Center for Book Arts
Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts at USM: An art form that reaches back to medieval bookbinding and letterpress tradition and forward to installation art and novel constructions, book arts cover a wide spectrum. University of Southern Maine alumna Kate Cheney Chappell ('83) and co-founder of Tom's of Maine, studied book arts under well-known Maine book artist and USM faculty member Rebecca Goodale. A professional artist, Chappell's love of creating handmade books was something she wanted to share with a gift that established The Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts at USM, for which Goodale serves as program coordinator. The Center for Book Arts celebrates the innovative and engaging nature of book arts through lectures and workshops by national and regional book artists, and through exhibits of artists' books.
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