Telling the Tale: A Brief History of Binding and Illustration

"Telling the Tale: A Brief History of Binding and Illustration in European Manuscripts and Incunabula"

Asheville BookWorks will host an illustrated lecture called Telling the Tale: A Brief History of Binding and Illustration in European Manuscripts and Incunabula presented by Laura Dufresne, Ph.D. and Laura Gardner, Ph.D. from Winthrop University, SC.

Laura Dufresne, art historian, and Laura Gardner, artist and art educator, come to book arts sharing a love for the book as a holder of meaning, a vehicle for ideas and stories, and as an aesthetic and historic structure. Together they teach a book arts class at
Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and have presented regionally and internationally on book arts, collaborative and interdiscipinary learning.

BookWorks Gallery is open M – F, 1 – 5 PM and on Saturdays, 1 – 4 PM.

About Asheville BookWorks: Asheville BookWorks is a community resource for print and book arts serving Western North Carolina and the Southeast. Located at 428 1/2 Haywood Road, in West Asheville, Asheville, BookWorks presents an ongoing schedule of classes, lectures, and exhibits, and provides studio rentals and artist residencies.

(828) 255-8444; www.ashevillebookworks.com