Beyond Bookbinding

April 10, 2023
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Bookbinding

In spring of 2023, we were thrilled to host a special exhibition of work made by the NBSS Bookbinding community, including fine bindings, conservation work, book-related art, and more. On view from Monday, March 6 to Friday, April 21, 2023, it was a unique opportunity to view not only fine bindings, but pieces showcasing the wide variety of work that our students and alumni create, personally and professionally.

Watch a Virtual Tour

Award Winners

  • 1st prize, $1000, India Patel BB ’24 for her piece Paste Paper I.
  • 2nd prize, $500, Mark Esser for his binding of Odes of Horace. Marc was the first Bookbinding instructor at NBSS from 1986-1994.
  • 3rd prize, $250, Graham Patten, Bookbinding Program Advisor, for his binding of A Measure of a Circle.

Honorable Mentions

  • James Reid-Cunningham BB ’91, Bookbinding Program Advisor, for his binding of Benjamin Britten: A Christmas Sequence
  • Wendy Withrow BB ’08, for her wearable accordion book, The Walls We Wear
  • Lisa Muccigrosso BB ’20, for her kintsugi-inspired repair of the mass market paperback, Nine Stories

Thanks to our jury:

  • John Buchtel, Curator of Rare Books and Head of Special Collections at the Boston Athenaeum
  • Darin Murphy, Head of the W. Van AlanClark, Jr. Library at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
  • Sarah Turner, NBSS President

Exhibitors

  • Dorothy Africa BB ’93
  • Jeffrey Altepeter BB ’99, Bookbinding Department Head
  • Johnny Carrera BB ’97
  • Ann Conneman BB ’98
  • Marc Esser, first Bookbinding instructor, 1986-1994
  • Sam Feinstein BB ’12
  • Cynthia Fields Belanger BB ’97
  • Fionnuala Hart Gerrity BB ’11
  • Ken Gilbert BB ’10
  • Jeanne Goodman BB ’13
  • Marc Hammonds BB ’17
  • Martha Kearsley BB ’97, Bookbinding Instructor
  • Nancy Lev-Alexander BB ’91
  • Nicoline Meyer BB ’23
  • Lisa Muccigrosso BB ’20
  • Abra Mueller BB ’23
  • Marie Oedel BB ’02
  • India Patel BB ’24
  • Graham Patten, Bookbinding Program Advisor
  • Todd Pattison, Bookbinding Program Advisor
  • Rachel Payne BB ’23
  • Jennifer Pellechia BB ’19
  • Sara Pines BB ’23
  • James Reid-Cunningham BB ’90, Bookbinding Program Advisor
  • Ariana Rutledge BB ’22, Bookbinding Teaching Assistant
  • Jackie Scott BB ’15
  • Rebecca Staley BB ’18
  • Christina Q. Thomas BB ’08
  • Wendy Withrow BB ’08
  • EJ Youcha BB ’23
  • Matthew Zimmerman BB ’19
  • Mimi Zycherman BB ’23