MIRIAM SCHAER: BOOK ARTS ODYSSEY A Tale of Turns, Twists, and Toppled Traditions by Miriam Schaer

I am very pleased I will be one of the keynote speakers at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania for the Department of Art Education and Crafts annual conference. The theme this year is The Book: Image, Text and Tales.

MIRIAM SCHAER: BOOK ARTS ODYSSEY: A Tale of Turns, Twists, and Toppled Traditions November 22, 2013

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What's Your Baby? Essay by Jessica Cochran by Miriam Schaer

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Curator Jessica Cochran wrote a beautiful essay about my installation, What's Your Baby? at the Fountains Foundation 916. You can download a copy here.The exhibition will be up for a few more weeks

What's Your Baby?, is also an interactive blog about childlessness and women without children. Please share your baby with us!

The Presence of Their Absence: The Portraits by Miriam Schaer

A new portfolio of photographic work, The Presence of Their Absence: The Portraits will be added to my website soon. Building on Baby (Not) On Board: The Final Prejudice? hyper-realistic dolls and mannequins were baby dresses and rompers embroidered with critical quotes said to women with out children, that seem to criticize their own existence. Portfolio_1 Portfolio_2 Portfolio_3

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here at Center for Book Arts in New York by Miriam Schaer

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My artist book, Witness, is included in Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here. The exhibition will be at 5 different locations in Manhattan, including the Center for Book Arts. Organized by Beau Beausoleil and Sarah Bodman, the shows will be up thru late September 2013.

The Center for Book Arts Exhibit - Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here