Book Art: Folded Structures

Please bring: writing paper (a journal or notebook), pencil or pen, additional papers (optional).

Provided: paper for all structures, bone folders, glue, cutting mats, metal rulers, small utility knives

In case of inclement weather our snow date will be Saturday January 18.

Lyall Harris holds a BA in Art History from Northwestern University (Phi Beta Kappa) and an MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing (Poetry) from Mills College as the inaugural graduate in the nation’s first MFA of this kind.

Lyall’s artwork has been widely exhibited and recognized with numerous awards, including the George Hitchcock Prize for painting from the National Academy of Design (NY) and a Purchase Award in Book Art from the University of Utah for a fifteen-book, site-specific project.

Her book art can be found in many Special Collection libraries and museums across the United States, including those at Yale, Stanford, Indiana University, Smith College, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, SCAD, the University of Washington, and in the Betty Boyd Dettre Library at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Her painting has been in solo and group exhibitions across the US and in Italy and France in venues such as Purdue University, Creative Arts Workshop, National Art League, National Academy Museum, Maryland Federation of Art, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, City College of San Francisco, Cartavetra, Atelier Vis-à-Vis, and many others. Lyall has been the recipient of fellowships at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, NALL Foundation in Vence, France, and San Francisco’s Grabhorn Institute. Her artwork has additionally been featured in literary magazines, including La Petite Zine, Plain China, Whurk, and Generations.