Word: artes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...initiates of the press is Sarah Hulsey '01. Hulsey is a Linguistics concentrator, but she has always been attracted to the art of books. When she was a child, her mother used to entertain her by sewing pages together on a sewing machine. Hulsey's current projects, however, are much more advanced. She is collaborating this semester with poet Susannah Hollister '01 in creating a broadside of poems. In the spring, armed with a grant from the OFA, they will also print a book of ten to twelve of Hollister's poems in an edition of about fifty copies...
...Despite these limitations, McCanless' guidance has certainly made its impact. Hulsey is finding herself more and more wrapped up in the art of book-making, and printing slips into the track of her higher ambitions. Though she speaks cautiously of the future, she is considering pursuing an education in print-making. At any rate, her passion for "art on paper," is becoming at the Bow and Arrow Press much more than a hobby or an extra-curricular...
...world of book-making and the book as art is a hidden one--a world of lights in basement windows and the quiet arc of a page over a bed of text. But it is immensely rich and beautiful. In the age of online literature and the overpowering flux of screened words, the work of the Bow and Arrow press takes on a new importance. The handset type of the press upholds the integrity of literature-it upholds the ideals of poetry in which every letter, every word has its exact weight. In which the silence of a stanza break...
...directors latest, the fanciful Sweet and Lowdown, is in most respects a minor work of art, though it is pleasant and interesting. But enthusiasts should note that it represents something of a breakthrough for Allen, in that the main character, fictional 30s jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Sean Penn), is a brooding, inarticulate, freewheeling figure motivated by moody emotions. Sure, hes neurotic as hell, but not in the style of nebbishy self-analysis that has informed so many Allen protagonists. Emmets comic/pathetic exploits are governed by the cadences of jazz, which has always been a background presence in Allens movies...
...strongly encourages unwrapped educational gifts, such as books or art equipment, in new or good condition that are appropriate for children from infancy to mid-adolescence...