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SUMMARY:Irma Boom - Boom Books | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Irma Boom\, commonly referred to as the “Queen of Books\,” is a book maker based in Amsterdam. She redefines the boundaries of book design with her bold\, experimental approach. Educated in fine art and graphic design at AKI Art Academy\, Boom began her career at the Dutch Government Publishing and Printing Office before founding Irma Boom Office in 1991. With a portfolio of over 500 books\, she seamlessly blends design and editorial work\, challenging traditional conventions in both physical form and printed content. Notable among her projects is the 2136-page SHV Thing Book\, a monumental work published in English and Chinese. \nBoom makes use of various fabrication processes in her printed material such as embossing and die cuts. In her commissioned book for Chanel\, Boom printed an entire 300 page book devoid of ink\, using instead embossed text and image to create a semi-invisible narrative of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. Scent is another unusual feature Boom has utilized in her book design. Her conceptual book design for The Road Not Taken has 718 pages printed using ink mixed with a base of beef bouillon. Coffee filter paper is another material choice she has used. \nBoom’s innovative designs have earned her numerous accolades\, including the prestigious Gutenberg Prize\, making her the youngest ever laureate. Her works are part of permanent collections at institutions such as MoMA in New York\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Her complete oeuvre and archive are preserved in the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam\, known as the living Archive. In 2014 Boom received the Johannes Vermeer Award (the Dutch state prize for the arts) from the Minister of Education\, Culture and Science. The jury unanimously awarded Boom for her unparalleled achievements in the field of graphic design. Boom is an honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Art in London for her inexhaustible contribution to the book. \nPresented in partnership with Design Core Detroit and the UM Library. \nLearn More>>\n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/irma-boom-boom-books-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Filmmaker Talk with Sarah Burns - Leonardo
DESCRIPTION:Program Descripton:\nLEONARDO da VINCI\, a new\, two-part\, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns\, Sarah Burns and David McMahon premieres on Nov. 18 and 19\,  between  8-10 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS\, PBS.org and the PBS App. The film explores the life and work of the 15th century polymath Leonardo da Vinci and looks at how the artist influenced and inspired future generations. The film finds in da Vinci’s soaring imagination and profound intellect the foundation for a conversation we are still having today: what is our relationship with nature and what does it mean to be human. \nSet against the rich and dynamic backdrop of Renaissance Italy at a time of skepticism and freethinking\, regional war and religious upheaval\, LEONARDO da VINCI brings the artist’s towering achievements to life through his prolific notebooks\, primary and secondary accounts of his life\, and on-camera interviews with modern scholars\, artists\, engineers\, inventors\, and admirers. \nBooklists:\nFiction \nNonfiction \nYouth
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SUMMARY:Emil Ferris - If Your Favorite Thing is Monsters | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Emil Ferris\, acclaimed for her graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters\, blends visual art with storytelling to create impactful works. Overcoming the West Nile Virus\, which left her partially paralyzed\, Ferris demonstrates remarkable resilience and dedication in her intricate cross-hatching and emotionally charged illustrations. \nMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters intertwines a coming-of-age story with a murder mystery and a historical reflection on the Holocaust. Through young Karen Reyes\, Ferris delves into themes of identity\, fear\, and the complexities of humanity. Her art\, inspired by horror magazines and pulp fiction\, juxtaposes the grotesque and the beautiful\, fostering empathy and understanding. \nFerris challenges the boundaries of graphic literature\, using the medium to address complex social issues and personal histories. Her work confronts internal and external monsters\, revealing profound truths about the human experience. By pushing the limits of graphic novels\, Ferris elevates the form to explore deeper narratives and emotional landscapes\, inviting readers into a world where art and story are inseparable. \nFerris’s contributions extend beyond her graphic novels. In April 2022\, Ferris was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA’s benefit anthology book\, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds\, a project spearheaded by editor Scott Dunbier\, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. \nMy Favorite Thing is Monsters has been translated into French\, Italian\, Portuguese\, Spanish\, German\, and Korean. It has been honored with numerous awards\, among them: The Lambda Literary Award\, multiple Eisners\, the Ignatz\, and the Fauve d’or at the Angouleme Festival\, France. \nFerris has exhibited her art extensively in the US and Europe\, and prior to the pandemic she was honored to teach classes at the Louvre. \nLearn More>> \n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/emil-ferris-if-your-favorite-thing-is-monsters-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Ned Blackhawk - The Rediscovery of America
DESCRIPTION:Commemorating Native American Heritage Month\, it is a time to celebrate the traditions\, languages and stories of Native American communities and ensure their rich histories and contributions continue to thrive. This month and every month\, we aim to celebrate the culture and heritage of these remarkable Americans who deeply enrich the quality and character of our Nation. Join PBS Books for a conversation with National Director Heather-Marie Montilla and esteemed scholar Ned Blackhawk\, National Book Award winning author of The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Blackhawk’s retelling of U.S. history acknowledges the enduring power\, agency\, and survival of Indigenous peoples\, yielding a truer account of the United States and revealing anew the varied meanings of America. Don’t miss the opportunity to gain insights about this historically transformative book from the author. \nABOUT THE BOOK: The Rediscovery of America \nThis astonishing book is a sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America\, exploring the struggle\, survival\, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and non‑Native histories\, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century. In this transformative synthesis he shows that: \n\nEuropean colonization in the 1600s was never a predetermined success;\nNative nations helped shape England’s crisis of empire;\nThe first shots of the American Revolution were prompted by Indian affairs in the interior;\nCalifornia Indians targeted by federally funded militias were among the first casualties of the Civil War;\nThe Union victory forever recalibrated Native communities across the West;\nTwentieth-century reservation activists refashioned American law and policy.
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SUMMARY:Guadalupe Maravilla - Sound As Medicine | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Combining sculpture\, painting\, performative acts\, and installation\, Guadalupe Maravilla grounds his transdisciplinary practice in activism and healing. Engaging a wide variety of visual cultures\, Maravilla’s work is autobiographical\, referencing his unaccompanied\, undocumented migration to the United States due to the Salvadoran Civil War. Across all media\, Maravilla explores how the systemic abuse of immigrants physically manifests in the body\, reflecting on his own battle with cancer. \nMaravilla is also a teacher and mutual-aid organizer; his work extends beyond his sculptural practice to consider forms of community-based healing and regeneration. He frequently activates his artistic objects through performances and sound baths – a meditative experience where participants are “bathed” in sound frequencies meant to encourage therapeutic and restorative healing. \nMaravilla’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art\, New York\, NY; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, New York\, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, NY; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía\, Madrid\, Spain; the Institute of Contemporary Art\, Miami\, FL; the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter\, Oslo\, Norway; and the Brooklyn Museum\, Brooklyn\, NY\, among others. He has received numerous awards and fellowships including a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship\, 2019; Soros Fellowship: Art Migration and Public Space\, 2019; MAP Fund Grant\, 2019; Franklin Furnace Fund\, 2018; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship\, 2018; Art Matters Fellowship\, 2017; Creative Capital Grant\, 2016; Joan Mitchell Emerging Artist Grant\, 2016; and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Award 2003. He has presented solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art\, New York\, NY; Brooklyn Museum\, Brooklyn\, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art\, Denver\, CO; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter\, Oslo\, Norway; Socrates Sculpture Park\, New York\, NY; P·P·O·W\, New York\, NY; and the Institute of Contemporary Art\, Miami\, FL\, among others. \nMaravilla’s work is currently included in the 12th Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art: forms of the surrounding futures\, Gothenburg\, Sweden and the 35th Bienal De São Paulo: choreographies of the impossible\, São Paulo\, Brazil. \nPresented in Partnership with UMMA \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio.\nLearn More>> \n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/guadalupe-maravilla-sound-as-medicine-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club – Leonardo da Vinci with Walter Isaacson and Sarah Burns
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nEpisode Description:\nThe PBS Books Readers Club Welcomes Renown Historian Walter Isaacson and Guest Sarah Burns\, Co-Director/Writer of the new Ken Burns film\, LEONARDO da VINCI debuting November on PBS.  \nHe was history’s most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? \nBestselling author and Professor Walter Isaacson (STEVE JOBS\, EINSTEIN\, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this enthralling\, comprehensive masterwork that conveys how this Renaissance man unified science and art. \nDrawing on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his work\, Isaacson delves into the many facets of the artist’s life and brilliantly captures its essence. A true visionary\, and creative across numerous disciplines\, Isaacson shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves\, such as passionate curiosity\, careful observation\, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. \nJoin the PBS Books Readers Club on November 20 at 8:00 pm (ET) as Walter Issacson shares his vision behind this powerful biography and reveals in the novel how his extensive research into this most famous portraitist changed him. “I did learn from Leonardo how a desire to marvel about the world that we encounter each day can make each moment of our lives richer\,” reflects Issacson. \nThe conversation continues from novel to screen\, as filmmaker Sarah Burns joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss LEONARDO da VINCI a new two-part\, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns\, Sarah Burns and David McMahon that will air Nov. 18 and 19\, at 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS\, PBS.org and the PBS App. \nDon’t miss the PBS Books Readers Club on November 20 at 8:00 pm (ET) for an intimate portrait of the multifaceted Leonardo da Vinci with award-winning filmmaker Sarah Burns\, and esteemed biographer Walter Isaacson. \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \n\nThe #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it\, how to achieve it…Most important\, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker). \nBased on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work\, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves\, such as passionate curiosity\, careful observation\, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. \nHe produced the two most famous paintings in history\, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive\, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy\, fossils\, birds\, the heart\, flying machines\, botany\, geology\, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics\, showed how light rays strike the cornea\, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences\, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man\, made him history’s most creative genius. \nIn the “luminous” (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci\, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So\, too\, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate\, gay\, vegetarian\, left-handed\, easily distracted\, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and\, like talented rebels in any era\, to think different. Here\, da Vinci “comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacson’s ambitious new biography…a vigorous\, insightful portrait” (The Washington Post). \n\nGuest Biograpies:\nWalter Isaacson\nInformation coming soon.. \nSarah Burns\nInformation coming soon.. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
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SUMMARY:Fernando Laposse - Design for Rural Reality | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Fernando Laposse specializes in transforming humble natural materials into refined design pieces. He has worked extensively with overlooked plant fibers such as sisal\, loofah\, and corn leaves. Laposse’s works are the result of extensive research which culminates in objects of “endemic design” where materials and their historical and cultural ties to a particular location and its people take center stage. He often works with indigenous communities in his native Mexico to create local employment opportunities and raise awareness about the challenges they face in a globalized world. \nLaposse’s projects are informative and educational and touch on topics such as sustainability\, the loss of biodiversity\, community dissolution\, migration\, and the negative impacts of global trade in local agriculture and food culture. He does so by documenting the issues and announcing possible resolutions through the transformative power of design. \nLaposse’s projects have been exhibited in the Triennale di Milano\, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum\, The Design Museum in London\, the Victoria and Albert Museum\, and the World Economic Forum\, among others. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Design Museum Gent\, Le centre national des arts plastiques\, Musée des Arts Décoratifs\, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, the National Gallery of Victoria\, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Laposse studied at Central Saint Martins in London as a product designer and currently lives and works in Mexico City. \nPresented in partnership with Design Core Detroit \nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio. \nLearn More>> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/fernando-laposse-design-for-rural-reality-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Nayland Blake - Tear Down Our Walls | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Tear down our walls: the creative drive and reimagining ourselves. Nayland Blake shares their history as an artist\, curator and educator in a talk about how crucial the creative process is in imagining new possibilities for us as individuals and communities. \nSince the late 1980s\, Nayland Blake has constructed an influential body of work exploring play\, eroticism\, and the subjective experiences of desire\, power\, and loss. Inspired by feminist theory and queer subcultures\, Blake addresses the contradictions of representation in sculptures\, drawings\, performances\, and videos\, particularly as it relates to their own identity as a nonbinary multiracial artist. \nNayland Blake is an interdisciplinary artist living in New York. Their work has been shown extensively and was included in the 1991 Whitney Biennial\, the 1993 Venice Biennale\, and the landmark exhibition “Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art” at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1994. In 2003\, a retrospective of their video work was organized by the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs\, New York. Surveys of their work have been organized by Location One in New York and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. “Nayland Blake: No Wrong Holes\,” a full-scale retrospective organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles opened in 2019 before traveling to the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, the following year. \nNayland Blake is part of Gender Euphoria\, a semester-long explosion of queer artists and art-making. These performances\, exhibitions\, conversations\, and provocations explore how to make art and find queer joy in a state of emergency. \n“Teach it – Promote it – Create it – you are responsible for the continuation of the culture you love. Keep it alive through your actions.” – Nayland Blake \nPresented in partnership with Gender Euphoria.\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio.\nLearn More>>\n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2024 Season\nThis fall\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit PBS and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/nayland-blake-tear-down-our-walls-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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