Past Exhibitions
Below are BookMarks Exhibitions and Programming listings. Please scroll down to look at the full slate of events or click here, to go directly to the Programming listings.
Exhibitions
August 25, 2007 - February 10, 2008
The Write Stuff: The Material Culture of Literacy
Historic Deerfield
August 31, 2007 - December 20, 2007
The Face of Poetry
Smith College Library
September 1, 2007 - January 31, 2008
Alpha Botanica
National Yiddish Book Center
September 1, 2007 - November 4, 2007
Cover Story: Art and the Novels of Mary P. Wells Smith
Memorial Hall Museum
September 1, 2007 - January 31, 2008
Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden
Springfield Museums
September 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
Staged: Scenes from the James Ellis Theatre Collection
Main Floor, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, UMass-Amherst
September 1, 2007 - January 31, 2008
The People's Book: The Bible in the Jewish Imagination
National Yiddish Book Center
September 1, 2007 - December 1, 2007
The Seahorse and The Elephant: Amherst and Fine Printing
Amherst College Library Archives and Special Collections
September 4, 2007 - December 16, 2007
Bookworm: Photographs by Rosamond Purcell
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
September 4, 2007 - November 18, 2007
Off the Shelf: Artists' Books from the Amherst College Collections
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
September 4, 2007 - December 16, 2007
Two by Two: Lines, Rhymes, and Riddles
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
September 7, 2007 - October 31, 2007
Geometria: Printed & Painted Papers by Art Larson
Blue Guitar Gallery
September 11, 2007 - October 26, 2007
Zea Mays Printmaking: 4th Annual Artists' Book Exhibition
Zea Mays Printmaking
September 15, 2007 - December 8, 2007
"my Verse is alive"
Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead & The Evergreens
September 15, 2007 - November 30, 2007
Banned and Burned in Boston: The Big Read - Fahrenheit 451
Memorial Hall Museum
September 15, 2007 - October 27, 2007
Fiber + Book: An Exhibition of Unique Artist Books
Fiber Art Center
September 22, 2007 - January 27, 2008
Spiderwick: From Page to Screen
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
September 24, 2007 - January 31, 2008
Will Eisner: The Spirit of Sequential Art
National Yiddish Book Center
September 25, 2007 - January 6, 2008
The Stony Library of Edward Hitchcock
The Amherst College Museum of Natural History
September 26, 2007 - December 16, 2007
EX LIBRIS: Matthew Higgs and Peter Wüthrich
University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
October 1, 2007 - October 24, 2007
James Baldwin Art Exhibition
Hampshire College Art Gallery
October 12, 2007 - February 10, 2008
Poetic Science: Bookworks by Daniel E. Kelm
Smith College Museum of Art
October 24, 2007 - November 25, 2007
TITLES
Amherst Books, 8 Main Street, Amherst
November 15, 2007 - March 9, 2008
Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Programming
January 1, 2006 - August 31, 2006
GoDutch!
January 9, 2007 - January 30, 2007
The Basics of Bookmaking
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
September 11, 2007
Explore Jewish Children's Literature
Jones Library, Amherst
September 18, 2007
Complete Maus: A Survivors Tale by Art Spiegelman
Jones Library, Amherst
September 18, 2007
Nikky Finney
Stoddard Hall Auditorium, Smith College
September 20, 2007
Art of the Book: Two by Two, Face to Face: A Conversation
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
September 20, 2007 - September 23, 2007
The Art of the Book Weekend
September 21, 2007
Art of the Book: The Oliphant Press: Tradition & Transformation
The Amherst College Library Archives and Special Collections
September 22, 2007
Art of the Book: Family Activities: Print Basics
Historic Deerfield, History Workshop
September 22, 2007
Art of the Book: Hand Bookbinding
Historic Deerfield, Flynt Center
September 22, 2007 - September 23, 2007
Art of the Book: The Art - and Craft - of the Book
Memorial Hall Museum, Old Deerfield Fall Craft Fair
September 22, 2007
Art of the Book: The Printer's Apprentice
Historic Deerfield, Wilson Print shop
September 23, 2007
Art of the Book: "This is my letter to the World:" How to read an Emily Dickinson Poem
Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead & The Evergreens
September 23, 2007
Art of the Book: Art of the Book Open House
The Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies
September 23, 2007
Art of the Book: Special BookMarks Film
Amherst Cinema Arts Center
September 23, 2007
Art of the Book: The Book Arts Legacy of Leonard Baskin
Smith College Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room
September 25, 2007
A Contract with God by Will Eisner
Jones Library, Amherst
September 27, 2007
Off the Shelf: Artists' Books from the Amherst College Collections
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
September 29, 2007
Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
September 29, 2007 - September 30, 2007
Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon
Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead & The Evergreens
September 29, 2007
Littlefest of Storytelling
Springfield Museums
October 2, 2007
Robert Haas
Weinstein Auditorium, Smith College
October 3, 2007
The Whole Book Approach and the Art of Tony DiTerlizzi
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
October 4, 2007
Fiber + Book Opening Reception
Fiber Art Center
October 7, 2007
Meet the Artist - Allen Say
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
October 9, 2007
Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer by Ben Katchor
Jones Library, Amherst
October 11, 2007 - October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud Weekend
October 11, 2007
Books Out Loud: Diane Ackerman
Smith College, Stoddard Auditorium
October 11, 2007
Books Out Loud: John Elder Robison
Food For Thought Books, Amherst, MA
October 11, 2007
Books Out Loud: Women Writer's Panel
Mount Holyoke College, Hooker Auditorium
October 12, 2007
Books Out Loud: Barry Moser - "God, Posterity, and the Well Made Object"
Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College
October 12, 2007
Books Out Loud: Daniel E. Kelm Lecture
Stoddard Hall, Smith College
October 12, 2007
Books Out Loud: Dean Cycon
Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA
October 12, 2007
Books Out Loud: Julius Lester
University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
October 12, 2007
Books Out Loud: Michael Korda
Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College
October 12, 2007
Books Out Loud: Second Friday Fun!
Smith College Museum of Art
October 13, 2007
Books Out Loud: "Into the Woods with Little Red Riding Hood"
Holyoke Public Library
October 13, 2007
Books Out Loud: Erica Verrillo
Jeffery Amherst Bookshop, Amherst
October 13, 2007
Books Out Loud: Richard Russo, Andrea Barrett, and Valerie Martin
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College
October 13, 2007
Books Out Loud: Rosemary Wells
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
October 13, 2007
Books Out Loud: Selected Shorts
Northampton Academy of Music
October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud: God, Man, and Devil
National Yiddish Book Center
October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud: Francisco Goldman
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud: Jeff Shandler and Johanna Hurwitz
National Yiddish Book Center
October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud: Nonfiction Program with Camilo Mejia and Alice Rothchild
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud: Patricia MacLachlan
Broadside Bookshop, Northampton
October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud: Special BookMarks Film
Amherst Cinema Arts Center
October 14, 2007
Books Out Loud: Sue Owen and Catherine Arnoldi
Amherst Books, Amherst
October 14, 2007
Kamishibai with Dianne Clouet
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
October 18, 2007
Material Matters: Exploring Picture Book Art Mediums and Styles
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
October 21, 2007
Isaac Goldemberg in Conversation with Ilan Stavans
National Yiddish Book Center
October 23, 2007
The Quitter by Harvey Pekar
Jones Library, Amherst
October 23, 2007
Aleida Rodriguez
Stoddard Hall Auditorium, Smith College
October 24, 2007
Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
Forbes Library, Northampton
October 27, 2007 - December 1, 2007
Tico and the Golden Wings
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
October 28, 2007
Tea and Poetry at Poetry Ridge B and B
Poetry Ridge B and B
October 30, 2007
Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
Jones Library, Amherst
November 1, 2007
Adaptation: The Picture Book from Page to Screen
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
November 4, 2007
Drawing the Fantastical with Tony DiTerlizzi
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
November 6, 2007
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
Jones Library, Amherst
November 10, 2007
Preserving Your Family's Papers
Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead & The Evergreens
November 13, 2007
Gail Mazur, Eve Grubin, and Gina Franco
Stoddard Hall Auditorium, Smith College
November 15, 2007 - November 18, 2007
Books to Blogs and Back Weekend
November 15, 2007
Books to Blogs: The Research Library in the New Age of Information
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Gamble Auditorium
November 16, 2007
Books to Blogs and Back: Reception
Mount Holyoke College LITS, Williston Library Courtyard
November 16, 2007
Books to Blogs Expo: Interactive Activities and Exhibits
Mount Holyoke College Library, Information and Technology Services (LITS) Miles-Smith Wing Information Commons
November 16, 2007
Books to Blogs: "A Farewell to Guttenberg"
Mount Holyoke College, LITS, Dwight 101
November 16, 2007
Books to Blogs: "The Past and Future of the Book"
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Gamble Auditorium
November 16, 2007
Books to Blogs: Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art Opening
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
November 17, 2007
Books to Blogs: Shakespeare's Genealogies
Wistariahurst Museum
November 17, 2007
Books to Blogs: The Printer's Apprentice
Historic Deerfield, Wilson Print Shop
November 18, 2007
Books to Blogs: Jacob the Liar (Jakob der Luegner)
Amherst Cinema Arts Center
December 1, 2007
Children in Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
December 1, 2007
Pictures of Children in Caldecotts
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
December 4, 2007
Back To Our Roots: Elizabeth Alexander, Karl Kirchwey, Meredith Martin, and Abe Louise Young
Stoddard Hall Auditorium, Smith College
December 6, 2007
"Nothing but a Sword': Austin and Mabel and the Publication of Emily Dickinson's Poems
Amherst College Alumni House
December 8, 2007
Emily Dickinson Museum Birthday Open House
Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead & The Evergreens
December 14, 2007
Children's Book Illustrators
Old Courthouse Gallery, 99 Main Street, Northampton
December 15, 2007
Picture Books: The Best of the Best in 2007
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
January 17, 2008
Picture Book Texts: One Part of the Whole Book
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
January 26, 2008
Books Out Loud Dance Party Featuring John Hodgman
American Legion Hall - Rt. 9 Hadley
