Fellowship opportunity

Below are details regarding the first annual Grabhorn Fellows Program, a new collaborative effort between CBAA and Arion Press. Please spread the word to potential candidates and encourage application. A flyer will also be available on the CBAA website.

Grabhorn Fellows

Each year, student members of the College Book Art Association have
the unique opportunity to apply for the Grabhorn Fellows Program. Up
to a maximum of 12 students, undergraduate and graduate, will be
selected to visit the widely-respected Arion Press for a week (in
August, 2009 and in June in subsequent years) during which they will
observe as a group the operations of the Press. The program is jointly
sponsored by the CBAA and the nonprofit Grabhorn Institute. The M&H type foundry, letterpress shop (composing room and pressroom), and bindery operations will be explained in detail as current projects are executed. Presentations on project development, text selection, rights, editing, collaboration, design, typography, and other elements of publication will be made by members of the Press. Selections from the archives of over eighty Arion Press books will be viewed. In addition, visits will be arranged to the Logan Collection of Artist
Books at the Legion of Honor, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, and
Special Collections at the San Francisco Public Library. Scholars (and/
or their institutions) will provide transportation to San Francisco
for the week’s visit. The Arion Press and the Grabhorn Foundation
will provide lodging as well as most breakfasts and lunches.
Participants are expected to fund travel, dinners, and incidental
expenses, including transportation from and to the airport.
Participating students will be expected to make presentations about
their Grabhorn Fellows experience at their respective institutions
during the semester following the visit.

Eligibility:
-Full-time undergraduate or graduate students who are current members
of CBAA
-For membership information, go to www.collegebookart.org

To apply, submit:
-A letter of intent addressing interest in book art/publishing
-Expectations of the Arion experience, and commitment to cover travel
expenses through personal resources or application to institutional
sources
-Letter of support/recommendation from a faculty member
-CV with all relevant course work and experience
-Portfolio of visual work or other supportive materials illustrating
experience in book art and/or related areas of study. Portfolio may
include a maximum of 10 images (book work shot from several
perspectives), academic papers, reports, interviews, publication
studies, exhibition curation, etc. A list of images must accompany the
portfolio.

All Materials must be:
-Submitted on a CD and saved in a single folder labeled with
entrant’s last name, portfolio in a single folder within the entrant
folder
-Accessible on both Mac and PC
-JPEGs, PDFs or Word documents only
-JPEGs maximum 300 p/i and 10MB, labeled NAME-1.jpg, NAME-2.jpg, etc.
to match the image list provided. Image list must have title,
dimensions, media, date, edition, and other pertinent information.

Send CD with cover letter to:
Marnie Powers-Torrey
Book Arts Program
J.Willard Marriott Library
The University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Applications must be received by May 15.
Applicants will be notified via email on June 1.