Hand Papermaking Board of Directors
Sid Berger has been making paper for more than 35 years. He gives many
book-arts-related workshops, also publishing and speaking widely. He is
presently leading an international group of libraries in the production of a
thesaurus of terminology of decorated and decorative paper. He is a Professor at
Simmons College, and the director of The Phillips Library at The Peabody Essex
Museum.
Frank Brannon is a graduate of the M.F.A. in the Book Arts Program at the
University of Alabama and is proprietor of SpeakEasy Press in Dillsboro, North
Carolina. The limited edition, letterpress books that he produces are held in
several special collections libraries in the United States and England as well
as with private collectors.
Shannon Brock has been the Art Director of Carriage House Paper since 1996. She
holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. She has taught papermaking at
Montclair State University, BookWorks in Asheville, NC, and throughout the east
coast. She maintains her paper mill and studio, Gaptoothed Studio, in Brooklyn,
NY, and exhibits her pulp paintings and sculptural work nationally.
Zina Castañuela has been a graphic designer for over 25 years in Denver, San
Francisco, and Chicago. She uses her experience in environmental and print
design as the basis for her artwork in which she creates artists books and
sculptures using handmade paper, silkscreen, printmaking, and letterpress. She
has shown her work nationally and internationally. She is currently the director
of design at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Jeffrey Cooper has been collecting private press books and paper objects for
many years. He is active with various arts organizations dedicated to the study
and collecting of books, paper, and prints. He is currently Vice President of
Government and Community Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania.
Georgia Deal is the Chair of the Printmaking Department at
Corcoran College of Art & Design. She has worked with handmade paper in
different ways for over 30 years. Her work is collected and exhibited widely.
Susan Mackin Dolan is an artist and educator, and received
her MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder in printmaking and papermaking.
In 1984, with the help of Bernie Vinzani, she started the Picante Paper Studio
at the Southwest School of Art. Over the last 25 years she has taught and been
in artist residencies at many colleges, universities, and art centers. Her work
has been widely exhibited and collected.
Jim Escalante is on the faculty of the Art Department at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison where he teaches courses in book arts and papermaking. He
founded Iguana Press in 1978.
Susan Gosin received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1976,
she co-founded Dieu Donne Press and Paper, Inc. in New York City. She has
developed curriculum and designed studio programs at The New School, Rutgers
University, and Amagansett Applied Arts. Her artist books have been exhibited
and collected by institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
Library of Congress. In 2006, she received the Printmaker Emeritus Award from
the Southern Graphics Council.
Ann Marie Kennedy works with handmade paper to create both wall-sized works of
art and large-scale sculptural environments, and collaborates occasionally to
produce paper for editioned book works. Ann Marie was a resident artist at
Penland School of Crafts. She is currently a full-time faculty member at Wake
Tech Community College in Raleigh, NC, and teaches workshops throughout the U.S.
Her MFA is from the University of Iowa.
Anne Q. McKeown is the master papermaker at Brodsky Center
for Innovative Editions. She received her M.F.A. from Yale University. She has
taught both drawing and papermaking and has exhibited extensively. She has
received numerous prestigious awards and commissions.
Julie McLaughlin has been making paper for over 15 years
with an emphasis on sculptural work and wearable garments. Her studio, McJulie
Studios, is located in Dysart, Iowa, where she makes paper, gives occasional
tours, and teaches workshops. Her work is exhibited nationally and
internationally.
Margaret Prentice began papermaking in 1971, co-founding Twinrocker Handmade
Paper with Kathryn and Howard Clark. She studied printmaking at the University
of Arizona (BFA: 1966) and the University of Colorado (MFA: 1980). She is
currently teaches printmaking and papermaking at Univ. of Oregon. She has
studied traditional papermaking extensively in Japan, and recorded indigenous
papermaking techniques in Mexico. Her work is exhibited nationally and
internationally, and may be found in many noted collections.
Andrea Peterson is an artist, papermaker, and educator, with an MFA from the
University of Minnesota and a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. She teaches
papermaking at Columbia College Chicago and Ox-bow, a summer school for the Art
Institute of Chicago. At her studio in Indiana she conducts paper research and
creates her widely-exhibited artwork and production paper that is sold
internationally.
Amy Richard began her art career as a painter, 25 years ago.
After several intermittent forays with papermaking, her sea-inspired paintings
and drawings are now evolving into paper sculptures made from locally harvested
kozo and other fibers. Richard also coordinates the Florida Invasive Plant
Education Initiative at the University of Florida/IFAS Center for Aquatic and
Invasive Plants.
Gibby Waitzkin is an artist, papermaker, and photographer, working with natural
fibers and botanical objects to create handmade paper compositions. She was the
founder and president of the award-winning Gibson Creative graphic design and
communications company in Washington, DC, and has been an integral member of
multiple boards, including the Corcoran, the Nasher Museum at Duke, and the
University of Georgia School of Art. She recently built an innovative "green"
paper studio at her home in Virginia.
Eileen Wallace is the proprietor of Mile Wide Press and specializes in custom
bookbinding and boxmaking. She is currently teaching at the University of
Georgia, and has taught at many distinguished institutions here and abroad. Ms.
Wallace is codirector of the Paper & Book Intensive. Her permanent residence is
in Chillicothe where she works at the home and studio of Dard Hunter. Her work
has been exhibited widely.
Beck Whitehead has been working with artist-made paper since 1984. Since 1985
she has served at the Southwest College of Art & Craft in San Antonio, Texas,
and is currently Paper & Book Arts Department Chair. Her work has been exhibited
nationally and internationally since 1972.