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Author Archives: Anna
Lightboxes and Lettering exhibition and display
Just up the road from our Aldgate campus, Bow Arts Nunnery Gallery has an exhibition on about the history of east London’s print industry. ‘Lightboxes and Lettering‘ tells the story of the print industry across the 20th century, focusing on the … Continue reading
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Tagged "graphic design", East London, exhibitions, letterpress, local history, printing, printmaking
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Martin Parr photobooks collection
A bit late for the Show and tell, which is happening this afternoon, but there will still be time to see the display of the Martin Parr Photobook Collection at Late at Tate this evening, in the Reading Rooms at … Continue reading
Posted in Artists' Books, events, Photography
Tagged "artists' books", photobooks, photography
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British and Irish Furniture Makers Online workshop 3rd Feb
British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) is a free open access online resource of thousands of biographical notes of furniture makers nationwide from 1640 onwards. They are collaborating with Layers of London (a website recording the rich layers of … Continue reading
Time to vote!
With the election fast approaching, we have put up a display in Aldgate library tying in Art and Politics (a vast subject!). Did you know Parliament has its own art collection? It is jointly owned by the House of Commons … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Digital online archive, event, External archives and libraries, Library books, Library Displays
Tagged "art history", "Art Library", art, books, CASS, events, political, The Cass
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Sound archives and exhibitions
South London Gallery: Her Noise Currently on display at the South London Gallery is a selection of items from the ‘Her Noise’ archive, which is held at London College of Communication as part of their Archives and Special Collections. Her … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Audio, Digital online archive, Exhibitions, Uncategorized
Tagged archives, audio, gender, sound
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Bummock- Artists in Archives
Bummock refers to the unseen part of an Iceberg, and artists Andrew Bracey Danica Maier and Lucy Renton have been rummaging, exploring and making in unseen parts of the Lace Archive, Nottingham over the last couple of years. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, events, Exhibitions, External archives and libraries, Uncategorized
Tagged archives, artists in archives, lace, textiles
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Youth Culture
To coincide with the launch of an online archive of over 16000 images of youth culture by the Museum of Youth Culture in partnership with Google Arts and Culture, we have put together a display in Aldgate Library on this … Continue reading
Posted in Databases, Digital online archive, Exhibitions, External archives and libraries, Uncategorized
Tagged exhibitions, youth, youth culture
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Creating timelines
Some time ago we posted an article on creating online timelines using a tool called Dipty, which allowed you to create, embed and share free image, video and audio timelines online. This was a very useful tool for teaching and … Continue reading
Zine collections
As July is International Zine Month, it’s the perfect time to mention that the Tate Library is about to launch its zine collection, with a special event on Friday August 2nd, 12 -2pm. The Tate Library has been collecting zines … Continue reading
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Tagged "artists' books", "graphic design", events, zines
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What’s Your Type?
In commemoration of the current exhibition Writing Making Your Mark at the British Library, we have put together a display of font and typeface related books at Aldgate Library, including a selection of artists who use text in their practice. … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, art collections, Artists' Books, Digital online archive, Exhibitions, External archives and libraries, Library Collections, Special Collections, Uncategorized
Tagged "graphic design", fonts, lettering, typography, writing
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