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- As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts
Museum of Biblical Art
June 14 - September 29, 2013
New York, NY
The works in this exhibition will underscore the relevance of the Bible to present day book artists and emphasize how these artists garner personally artistic subject matter from the source materials.The contemporary book arts illustrate in microcosm the breadth and depth of artistic motivation from the sources at hand, and they underscore MOBIA's motto: One book, a world of art". Kunstadt's complete Old Testament Series, expanded for this exhibit will be featured. www.mobia.org - Art of the Book 2013
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, CBBAG
Museum of Contemporary Art
July 4 - August 3, 2013
Opening Reception July 12, 2013
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
MOCA Calgary will mount Art of the Book 2013 as part of a Special Exhibition Program celebrating its 25th anniversary. And this is the sixth members' juried exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of CBBAG. Jurors Jonathan Tremblay, Jason Dewinetz and Karen Hanmer selected Sacred Poem LXX. www.cbbag.ca - Bound and Unbound II
University Libraries, University of South Dakota
August 28 - December 20, 2013
Vermillion, SD
Juror Karen Bondarchuk chose works "that had superlative attention to detail and crafting, as well as those that pushed the boundaries of conceptual, philosophical and formal intrigue.” A selection of work from the Sacred Poem Series will be included in this International Book Arts exhibition demonstrating the breadth of work that encompasses the altered book. www.usd.edu/library - MAGNITUDE 7
Manifest Research Gallery & Drawing Center
May 31 - June 28, 2013
Cincinnati, OH
The folio, Views of the Moselle is included in Magnitude 7 which showcases work no larger than seven inches in any dimension. "....having a couple of galleries full of hand-sized works is somehow a relief steeped in the joy of small things well made, a menagerie of creativity, and a poignant reminder that bigger is not always better." A full color catalog is available www.manifestgallery.org - MOSQUITO SEASON - SMALL WORKS
SQUING&OUP
May 2013
Markings No. 44, Markings No. 45, Markings No. 46 have been selected by the curatorial team who showcase exemplary craftsmanship and visual literacy, depict tension of material and process, and continuously evoke vibrations of mental imagery, emotion, and sensory interaction. http://squingandoup.com/current-online-art-exhibition/mosquito-season-small-works/ - Annual Benefit & Auction for The Center Book Arts
April 5, 2013, 6-9pm
New York, NY
Carole's cut and recombined vintage postcard, Postcard 1907 is in the Silent Auction. https://benefitevents.com/auctions/cba/ - Page Turner
Some Things Looming
April 5 - May 18, 2013
Reading, PA
A selection of work from the Sacred Poem Series will be represented in Page Turner, an exhibition of book arts incorporating fiber techniques, which challenge the way we perceive books. www.somethingslooming.com
- GRACE
Kreft Center for the Arts
Concordia University Ann Arbor
March 19 - April 14, 2013
Ann Arbor, MI
Juror Richard Rubenfeld, Professor of Art History, Eastern Michigan University, selected Sacred Poem LXVII . As both a noun and a verb, grace is a resonant and capacious word, one that suggests both condition and action, form and motion, adornment and manifestation. At once profoundly spiritual, the term also denotes elegance and beauty of form, manner, and movement, and thus encompasses the physical, natural and material. www.cuaa.edu - MAPnificent! Artists Use Maps
American Institute of Graphic Artists
February 1 - March 31, 2013
Philadelphia, PA
Paula Scher, Joyce Kozloff, Doug Beube, Carole P. Kunstadt, Viviane Rombaldi Seppey, Karin Schaefer, Dahlia Elsaed, Alastair Noble, Aga Ousseinov, Paul Fabozzi, Amy Pryor, Irina Danilova, Robert Walden, Adriane Littman, Jeff Woodbury, Brooklyn Art Library, Hand Map Drawn Association. MAPnificent, curated by Yulia Tikhonova, brings together a group of artists who creatively employ the philosophy and technique of mapping to convey information ranging from sociological data to aesthetic stimuli. Kunstadt's collages Stargazer and Territories have been selected. www.aigaphilly.org - Materials: Hard & Soft Exhibition
Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts
February 8 - April 5, 2013
Denton, TX
Jean McLaughlin, executive director of the Penland School of Crafts, as Juror was to "consider the hard and soft properties of materials–and processes–as well as the incumbent metaphors that arise when the three words are combined." Sacred Poem XVIII won a Juror Award. www.dentonarts.com - National Museum of Women in the Arts
Book Arts Collection
Washington, D.C.
Sacred Poem X, Sacred Poem XLV, and Sacred Poem LV have been included in the Permanent Collection of Artists' Books at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, celebrating their 25th Anniversary. Krystyna Wasserman, Curator of Book Arts, writes that "artists' books ask for slow contemplation and yield unprecedented intellectual rewards." The museum's book arts collection houses more than one thousand works created between 1970 and the present, which reflect the artisitic sensitivities and cultural diversity of women. www.NMWA.org - PaperWork In, On and Of Paper VI
Foundry Art Centre
February 8 - March 22, 2013
Saint Charles, MO
The exhibition's focus is work that utilizes paper as an integral component of expression. Juror, Artist Betty Shew has selected Sacred Poem XVII and Sacred Poem LXXVII. www.foundryartcentre.org - Paper in Particular
Columbia College
February 3 - March 3, 2013
Columbia, MO
Juror/Artist Tom Huck has selected 76 works in which paper is the prominent element, including Sacred Poem LXVIII, for the 34th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition. www.ccis.edu - Scribes of Hope II
Central Presbyterian Church
November 1, 2012 - February 11, 2013
Atlanta, GA
This exhibit features 31 works across a wide range of approaches including: traditional lettering and illumination; artist books and letterpress work showcasing fresh directions in calligraphic design which are also subsequently digitally altered. Calligrapher Timothy Botts curated this exhibit for CIVA, choosing Kunstadt's Markings No. 16 and Sacred Poem XLVI. www.civa.org/exhibits/traveling
Additional Locations:
Colonial Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, MO (February 20 – April 30, 2013)
First Presbyterian Church of Topeka, Topeka, KS ( May 15 - July 15, 2013)
Harding University, Department of Art & Design Gallery, Searcy, AR ( August 20 - September 25, 2013)
John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR (October 3 – November 1, 2013)
James Gallery, Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX ( November 10 - December 26, 2013)
- Small Matters of Great Importance
Edward Hopper House Art Center
October 27 - December 23, 2012
Nyack, NY
The 19th national juried exhibition celebrates small works that make big statements despite their size. Juror Ken Carbone chose Sacred Poem XXXVIII, Sacred Poem LIV and Sacred Poem LVI and also designated Honorable Mention for the three works. www.edwardhopperhouse.org - Modest in Scale
Abecedarian Gallery
November 16 - December 15, 2012
Denver, CO
Sacred Poem XLIX and Sacred Poem LX selected by Juror Doug Stapleton, Artist, Curator and Educator, for this exhibition of small scale artworks. Abecedarian Gallery exhibits and represents artists working acrosss a variety of disciplines with particular focus on contemporary book arts, works on paper, collage, and assemblage. A full color catalog is available. www.abecedariangallery.com
- 1st International Santorini Biennale of Arts
August 1 - September 30, 2012
Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece
Art and culture continue to play a distinctive role in defining the past, present and future direction of human endeavour. In recognition of this, the Santorini Biennale of Arts wishes to cultivate a spirit of research and experimentation; also, to present an environment ideal for open and continuous dialogue. Pursuing a programme of cultural collaboration that is at the same time both regional and international, Santorini Biennale of Arts intends to support and promote the free exchange of both artistic and cultural experience. The theme of the Biennale is the Past, History, Time, Memory and Nostalgia. Paola Gentili, curator of Paper Art, selected Sacred Poem LXVII www.santorinibiennale.gr - Tell Me How You REALLY Feel: Diaristic Tendencies
The Center for Book Arts
July 11 - September 22, 2012
New York, NY
Kunstadt's one of a kind folio of 10 recombined antique photogravure postcards, Views of the Moselle, is included in this exhibition which focuses on artwork influenced by the concept and content of graphic novels, memoirs and travel journals with a strong visual presence. www.centerforbookarts.org
Additional Location:
Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, September 28 -November 4, 2012. - Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists
Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery
September 4 - 29, 2012
New York, NY
Sacred Poem LXI has been awarded the Florence & Irwin Zlowe Memorial Award for Works on Paper in the 123rd Annual Member's Exhibition. www.thenawa.org - 1000 Artist' Books, Exploring the BOOK as ART
Quarry Books
2012
Sandra Salamony with Peter and Donna Thomas. The book is a timeless art form, one that is as alive today as ever before, and artists continue to explore and explode the boundaries of what a book is and can be. Ingenuity and creativity abounds in this carefully curated collection of both historically important and modern works. Works included are from the Sacred Poem Series.
- Unbound II
ArtisTree Gallery
July 27 - August 25, 2012
Woodstock, VT
This juried show focuses on the idea of "the book" and how artists use that format as inspiration or as material to explore new ideas. Sacred Poem LXVIII and Sacred Poem LVIII have been selected. www.artistreevt.org - MAGNITUDE 7
Manifest Research Gallery & Drawing Center
June 1 - 29, 2012
Cincinnati, OH
Sacred Poem LXXVIII is included in Magnitude 7 which showcases work no larger than seven inches in any dimension. "....having a couple of galleries full of hand-sized works is somehow a relief steeped in the joy of small things well made, a menagerie of creativity, and a poignant reminder that bigger is not always better." A full color catalog is available www.manifestgallery.org - Art in Fiber
Marblehead Arts Association
May 5 - 27, 2012
Marlblehead, MA
An invitational exhibition assembled by Director Deborah Greel and Exhibition Coordinator Claudia Kaufman of the Marlblehead Arts Association and artist Sandra Golbert. "The exhibit showcases the varied media recognized under the umbrella of fiber art through an eclectic array of work by both regional and internationally recognized artists." www.marlbeheadarts.org - TEXTUALITY
Manifest Research Gallery & Drawing Center
March 9 - April 6, 2012
Cincinnati, OH
TEXTUALITY is an international exhibition of works involving text or letterforms - where the verbal is made visual, where language returns into image. Sacred Poem LV is one of fifteen works chosen. A full color catalog is available www.manifestgallery.org - A Different Point of View
Point Park University
March 23 - May 19, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA
Eric Shiner, Executive Director of the Andy Warhol Museum, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Women's History Month, selected 21 varied works of art from 15 female artists, which includes Kunstadt's Markings No. 45. - 9 x 9 x 3: New Visions, a Textile Study Group New York Exhibition
Durst Organization, Lobby Gallery
January 25 - March 2, 2012
New York, NY
9 x 9 x 3: New Visons is an exhibition of fiber art created to fit inside 9 x 9 x 3 boxes specially manufactured to TSGNY's specifications. The Juror, Janet Koplos, Senior Editor of Art in America for 18 years and guest editor at American Craft, has selected Sacred Poem LXXI and Sacred Poem LXIII, which are designated as Totems in the color catalog available from www.tsgny.org.
Additional Locations:
Marywood University Art Gallery, Shields Center for Visual Arts, Scranton, PA (September 4 - October 13, 2012)
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Public Library, Greenwich, CT (October 25 - November 28, 2012)
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT (May 15 - August 30, 2013)
Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA (May 20 - August 14, 2014) - Curt Teich Postcard Archives Postcard Art Competition & Exhibition (PACE 2011)
Lake County Discovery Museum
October 1, 2011- January 29, 2012
Wauconda, IL
Kunstadt's collage Good 'Morrow is a Purchase Award Finalist, and will be reproduced, and Birches is a Merit Award winner. This biennial exhibition, focusing new imaginative energy on a familiar form of expression, is dedicated to the American Picture Postcard, celebrating the postcard as art and visual document. http://www.lcfpd.org/html_lc/pace/index.html
Additional Locations:
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts. (August 1 - 24, 2012) - Separate Ways
The Interchurch Center
September 19 - October 21, 2011
New York, NY
Galleries at the Interchurch Center is pleased to present Separate Ways an exhibition of two artists: sisters Carole P. Kunstadt (Corridor Gallery) and Linda Pearlman Karlsbeg (Treasure Room). Kunstadt is exhibiting a comprehensive selection from her ongoing series Sacred Poems. Karlsberg's Transient Visions paintings are inspired by evanescent moments that reveal the light, lushness, tranquility and atmosphere at play in intimate corners of the landscape. www.interchurch-center.org - Multiple, Limited, Unique: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Center for Book Arts,
The Center for Book Arts
July 6 - September 10, 2011
New York, NY
Sacred Poem XXXVII is in the Permanent Collection. This exhibition will serve as the public inauguration of the Center's newly accessible collections, which will stand as a valuable resource for artists, scholars, writers, educators, and the general public. A full color catalog is available. www.centerforbookarts.org
Additonal Locations:
Savannah College of Arts and Design, Atlanta, GA (October 6 - December 9, 2011)
The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN (February 3 - May 6, 2012)
The Museum of Printing History, Houston TX (May 31 - August 25, 2012)
Lafayette College, Easton, PA (October 1 - December 31, 2012)
Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA (January 21 - April 15, 2013) - A.I.R. Gallery 9th Biennial
March 2 -27, 2011
Brooklyn, NY
Founded in 1972, A.I.R. Gallery is the first artist-run, not for profit contemporary art gallery for women artists in the country. A selection of five recent works from the ongoing Sacred Poem series has been selected by Juror Alexandra Schwartz of MoMA. www.airgallery.org - New York Fiber in the 21st Century
Lehman College Art Gallery
February 2 - May, 12, 2011
Bronx, NY
This survey of more than fifty pieces of art by some two dozen artists demonstrates the vibrant diversity of fiber art on the New York scene. Curator Dr. Sandra Sider selected Sacred Poem XIII, Sacred Poem XXIII and Sacred Poem XLV. www.lehman.edu/gallery - The BOOK: A Contemporary View
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
December 22, 2010 - April 17, 2011.
Wilmington, DE
This exhibition addresses the themes of the book as object, subject, and concept. Stretching the definition of book, the show includes artist-made books, deconstructed books, and book installations. Work from the Sacred Poem and Old Testament series are included in the exhibit. www.thedcca.org
Additional Location:
Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD, (September 8 - November 5, 2011) - Gloria F. Ross & Modern Tapestry
Yale University Press
Ann Lane Hedlund
2010
Textile scholar Ann Hedlund traces the development of Ross' career, profiles the artists with whom she worked, documents the making of each tapestry series and illuminates the significance of her creative partnerships. Kunstadt's involvement in the tapestry after the Helen Frankenthaler painting This Day is well documented. - I will cut thrU: Pochoirs, Carvings and Other Cuttings, Artist Members Exhibition
The Center for Book Arts
July 7 - September 11, 2010
New York, NY
This exhibit focuses on how the art of cutting: pochoir (stenciling), relief printing, paper cutting, and other related techniques are used to convey content, form, text, and image. Kunstadt's Sacred Poem XXXVII is included. A broad range of book and related arts are represented, including books, prints, woodblocks,linocuts, rubber stamps,sculpture, mixed media installation, film,video, and performance art. A catalog is available. centerforbookarts.org
Additional Location:
Barbara Walters Gallery, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. (October 7 - December 7, 2010) -
Magnitude 7
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
May 28 - June 25, 2010
Cincinnati, OH
Three works from Kunstadt's Sacred Poem Series are amongst the thirty-eight works no larger than seven inches in any dimension. Small works are intimate; inviting approach and inspection. Like short poetry, they are a challenge to craft with the same presence of their larger counterparts. www.manifestgallery.org - SLASH: Paper Under the Knife
Museum of Arts and Design
October 7, 2009 - April 4, 2010
New York, NY
Slash takes the pulse of the international art world's renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. The exhibition features work by 52 artists who cut, burn, tear, and shred paper to create compelling sculpture, installation, and video. A section of the exhibition will focus on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture including three works from Kunstadt's Sacred Poems series. Learn about the exhibition by visiting the Museum of Arts and Design web site. Watch a 10-minute video about Slash that aired on Sunday Arts on PBS. - Economies of Scale, The Textile Study Group of New York
Phoenix Gallery
January 7 - 31, 2009
New York, NY
Economies of Scale, juried by Lewis Knauss, features miniature works in fiber measuring no more than 6 inches by member artists of the Textile Study Group of New York. Sacred Poem XXXVIII and Sacred Poem LIV have been selected. www.tsgny.org - 5th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial
Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book & Paper Arts
July 25 - September 12, 2008
Chicago, IL
Jurors Robert McCamant, Pam Paulsrud and Max Yela selected fifty nine works including Sacred Poem XXXI. "The culture of the book is our future, and of making many books there is no end." http://bookandpaper.org - Eigth National Juried Exhibition
Ceres Gallery
May 20 - June 14, 2008
New York, NY
The Juror Magdalena Dabrowski, special consultant, Modern & Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, chose Sacred Poem X and Sacred Poem XXVII. www.ceresgallery.org -
Contemporary Fiber
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University
April 27 - May 29, 2008
Fairfield, CT
Juror Nisha Drinkard selected thirty one works including Sacred Poem XXV and Sacred Poem XIV. www.sacredheart.edu -
Carole P. Kunstadt: The Poetics of Collage
Edward Hopper House Art Center
February 2 - March 2, 2008
Nyack, NY
In the intimate setting of Edward Hopper's childhood home overlooking the Hudson River, a solo exhibition of the collage work of Carole P. Kunstadt beckons close scrutiny and delights in its details. www.hopperhouse.org - Intimate Eye, The Textile Study Group of NY
Phoenix Gallery
January 31 - February 24, 2007
New York, NY
An exhibition of small format work by members of the Textile Study Group. Sacred Poem XXIV, Sacred Poem XXVI, and Sacred Poem XXV were selected by Juror Artist Jean Shin. www.tsgny.org - Small Works 2007
Attleboro Arts Museum
June 15 - July 14, 2007
Attleboro, MA
Curator and Art Historian Beth Conrad McLaughlin selected Sacred Poem XVII.
www.attleboroartsmseum.org - Seventh National Juried Exhibition
Ceres Gallery
May 23 - June 17, 2006
New York, NY
The Juror Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, NY, selected Markings No. 25, Markings No. 26, Markings No. 27, Markings No. 32, Markings No. 40, and Markings No. 41. www.ceresgallery.org - American Drawing Biennial 8
Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary
June 11 - August 14, 2005
Williamsburg, VA
Juror Phyllis Rosenzweig, Curator of Works on Paper, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. chose the drawing Stacked - graphite, oil pastel and gouache on paper. www.wm.edu/muscarelle