The Second International Edible Book High-Low Tea will be held
on Sunday1 April 2001 throughout the world depending upon the time zone
involved. From 2- 4 p.m. in most places, the edible books will be
exhibited and at 4 p.m., tea and/or coffee will be served and the “books”
will be consumed. This event can be used as a fundraiser for various book
centers throughout the world. Last year venues were in Australia,
in France at Graphes in Paris and Matiere Contact in Lyon,
at the Argyle-Zebra Gallery in St. Paul, Minnesota; at the School
of Art at Arizona State University in Tempe; at the Center for Book Arts
in New York City; at Chax Press in Tucson, Arziona; at the Columbia
College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts in Chicago, Illinois; at
the home of Sara Rosenbluth’s in La Jolla along with the San Diego Book
Arts group; at the Printer, Findlay, Ohio where even type lice were
featured; at the San Francisco Center for the Book; and at Crossroads
School, Sam Francis Gallery in Santa Monica. At Mesa College in San
Diego, the Book Arts Class had an Edible Book event on 3 April
2000.
All venues are requested to take photographs or online video, send two
menus to the Santa Monica address (Umbrella, P.O. Box 3640, Santa Monica,
CA 90408) and document the event for a future publication and our online
website.
All in these various locales are invited to attend. Please see our
website at
http://www.geocities.com/books2eat
and please take digital photographs and send them to the website so that
our Web hostess, Tina Turberville, can post them after the event!
Any notices and photographs can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Start organizing the event now and try to get book artists and artists in
general to participate in this unforgettable event! Let me know if
you are participating well enough ahead of time for press releases,
etc.
And Happy New Year!
Judith A.
Hoffberg
tel.: (310)399-1146
Umbrella/Umbrella
Editions
fax: (310)399-5070
P.O. Box 3640
Santa Monica CA 90408
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Let a smile be your umbrella!
