TCPL showcases
three exciting exhibits Politics in Print: Treasures from the
Walker Library of the History of Imagination, Visual Culture at IHS and
Good
Books, Bad Covers during First Friday Gallery Night from 5:00 –
8:00 PM on July 6.
Good Books – Bad Covers - an exhibit
of vintage paperbacks from the collection of James Baker displayed alongside modern
cover art. Book jackets
have evolved greatly over the years – so much so that a cover used in the 1940s
or 1950s would rarely be used today to represent the same book. From marketing
a book as a sensational bodice ripper when it first came out, to designing a
modern cover to represent how the book has become an American classic, this
exhibit shows how book jacket design has changed in just a few decades.
Politics in Print: Treasures from the Walker Library of the History of
the Human Imagination includes one of only two known anastatic
facsimile copies of the Declaration of
Independence. Learn more about the anastatic printing
process and view a folio of samples printed using this process at 6:00 and 7:00
PM.
Good Books – Bad Covers - an exhibit
of vintage paperbacks from the collection of James Baker displayed alongside modern
cover art. Book jackets
have evolved greatly over the years – so much so that a cover used in the 1940s
or 1950s would rarely be used today to represent the same book. From marketing
a book as a sensational bodice ripper when it first came out, to designing a
modern cover to represent how the book has become an American classic, this
exhibit shows how book jacket design has changed in just a few decades.
Visual Culture – Art from IHS an exhibit featureing
art in all media created by Ithaca High School students during the past year. This spectacular show is a compelling reason to
visit TCPL after hours this Gallery Night.
Entrance to the Library at this
after-hours event is through the BorgWarner door adjacent to Gimme! Coffee on
Green Street and just behind the TCAT bus shelter.
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