A Note about Using the E-Catalog

This e-catalog is an adaptation of the physical exhibit, Speaking of Book Arts: Oral Histories from UW-Madison, which was installed at the Chazen Museum of Art from February 1 through September 10, 2020. Each of the catalog’s three sections, Instruction, Collaboration, and Practice, corresponds to the original exhibit, as well as each book and its accompanying label.

For the e-catalog we have added clips of each artist’s oral history and provided links to the full recording through the UW-Madison Archives. Biographical information for each artist with an oral history has also been added to provide the reader a more nuanced sense of the interconnectedness of the UW-Madison Book Arts Program.

Thus, each artist included in the oral history project has a corresponding page in the e-catalog featuring their book or books included in the show, an audio clip, and a biography. Books created by two artists feature information on one and provide an internal catalog link for the other so the reader may quickly find the other artist’s audio clip and biography.

A full list of the audio interview clips included in the e-catalog can be found here.