Creating Art from Books!
Unleash your creativity with Ramsdell Library’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence as she guides you through the art of transforming old books into stunning, repurposed masterpieces. Using a variety of techniques, participants will explore a unique artistic medium that blends storytelling and sustainability with visual expression. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or simply looking to try something new, this hands-on workshop offers a chance to reimagine discarded pages into meaningful works of art.
Michelle Raszl will be the first AIR at Ramsdell. Michelle moved to the Berkshires in 2012 for closer proximity to mountains. A librarian by training and by day, documentation and archival principles often enter her work. Her work is also informed by the patterns, concepts, and material behaviors found in the natural world – for example, sedimentary rock and canyons carved from water. The theme of time is a constant in her work, and appears as accumulation, evidence of time passing, and aging. She uses discarded books in her work, objects that inherently carry many meanings, namely connection to knowledge, to history, and to the collective human experience.
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