Curated by Washington and Lee's humanities librarian, Yolanda Merrill, this group exhibition features works that unite text and image to create art inspired by the traditional book form. The exhibit brings together over 20 national artists and showcases work from Virginia Commonwealth University's prestigious book art collection. Working in a variety of media, the artists present work emphasizing the handmade object and the synthesis of form and content. During the exhibition, a selection of student work from the Introduction to Book Arts course will be shown in the Art Department's ancillary spaces.
Visiting artists in the Art Department are made possible by the generous support of the William Hollis Visiting Artist Fund.
The Department of Art and Art History at Washington and Lee University, located in newly-constructed Wilson Hall, offers courses in studio art and the history of art. Its program of study includes majors in each of these areas, and a recent surge of student interest has propelled the department into a place among the five most heavily subscribed academic units in the College.
