arcadia id est: nature and landscape in the artist's book

The Washington University Libraries and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will host a panel discussion and an opening reception for an exhibition entitled arcadia id est: nature and landscape in the artist's book, on April 5, 2007, on the Danforth Campus of Washington University.

Panel discussion: 4:30-6 p.m., Auditorium (Room 300) of the Lab Sciences Building. Panelists include:

• Sarah Bodman, Exhibition Curator, Center for Fine Print Research, University of West England
• Sandra Kroupa, Book Arts and Rare Books Curator, University of Washington
• Beth Meyer, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Virginia

The opening reception for the exhibition follows immediately after the panel discussion: 6-7 p.m. in the Ginkgo Reading Room, John M. Olin Library, Level 1.

The exhibition is on view in Olin Library's Ginkgo Reading Room & Grand Staircase Lobby during library hours, April 2-May 13, 2007.

RSVP for these events by emailing jlowery@wustl.edu or calling 314-935-5418.

For more information about the exhibition, visit: http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/arcadia.htm

These events are free and open to the public.

Date of announcement: 3/28/2007