Community Binding
Event description
Community Binding lead by artist Regin Igloria at Glass Curtain Gallery
COMMUNITY BINDING is a shared endeavor that brings people together in a comfortable, welcoming setting where craft and social interaction are combined. Participants gain experience and knowledge in hand bookbinding techniques during a 1-2 hour workshop. Using non-adhesive stitching methods, techniques are introduced in three basic steps, folding signatures, making covers, and stitching the parts together.
Both traditional and non-traditional modes of production will be shared, and participants will come away with 3-4 handbound books, from zines to pamphlet variations. All materials and tools are provided.
Regin Igloria was Born
1974 in Manila, Philippines and currently lives and works in and around
Chicago. He is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. His drawings,
artists’ books, sculptures, and performances portray the human condition
as it relates to the natural environment and inhabited spaces. He
founded North Branch Projects, an organization that builds connections
through book arts. He works with various communities to create crossover
between disparate populations and cultures, aiming to broaden the roles
of both artists and non-artists. Igloria has taught at places such as
Marwen, RISD, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Snow City
Arts, and Carthage College. He received a 3Arts Individual Artist Award
as well as local, national, and international grants, support through
artist residencies, and has exhibited internationally. He received his
MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.
WORKSHOP:
Community Binding
Thursday, March 21, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Glass Curtain Gallery—Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
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Exhibition Contact: Mark Porter / mporter@colum.edu / 312-369-6643