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Picture This: The Art and Technique of Illustration

Following is the 2004 Conference program in Newark, Delaware. (Information flagged with an asterisk * arrived too late for the conference brochure.)

Conference Program

Thursday, 30 September 2004
Morris Library, University of Delaware Reserve Room
Newark, Delaware

REGISTRATION

2-4:15 p.m. Registration, Library and exhibition tours; tours of the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection

4:30 p.m. “Five Decades of the Burin: The Wood Engravings of John DePol” Keynote lecture by David R. Godine

5.30-7 Reception, with opening of “John DePol: Artist and Engraver” exhibition. Sponsored by the University of Delaware Library Associates and the University of Delaware Library

Dinner on your own (a list of recommended restaurants will be provided)

Friday, 1 October 2004
Morris Library, University of Delaware Class of 1941 Lecture Room

8:30-9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration

9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductory remarks

9:30-10:45 a.m. Session I

“The Cutting and Printing of Alexander Anderson’s Wood Engravings in the Early Republic” Jane R. Pomeroy, independent scholar

“Improvisation, Imagination, and Compromise in 19th Century Journalistic Illustration: The Life and Career of Thure de Thulstrup, Harper's Forgotten Workhorse Illustrator” Steven Escar Smith, Texas A&M University

“Women Illustrating Victorian Natural History” Barbara T. Gates, University of Delaware

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. SESSION II

“Movable Woodcuts: Counterpart to Movable Types” Dr. Margaret Smith, University of Reading

“Quixotic Typography: Composing Maps and Illustrations Using Special Letterpress Fonts” David R. Whitesell, Houghton Library, Harvard University

“The One-Inch High Laocoon”: Repetition, Miniaturisation and Paraphrase in Robert Macpherson’s Illustrations” Janice Hart, London College of Communication, University of Arts, London

Recitation Hall/Old College, University of Delaware

1:00-2:30 p.m. LUNCH

Activities include a visit to the Raven Press and viewing of exhibitions at Recitation Hall, the University Gallery, and the Paul R. Jones Collection of African-American Art, in Mechanical Hall

Morris Library, University of Delaware Class of 1941 Lecture Room

2.30-3.45 p.m. SESSION III

“The Illustrated Modern Library” Gordon B. Neavill, Wayne State University

“Cutting Wood with Light: A New Tool for Making Woodcuts” Wesley Tanner, Passim Editions

“Retaining the Power of Image” Barry Moser, Pennyroyal Press

4:00–5:00 p.m. Bus from Morris Library to hotels

Alternatively, attendees may wish to spend time viewing Library exhibitions “John DePol: Artist and Engraver,” “American Wood-Engraving,” and “Illustrating the Rossettis”

5:00 Buses depart from Morris Library and hotels to New Castle

New Castle, DE
5:45-7:00 p.m. Reception at Oak Knoll Books

7:00 p.m. Gala banquet at The Arsenal at Old New Castle

9:00 p.m. Buses from New Castle to hotels in Newark

Saturday, 2 October 2004
Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE

OAK KNOLL FEST (official website)

10-11 a.m. “‘Instructions for Assembly’: Building a Book Arts Collection,” panel discussion moderated by Tim D. Murray, University of Delaware Library
Panelists: Connell Gallagher (University of Vermont), Rebecca Johnson Melvin (University of Delaware) and Ruth Rogers (Wellesley College).*

Sunday, 3 October 2004
Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE

OAK KNOLL FEST

10-11 a.m. “Using Book Arts Collections in the Library,” panel discussion on Artist’s Books moderated by B. Breon Mitchell, Lilly Library, Indiana University
Panelists: Jae Rossman (Yale University, Arts of the Book Collection), Martin Antonetti (Smith College Library), and Johanna Drucker (University of Virginia).*

The conference brochure (PDF) has the program, registration form, basic travel and accommodation information.

The registration packet (PDF) has detailed information on lodging, travel, local and related

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