is a collaboration between
Melanie Bush, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
The University of Northampton, UK and
Dr Emma Powell, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
De Montfort University (Leicester), UK
As well as teaching bookmaking and making our own
experimental bookworks we collaboratively curate a yearly
international and experimental artists' book exhibition.
This is open to all. Our exhibitions are ‘not for profit’
– we do them because we love books.
CROP is our current exhibition and it will be
on show 31 Oct – 25 Nov 2011.
Executive corridor display area, The University of Northampton,
Avenue Campus, St. George's Ave, Northampton, NN2 6JD.
Open weekdays 9am–4pm.
The 48 page Crop 2011 catalogue is now available for purchase ($15):
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/283676
The theme for our next (2012) exhibition is
minute.
{e}motive catalogues are available for purchase:
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/98400
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/97032
Our previous themes have been – (e)motive 2010, closure 2009, re: 2008, ABC 2007, Full Circle/Random Journey 2006 and Meeting in the Middle 2005.
If anyone is interested in joining our collaboration by providing
a venue for selected books to tour to, or if anyone wants to set
our theme as a student brief, please contact us.