{"id":13372,"date":"2012-09-19T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=13372"},"modified":"2023-11-14T09:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:42:59","slug":"spring-to-life-pop-up-books-at-slcs-main-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/spring-to-life-pop-up-books-at-slcs-main-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring to Life: Pop-up Books at SLC’s Main Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the Utah Humanities Council 15th annual Book Festival beginning this weekend and continuing through the month of October (see here<\/a> for a full schedule), you’ll be hearing a lot about books this month. A lot of the talk will be about what’s in the books and who wrote them, but you’ll also be able to explore the art of making the book. For instance, on Saturday September 29th Ken Sanders’ Rare Books<\/a> in Salt Lake will be hosting a lecture and book signing with master book artists Peter and Donna Thomas — \u201cThe Ascent of the Artist Book in the Age of the E-reader.” More on that later. Before then, you should check out the exhibit Pop-ups: Books That Spring to Life<\/em> at Salt Lake’s Main Library.<\/p>\n

Books have had movable parts for hundreds of years. In fact, they predate the printing press. Matthew Paris, a 13th-century monk, made hand-drawn books called volvelles that featured lift-the-flaps and peepshows. They were used to teach astronomy, geography and medicine. It took a few hundred years but people finally caught on that movable parts could also be for amusement, and by the late 19th-century books with pull-tabs and pop-ups became increasingly sophisticated and widespread.<\/p>\n

The Library’s fourth-floor exhibit is filled with 200 pop-up books from the collection of Ann Montanaro Staples, who has been collecting, researching, and writing about pop-up books since 1986. Though her extensive collection includes almost all of the pop-ups books produced since 1900, most in this exhibit appear to be of relatively recent vintage.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>These are the type of books that your kids love, but quickly destroy if they get their hands on them. There are your classic books on dinosaurs and princesses, but also a number of surprises: Wonder Woman jumps out in all her Amazonian glory in DC Comics Superheroes; amongst the bible story books there’s one called In The Beginning: The Art of Genesis<\/em> where Jacob’s ladder pops up into transparent “stained-glass” windows; and squeezed in between a book on Humpty Dumpty and one about the old lady who swallowed a fly is a pop-up version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula that has the feel of a graphic novel.<\/p>\n

The show ends September 29th, so you’ll need to go in soon. It is sure to call forth childhood memories, and will be a great primer for a number of movable book activities in the area.<\/div>\n
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Exhibit<\/strong><\/div>\n
On the heels of the Library exhibit comes Movable<\/em> Books: Selections from the Rare Book Collections<\/em>, curated by Luise Poulton, and opening at the Special Collections Gallery of the J. Willard Marriott Library, level 4 on September 25.
\nhttp:\/\/www.lib.utah.edu\/ collections\/book-arts\/book- arts-2012-calendar.php<\/div>\n
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Lectures<\/strong>
\nRobert Sabuda: Travels Through Time and Space.
\nRenowned paper engineer and pop-up artist Robert Sabuda will speak at the Salt Lake City Library on Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. His fabulous pop-up books include The Christmas Alphabet, Cookie Count, Chanukah Lights, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and many more. Many of his books will be available for sale. Following his presentation there will be an opportunity to meet Robert and to have books signed. http:\/\/www.slcpl.lib.ut.us\/ events\/view\/1437\/.<\/p>\n

Robert is also speaking at Brigham Young University Lee Library on Wednesday, September 26 at 2:00 p.m. A book signing will follow at the BYU Bookstore.<\/p>\n

Book Signing<\/strong>
\nThe King\u2019s English Bookstore will host Robert Sabuda on Wednesday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. for a book-signing event.\u00a0 http:\/\/kingsenglish. indiebound.com\/event\/robert- sabuda-book-signing<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Sale<\/strong>
\nIn conjunction with their 9th biennial conference, The Movable Book Society is holding a book sale at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center Hotel on Saturday, September 29 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Pop-up books, movable artists\u2019 books, handmade paper, pop-up ephemera, and related items will be offered for sale. If you make books and would like to show and sell them, contact Ann Montanaro Staples for information about reserving a table, montanar@rci.rutgers.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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