Emily McVarish

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Emily McVarish (born 1965) is an American writer, designer, book artist and professor [1] at California College of the Arts. She lives and works in San Francisco and her work primarily takes the form of books. [2]

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McVarish's books are die-cut, handset, printed, and bound. [3] Her book Quickstead was selected as the Alastair Johnston Award Winner in 2014. [4]

Clifton Meador says "she uses the form of the book to explore things that cannot be explored any other way". [2]

Her work is held by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s artist's book collection, British Library’s American Collections and Harvard University’s Printing and Graphic Arts Collection. [5]

Her work has been exhibited at Lesley University in Cambridge the Center for Book Arts in New York, and the San Francisco Public Library [4]

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References

  1. "People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal - CCA Portal". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. 1 2 Meador, Clifton. "The Square". caareviews.org. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. Kesler, Christine. "A Thousand Several". artpractical.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Emily McVarish". Granary Books. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  5. "EMILY MCVARISH". California College of the Arts. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  6. "typenow". Colophon Gallery. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

Emily McVarish's S (2005) on YouTube