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Readings by 23 Writers Over 4 Days Includes Richard Russo, Barry Moser, Camilo Mejia; Poetic Science: Bookworks by Daniel E. Kelm Opens at Smith College Museum of Art Museums10 presents Books Out Loud, the second of its three major programming weekends in the BookMarks: A Celebration of the Art of the Book festival. Stacked with 22 events over four days at Museums, on campuses, cultural venues, libraries, and bookstores, Books Out Loud runs from October 11-14 and features readings by notable authors Richard Russo, Andrea Barrett, Valerie Martin, writer and illustrator Barry Moser, and more, plus a performance of Selected Shorts (a full schedule is attached). Poetic Science: Bookworks by Daniel E. Kelm, a highlight of the Museums10/BookMarks exhibition schedule also opens for a five-month run during the weekend. The weekend is sponsored by Museums10, the three-year-old partnership of college and independent museums in the upper Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, facilitated by Five Colleges, Inc. Author readings have been organized by ten independent bookstores in the region -- now calling themselves Bookstores10 -- who have participated in the planning for the Books Out Loud weekend for nearly one year and are co-promoting the region's cultural riches with the Museums10 partnership. "We have been quite fortunate to have had the enthusiastic participation of our area's independent booksellers," states Nora Gerard, program director at the National Yiddish Book Center, and museum co-chair of the Museums10 programming committee. "When we embarked on the BookMarks project, it was natural to ask for the participation of area bookstores. Their enthusiasm for the project and the expertise in the field has created a wealth of varied and engaging programming. From fiction to nonfiction, from children's literature to art books, there is truly something for everyone throughout the Books Out Loud weekend. Museums10 is indebted to Booksellers10 for their hard work and dedication to the success of the project." Poetic Science: Bookworks by Daniel E. Kelm is the first solo exhibition in New England focused on the work of the Easthampton-based artist and bookbinder. Before settling into a career in the book arts, Kelm received formal training in chemistry and taught at the University of Minnesota. Kelm combines his knowledge of physical science and bookbinding with interests in alchemy and philosophy to produce a unique body of sculptural and kinetic bookworks. The exhibition features thirty works by the artist, and will be accompanied by video and web-based publications that will allow viewers to explore fully the role of movement in Kelm's work. A concurrent exhibition of twenty of Kelm's design bindings, collaborations with some of the country's best-known artists, writers, and publishers, will be featured in the Book Arts Gallery on the third floor of Smith College's Neilson Library -more- Museums10 is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council's John and Abigail Adams Grant Program, which recognizes projects that focus on cultural economic development. Museums10's emphasis on cultural tourism is to help boost museum attendance through its collective marketing and branding efforts, but also to increase cultural tourism in the region and positively influence the local economy, Some highlights on each day of the Books Out Loud weekend:
Museums10 is a partnership of ten museums -- Amherst College Museum of Natural History, Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead & The Evergreens, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Smith College Museum of Art, University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, National Yiddish Book Center, and Historic Deerfield -- in the Upper Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, facilitated by Five Colleges, Incorporated, dedicated to promoting the cultural riches of the region. Bookstores10 is an affiliation of ten independent bookstores in the Five College Area. They are A Child's Garden, Booklink Booksellers, and Broadside Bookshop in Northampton; Amherst Books, Jeffery Amherst Bookshop, Food For Thought Books, The Eric Carle Museum Store, National Yiddish Book Center Store; Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley; and World Eye Bookshop in Greenfield. Museums10 and BookMarks: a Celebration of the Art of the Book is sponsored by the generous support of the Massachusetts cultural council's John and Abigail Adams arts Program, The Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, Veridian Village at Hampshire College, 88.5 FM -- WFCR NPR News and Music for Western New England, WGBY, Preview Magazine, Cross-Culture Journeys, Coastal Outdoor Advertising, Marcus Printing, and Ruth and Spencer Timm. For more information about Museums10 and BookMarks, go to www.museums10.org. Page created 10/2/07 Home
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