[BKARTS] On the Road in Lowell

[Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord <skgaylord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Friends

Last weekend I visited Jack Kerouac's On the Road scroll in his  
hometown of Lowell, MA. The scroll is a wondrous object and of  
interest as a book form as well as for its writing and cultural  
significance. One of our lisr members, Jim Canary, has a much closer  
relationship with the scroll as its keeper. But even seeing it  
through a plexi case was an inspirational experience. I posted some  
notes about the scroll and the accompanying exhibit on my in good  
spirit blog. The exhibit continues in Lowell daily through October 14  
and then moves on to the New York Public Library.

The first artists' book I made was one about Jack Kerouac and Lowell  
for an exhibition of Lowell artists at the Rencontre Internationale  
Jack Kerouac in Quebec City in 1988. I adapted the one-of-a-kind book  
into an edition and more recently into a powerpoint slide show. There  
is a link to the powerpoint version at
http://www.ingoodspirit.blogspot.com

in good spirit
Susan


Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
skgaylord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://www.makingbooks.com
http://www.makingbookswithchildren.blogspot.com
http://www.ingoodspirit.blogspot.com



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