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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]

Career

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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]

Bibliography

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  • Graphic Design History, with Johanna Drucker, Pearson, 2012. ISBN 978-0205219469
  • MySearchLab, with Johanna Drucker, Pearson, 2012. ISBN 978-0205871278
  • Quickstead, Granary Books, 2011–2013. Edition of 45
  • A Thousand Several ,Granary Books, 2011
  • The Square, Granary Books, 2009
  • Was Here, Granary Books, 2001
  • From the air E. McVarish, 2000
  • At the wheel ,Granary Books, 1997
  • Felicity, Letterpress, 1993. Edition of 50.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal - CCA Portal". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ a b Meador, Clifton. "The Square". caareviews.org. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ Kesler, Christine. "A Thousand Several". artpractical.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b "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.
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Emily McVarish's S (2005) on YouTube