PAPER NARRATIVES: FINDING THE BLACK HAWK PAPER TRAIL

Artist/educator Robert Possehl discusses contemporary hand papermaking practices, especially his work over the last 15 years on The Black Hawk Paper Trail Project. Using native, non-native, and invasive plants from Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, Possehl explores the relationships among landscapes, people, culture, and media and retells the story of the 1832 Black Hawk War through a series of unique, hand-harvested plant fibers

Holding History

Holding History invites your hands to hold, explore, and even take pictures of some of the most important books ever printed. At each event, participants are welcomed into one of the UW-Madison's Special Collections Libraries where student curators and rare book experts team up to create a lively, hands-on experience with some of the oldest, most culture-shaping, most intriguing books you will ever explore

At its core, it is the Wisconsin Idea in action: the program not only welcomes public audiences into the university's Special Collections, but also provides a forum for training students (with majors ranging from English to Astrophysics) to share their knowledge and the resources of the campus with our broader community.

Program support for Holding History is provided by the UW-Madison Libraries, Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, and the UW-Madison Division of the Arts.

Hands & Paper Video

Cape Artist Journal

Arts Integration: Shattering Myths and Revealing Student-Artist-Thinkers

University of Minnesots at Morris
Lecture, Paper Making, Artists Presentation

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