Beyond Bookbinding
April 10, 2023
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BookbindingIn 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
