2021 Conference Agenda

Thursday, September 30
11:00am – 12:00pm	Virtual Tour: Movable Medley, an exhibition of movable artists’ books at the Art Students League of Denver Alicia Bailey
1:00pm – 2:00pm	Virtual Tour: University of Denver, Special Collections Katherine Crowe
2:00pm – 4:00pm	Open Exploration & Discussion Pop-Up Workshop Matthew Reinhart
2:15pm -3:15pm	Virtual Tour: Denver Public Library, Special Collections Brian Trembath
4:30 – 5:00 pm	Registration in the Magnolia Hotel Ballroom (across the street from the main building)
5:00 – 6:00 pm	Dinner at the Magnolia Hotel
6:00 – 6:15 pm	Emily Martin, Shawn Sheehy, Conference Co-Chairs Welcome and Introductions
6:15 – 6:30 pm	Alicia Bailey (abecedariangallery.com) Site Host Welcome
6:30 – 7:10 pm	Erik Hluchan (structuralgraphics.com/about/designers/erik-hluchan)
7:10 – 7:30 pm	Break
7:30 – 8:15 pm	Matthew Reinhart (matthewreinhart.com)
Friday, October 1
All Day	Silent Auction open for bids
9:00 – 9:40 am	Andrew Huot (bigriverbindery.com)
9:40 – 10:00 am	Break
10:00 – 10:20 am	Maike Biederstädt (maikebiederstaedt.de)
10:25 – 10:45 am	The Foliage Library (thefoliagelibrary.com)
10:45 – 11:05 am	Break
11:05 – 11:50 pm	Open Mic Session
11:50 – 1:00 pm	Lunch at the Magnolia
1:00 – 1:40 pm	Rosston Meyer (popositionpress.com)
1:40 – 2:00 pm	Break
2:00 – 3:00 pm	Rob Kelly (robkellydesign.com/category/paper/) Hands-on Project
3:00 – 3:20 pm	Break
3:20 – 4:00 pm	Sam Ita (samita-us.tumblr.com)
5:00 – 8:00 pm	Exhibition Reception at Art Students League of Denver (asld.org) Dinner on your own
8:00 pm	Informal Show-and-Tell (details TBD)
Saturday, October 2
Until Lunch	Silent Auction open for bids
Until 6:00	Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineering – Trade Publications voting
8:30 – 8:45 am	Business Meeting Shawn Sheehy, MBS Director
9:00 – 9:40 am	Roberta Brody (commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/bobbybrody/)
9:40 – 10:00 am	Break
10:00 – 10:55 am	Suzanne Karr Schmidt (womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=1084) Keynote Address
10:55 – 11:15 am	Break
11:15 – 11:35 am	Kyra Hicks (amazon.com/Kyra-E.-Hicks/e/B001JOY7U0%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share)
11:35 – 11:55 pm	Bruce Foster (paperpops.com)
11:55 – 1:05 pm	Lunch at the Magnolia Hotel
1:05 – 1:45 pm	Katie Smith (linkedin.com/in/katie-smith-19a7b876)
1:45 – 2:05 pm	Break
2:05 – 2:45 pm	Antje von Stemm (vonstemm.com)
2:45 – 3:30 pm	Break \| Set Up for Book Fair
3:30 – 5:45 pm	Book Fair Meggendorfer Prize for Artist Books contenders on display for judging
5:45 – 6:30 pm	Break
6:30 – 7:00 pm	Pre-Banquet Reception and Cash Bar
7:00 – 8:15 pm	Banquet \| Presentation of Awards \| Closing Remarks Emerging Engineer Prize Meggendorfer Prize for Artist Books Meggendorfer Prize for the Best Paper Engineer—Trade Publications
Sunday, October 3
9:00-12:00 pm	Post-Conference Workshop at Art Students League of Denver Kyle Olmon (kyleolmon.com)
1:00-4:00 pm	Post-Conference Workshop at Art Students League of Denver Andrew Huot, Book artist, bookbinder, conservator