St. Michael's College has a fine collection of twelve artist books.
Many of the books were donated to the College as part of the Ackerman Collection, while others were bought by the school.
Book Arts History
Artist books are works of art in book form, generally published in limited editions. These books can be formed in numerous ways including loose pages in a sleeve or box, or even bound. Many of these books include text, stories or poems that are visually described through the beautiful corresponding art works. This form of art is has become more popular since the 20th century.
There are numerous businesses and organizations created to keep the form of book arts alive.
The London Artists Book Fair is an annual event in England that allows artists to show off and sell their books. Booklyn is an artist-run, non-profit organization in Brooklyn, NY that seeks to promote artist books as an art form and educational resource.
The Book Arts portion of the website has been created by Emelina Spinelli
John Christie
Red Bird
John Furnival
Blind Date
Patrick Caulfield
Some Poems of Jules LaForge
Stanley William Hayter
Death of Hektor
Sam Kerson
The Underground Railroad
Life and Death of an American Artist
Ronald King
The Prologue
Willow Legge
An African Folktale
Henry Moore
Shelter-Sketch-Book
Michael Peel
The Camera Never Lies
Walter Solon Romero
El Quijote y Los Perros
Michael Rothenstein
The Song of Songs