-artist-books-by-jessica-spring-opening-reception-march-29-430-630-p-m-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Circus Libris&quot; Artist Books by Jessica Spring &#8211; Opening Reception March 29, 4:30-6:30 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/03\/circusLibris_blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2536 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 7px;margin-right: 7px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/03\/circusLibris_blog-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/03\/circusLibris_blog-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/03\/circusLibris_blog.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>Exhibit open: March 29\u2013May 14<br \/>\nOpening Reception: March 29, 4:30\u20136:30 p.m.<br \/>\nArtist Talk: April 25, 7\u20138:30 p.m., Library Room 020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using an  array of old-fangled technologies from papermaking to letterpress  printing, Jessica Spring, the proprietor of Springtide Press tames words  and images to delight the reader. Small finely-crafted editions  consider historical topics and popular culture from a unique  perspective, expanding the library\u2019s tent with new-fashioned books. Sponsored in part by the Tacoma Arts Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Ms.  Spring was recently named the winner of the fourth annual Foundation of  Art Award given by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtcf.org\">Greater Tacoma Community Foundation<\/a>. Spring has exhibited in many local and regional gallery shows,  collaborated with other artists, found<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/03\/CircusLibris_Seal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2539\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/03\/CircusLibris_Seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>ed the letterpress\/book Wayzgoose  event at Kings\u2019 Bookstore. She has an MFA from Columbia College Chicago  Center for Book &amp; Paper and teaches book arts at Pacific Lutheran  University. Her books are part of many collections including the British  Library, Northwestern, University of Washington, Yale, the Ringling  School of Art &amp; Design, and the Collins Memorial Library.<em><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Funding from the Tacoma Arts Commission.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhibit open: March 29\u2013May 14 Opening Reception: March 29, 4:30\u20136:30 p.m. Artist Talk: April 25, 7\u20138:30 p.m., Library Room 020 Using an array of old-fangled technologies from papermaking to letterpress printing, Jessica Spring, the proprietor of Springtide Press tames words &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/circus-libris-artist-books-by-jessica-spring-opening-reception-march-29-430-630-p-m-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}