NEWS
Baby (not) on Board picked up by babble.com
January 27, 2012
I am completely thrilled to let you know that Carolyn Castiglia has featured Baby (Not) On Board: The Final Prejudice? is feature on babble.com. There is a place to leave comments and contribute to the conversation!
Baby (Not) On Board: The Final Prejudice? reviewed in Hand/Eye Magazine!
January 26, 2012
Scott Rothstein has written a wonderful review of my Baby (Not) on Board: The Final Prejudice? series of embroidered baby dresses that explore society’s view of women without children for Hand/Eye Magazine
Bound for Glory: The Book Art of Richard Minsky. A Review by Miriam Schaer, now on Bonefolder Extras.
December 24, 2011
My review of The Book Art of Richard Minsky is now available on Bonefolder Extras!
Baby (Not) On Board included in Your Voices: On Motherhood at the International Museum of Women
December 04, 2011
Baby (Not) On Board was selected from more than 600 applications world wide to be included in Your Voices:On Motherhood for the International Museum of Women’s on-line exhibition. The exhibition will be up until January 18, and then it will be folded into Mama: Motherhood Around the Globe.
The website is set up for comments; so please feel leave your thoughts and enter into this conversation!
Baby (not) on Board in Curate NYC 2011!
December 01, 2011
The most current piece in the series, shown above, will be included in Toys & Games with a Twist, at the Longwood Gallery of Art, at Hostos in the Bronx, curated by Juanita Lanzo. The work was selected as part of Curate NYC 2011, from more than 1500 entries! The exhibition will be on view from December 7, 2011 – February 1, 2012 Longwood Art Gallery | Hostos
The Bronx Council on the Arts 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street) Bronx, NY 10451 Tel. 718-518-6728 www.bronxarts.org
The other pieces in the series can be seen on Nanomajority.com
Totally Handmade, a three person show of artists books in New York
November 15, 2011
Totally Handmade, features the work of Miriam Schaer, Barbara Mauriello and Yvonne Lamar-Rogers. Organized by Gallery Director Millie Burns, the show will be on view at the Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College from Nov 7-Nov 30.
I will be hosting a reception on Monday Nov 21, from 5-8 pm. If you are in town, I do hope you will be able to stop by! Totally Handmade Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College 221 East 71 Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues gallery@mmm.edu
For more information: Hewitt Gallery Marymount Manhattan
Notes of a Dubious Daughter, included in Entering the Picture, published by Routledge
September 30, 2011
I am very pleased to let you know my essay, Notes Of A Dubious Daughter: My Unfinished Journey Toward Feminism, is included in Entering the Picture: Judy Chicago, The Fresno Feminist Art Program, and the Collective Visions of Women Artists, Edited by Jill Fields, and published by Routledge. I will be in LA for the first Book Party and signing on October 1 at Otis College of Art and Design, in the Ben Maltz Gallery. There are several events in the Women’s Building beginning at 4 pm, and the book signing is from 5-7. If you are in the area, please stop by!
Miriam Schaer’s Work cited in the Oxford Companion to the Book
September 04, 2011
I was surprised and honored to find that my work was cited in the section on Artists’ Books in this recently published incredibly comprehensive 2 volume set that looks at all aspects of the book from the history of print and paper, to new technologies. You can find the section that cites my work on page 485!
Text, an exhibition at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn
June 28, 2011
I am very pleased to have work included in Text, an exhibition curated by Susan Fleminger, at 440 Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The work included is from my series Baby (not) on Board: The Last Prejudice?
There is an opening reception this Thursday, June 30, from 6-9 pm. The exhibition will be up from June 30-July 24. You can get more information and gallery hours here
440 Gallery, 440 Sixth Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets, Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-499-3844
Essay published for Everyday Fictions: Artists Books and Other Works by Miriam Schaer and Susan Newmark
April 29, 2011
The Catalog/Brochure for Every Day Fictions: Artists Books and Other Work by Miriam Schaer and Susan Newmark is now available here! In addition to color images, there is a lovely essay by Leslie Shaw, who is on the art history faculty at St. Joseph’s College, in Brooklyn, NY. If you would like a printed copy please contact me, and I will be happy to send you one, as long as supplies last or you can also download a pdf: Schaer-Newmark
