Palace Press Presents: Visiting Artist Lecture Series - Free with Admission

The New Mexico History Museum is delighted to host visiting artist Julie Chen as our distinguished speaker on the contemporary letterpress and handmade books for the inaugural Palace Press Presents: Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

This biannual event features public presentations and programs by experts in the field of book arts, letterpress, and printing history. Programs at the Palace Press celebrate the centuries old history of printing in New Mexico and highlight contemporaries in the fine press and book arts community. In addition to the public lecture, our visiting artist will print a series of broadsides to be sold/auctioned by the Palace Press for funds to sustain the Visiting Artist program.

About Julie

Julie Chen is an internationally known book artist who has been publishing limited edition artists’ books under the Flying Fish Press imprint for over 36 years. Her books combine text and image with innovative book structures to create reading experiences that engage the reader in interactions that go far beyond the simple turning of a page.

Julie’s work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions including the University of Washington, the Kohler Art Library at the University of Wisconsin, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., and the Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Wits Museum, Johannesburg. Her work can be found in numerous collections worldwide including the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In 2009 she was a featured artist in the PBS television series, “Craft in America” and in 2020 she was one of the featured artists in the documentary film, “The Book Makers.”

Visit her website & social media here: https://flyingfishpress.com/ and @flyingfishpress (Instagram)

Image credit: Courtesy of Julie Chen