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Movable Book Society

2023 Movable Book SocietyConference Agenda

 

 

Thursday, September 28

 
4:30 – 5:00 pm Registration at the Kimpton Schofield Hotel
Meet and Greet
5:00 – 6:00 pm Dinner at the Hotel
6:00 – 6:15 pm Isabel and Larry (conference co-chairs) – Welcome
6:15 – 6:30 pm Keith Allen (site host) – A Special Welcome to Cleveland
6:30 – 7:15 pm Simon Arizpe – Stranger Things Pop-Up / Sappi North America Pop-Up Book /
The Seven Trials of Rostam
7:30 – 7:45 pm Break
7:45 – 8:15 pm TBD
 

Friday, September 29

 
8:00 – 8:30am BREAKFAST at the Hotel
8:30am – 8:45am Transportation to go to American Greetings
9:15 – 9:30am Gather at American Greetings – Organization time – Explore Greeting Card Store
9:30 – 10:30am AM: GROUP A – TOUR / GROUP B – Demo
10:30 – 10:45am AM: BREAK – Switching of groups
10:45 – 11:45am AM: GROUP A – DEMO / GROUP B – TOUR
11:45am – 12:30pm AM: Questions / Mingling Time / Exploring Greeting Card Store
12:30 – 2:30pm LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
(List of Suggestions to follow – TBA)MEET BACK at Kimpton Schofield Hotel at 2:30pm
2:00pm Transportation to go to back to Hotel from American Greetings
2:30pm – 3:15pm OPEN MIC SESSION
(Maria Pisano, Jack Reineck, Emily Martin, Rob Kelly, Isabel Uria, et al.)
3:15 – 3:30pm Break
3:30pm – 4:15pm Cris Takacs & Larry Rakow – Pop-Up Book Conservation: First, Do No Harm
4:15 – 4:30pm Break
4:30 – 4:50pm Marianne R. Petite – Graphic Medicine Pop-ups & Paper Cut
4:50 – 5:10pm Keith Allen – #Popuptober
5:10 – 5:30pm Break
5:30 – 6:10pm TBD
6:10 – 6:30pm Sherry Hee – Global Cuisine Pop-Ups
6:30 – 8:00pm DINNER at the Hotel
8:00pm Informal Show-n-Tell
(Location TBA)
 

Saturday, September 30

 
Until Lunch On-Site (& Virtual) Silent Auction open for Bids
Until 6:00pm Voting: Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineers –Trade Publications
 PLEASE give your ballots to Ellen G. K. Rubin no later than 6pm
8:00 – 8:45am BREAKFAST at the Hotel
8:45 – 9:00am Business Meeting
 Denise Price (MBS Treasurer) and Shawn Sheehy (MBS Board Director)
9:00 – 9:45am Jodie Coates PhD – “Paper-Engineered Poetry and Pedagogy”
Children’s literature
9:45 – 10:00am Break 
10:00 – 10:30am Liz Garcia – A-to-Z words
10:30 – 11:00am Rianne Van Duin – Large-Scale Theater Pop-Ups
11:00 – 11:15am Break
11:15am – 12:00PM American Greetings – Host Talk
12:00 – 1:00pm LUNCH at the Hotel
1:00 – 1:30pm Ben Sapp – Mazza Museum Talk
1:30 – 2:00pm Ellen Rubin – Animated Advertising exhibit – 200 years of
premiums, promos, pop-ups
2:00 – 2:15pm Break
2:15 – 3:30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “Wendell and Wild” – Behind the Scenes Look
BY: Peter Dahmen, Designer & Paper Engineer
3:30 – 4:00pm Set-Up for Book Sales, Swaps, Signings
4:00 – 6:15pm Book Sales, Swaps, Signings
6:15 – 6:30pm Break
6:30 – 7:00pm Pre-Banquet Reception and Cash Bar
7:00 – 8:15pm BANQUET
8:15pm Silent Auction proceeds announced  / Emerging Engineer Prize Presentation / Meggendorfer Prize for Artists Book Announced / Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineer – Trade Publications winner announced
Closing Remarks

Sunday, October 1
ALL DAY EVENT Post-Conference Tour Visit to the Mazza Museum with Ben Sapp.
Sign-up required.

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The organization for collectors, artists, and producers to share information about pop-up books

The Movable Book Society, a nonprofit organization, provides a forum for artists, book sellers, book producers, collectors, curators, and others to share enthusiasm and exchange information about pop-up and movable books. There are over 300 members worldwide. All are welcomed to join.

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