REF is an investigation into the erosion of the physical reference area of the library, and the fundamental shift taking place in the way we ask and answer questions.
REF is an investigation into the erosion of the physical reference area of the library, and the fundamental shift taking place in the way we ask and answer questions.
"Quiet as it's kept, there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941." This is the opening sentence of Toni Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, published in 1970. Where they grow, flowers and plants are written into the story as recurring symbols of safe prosperity.
REF is an investigation into the erosion of the physical reference area of the library, and the fundamental shift taking place in the way we ask and answer questions.
Award Winners,
National Juried Exhibition 2020
Best in Show:
Shift-lab
REF
Letterpress, risograph, and digital print methods
$1500
First Runner Up:
Sue Carrie Drummond
Alterations: Collar
Cotton blowout on overbeaten abaca handmade paper and screen print
$350
Three Morgan Conservatory Awards for Excellence:
Kyle Chaput
Bundle IV
Woodcut
$700
Pam McKee
Finding My Way
Waxed, burned kozo paper brushed with kakishibu dye, hand twisted kakishibu dyed kozo thread.
$300
Suzanne Glémot
Marigolds
Typographic, relief, and pressure printing on handmade papers from overbeaten abaca and cotton fibers; ink, marigold dye, and linen thread. Polymer
image plates rendered from hand-painted negatives. Pamphlet-bound accordion book.
NFS
Viewer’s Choice Award:
Stay Tuned - Viewer's Choice Award will be voted on by visitors throughout the duration of the exhibition.
Click on the slideshow to learn more about each award winning work.