Description:

"The Body is the Book: Jewish Artists' Books and Rare Judaic Materials"  

Thursday, February 27, 5:00 pm
Northwestern University Library, Ver Steeg Faculty Lounge, level 3
1970 Campus Drive, Evanston Campus

Shira Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Cara List, Head of the Art Library, Northwestern University Library 
Jason Nargis, Special Collections Librarian for Instruction and Curriculum

Please join us for a unique opportunity to explore new Jewish artists’ books in concert with/as rare Judaic materials. Artists’ books are a genre in which the book itself is used as an artistic medium. Jewish texts, with their long and rich history of interpretation, offer a robust crossing with this genre. New Jewish artists' books in our collection offer innovative articulations of textual creativity and illuminate the material relationship between books and the bodies who read them. This event will highlight the work of artists Andi Arnovitz, Lynne Avadenka, and Jacqueline Nicholls, in relation to the wider history of Jewish textual production and its various media. This is the first of two public events, exploring new and enduring facets of Northwestern University Library’s Jewish and Judaic materials through the interpretive lenses of its Jewish Studies faculty and students.

Co-sponsored with the Northwestern University Library 
Free and open to the public - no reservations/registration required 

Parking and directions: Parking is free after 4:00 p.m. The nearest parking structure to the NU Library is the South Campus parking garage, located next to the Segal's Visitor's Center, and the upper and lower levels of the South Beach Structure. Use the Main Library entrance (1970 Campus Drive) and once inside the building, to get to the Ver Steeg Faculty Lounge, take the elevator to the third floor and head towards the South Tower. Next, follow the columns along the right side of the space until you approach Ver Steeg.