The Art of the Book

The Art of the Book celebrates contemporary jacl<et and book

illustration and the many artists who have collaborated with the

University of Georgia Press during the last two decades. lt also

provides an inside look into the creative process of book and lacket

design.

Throughout its sixty-four-year history, the University of Georgia

Press has valued good book design and production. Since 1982,

books and jacl<ets produced for Press books have won more than

one hundred design awards. Many people deserve credit and thanks

for this considerable achievement. Bookmaking is, by necessity, a

collaborative undertaking. A successful book design results from

cooperation between many differently skilled individuals including

publishers, acquiring editors, supervisory editors, designers, artists,

production coordinators, typesetters, printers, and binders. All of

them work in service of the author and reader, language and thought.

Checklist of the Exhibition

June McCoy Ball (American, 1939- )

Sopelo Morsh

Oil on canvas

ll l/2x13 l/2inches

Cover art, Portroit of on lslond by Mildred and

John Teal, I 997

Max Belcher (American, contemporary)

Rachel Hill Townsend, Monrovia, Liberio

Gelatin silver print

7l12x9inchesFrom A Lond ond Life Remembered:Americo-Liberian

Folk Architeaure by Svend E. Holsoe and

Bernard L. Herman. 1988

Nancy Batson Carter (American, 1939- )

HoystockTree, Mexico

Water-colored transfer print on handmade paper

4 l14 x3 3/8 inches

Jacket art, The Unequol Hours by Linda Underhill, I 999

Walter Chandoha (American, 1932- )

Poulo and Kitten


8314x9 3/16 inches

Jacket art, Lorge A nimols in Everyday Life by

Wendy Brenner, 1996

Warren Chappell (American, I 904-l 99 l)

Letter with drawing of Don Quixote

8l/2xllinchesLetter of 8/ I 0/ I 987 written to Sandra Hudson during

production ol The Gronite Form Letters edited by

John Rozier

George Davidson (American, 1952- )Woter DogWolks the Lobyrinth

Shadow Box

14x l3x4 l/4inches

)acket art, Compression Scors by Kellie Wells, 2002

Valerie Fleming, (American, 1958- )

Chottonoogo Choo-Choo

Color photograph

8 x l2 inches

Jacket art, South to the Future: An Americon Region in

theTwenty-ftrst Century edited by Fred Hobson,2002

William G. Haynes Jr., (American, 1908-2001)

Ashantilly Press

UntitledWood engraving on PaPer

9 x 6 inches

Jacket panel, FortyYeors of Diverstty edited by

Harvey H.Jackson and Phinizy Spalding, 1984

Jack Leigh (American, 1948- )

Cobin, Uncle Shed's


5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches

From The Ogeechee:A River ond lts People by

Jack Leigh, 1986

Wormsloe Foundation Publication No. l7

Lynn Lennon (American,1927- )

Aunt Gersey and Aunt ClemmY


6x8 l/4inches

From My Grondfother's Finger by Edward Swift, 1999

Ed Lindlof (American, 1943- )

The Devilt DictionarY

lnk on paper

6l12xB l/2 inches

Jacket and title page art,The Unobridged Devilt

Diaionory by Ambrose Bierce, edited by David E'

Schultz and S.J.Joshi, 2000

Michael McCurdy (American' 1942- )

Greenleaf

Wood engraving on PaPer, printed from the end-grain

block of wood

5 l/4x5inches

Jacket art, Flonne ry O'Connor: The lmoginotion of

E-xtremity by Frederick Asals. I 982

lan McFarlane (American, 1970- )

Stone Cherub


6 x 6 inches

Cover art,Avilion Histories by Lee Upton,2000

Wendell Minor (American,1944- )

The Green Breost of the New World

Watercolor on PaPer

7 x 7 inches

Jacket art, Ihe Green Breost of the NewWorld by

Louise Westling, I 996

Mary Ruth Moore, (American, 1936- )Elegant Choir

Gelatin silver print from pinhole paper negative

l2 x 5 l/2 inches

Cover photograph, Restless Messengers by

Norman Finkelstein, I 992

Barry Moser (American, 1940- )

Porker's Bock

Watercolor on paper

9 314 x 6 7/8 inches

Jacket art, Flonnery O'Connor: The Obedient

lmoginotion by Sarah Gordon,2000

Susan Nees (American, I96l- )

BlockApril

Wood engraving on paper

4 x 3 inches

Cover art, Block APril by Julia Peterkin, I 998

Tom Pohrt (American, 1953- )Doro Kochvinook

Watercolor on paper

6x85/8inchesFrom Lessons from theWolverine by

Barry Lopez,1997

Dean Rohrer (American, 1953- )

The Dongerous Lives ofAltor Boys

Mixed media: lnk on paper with hand lettering

and some press type. Colored as overlay withdyes, goache, colored pencil, and markers

14x93/Sinches

Jacket art, fhe Dongerous Lives ofAltor Boys

by Chris Fuhrman,2001

Art Rosenbaum (American, 1938- )

Children's Shout

Charcoal on paper

38 x 50 inches

From Shout BecouseYou're Free byArt and

Margo Rosenbaum,1998

Margo Rosenbaum (American,1939- )

The Tonner Fomily:Th ree Generotions: Gordon,

Russ, ond Phil

Gelatin silver printFrom Folk Wsions ondVoices by Art and

Margo Rosenbaum,1983

Tamara Staples (American, 1964- )

Golden Compine Lorge Fowl Cock

Cibachrome print

8 x 8 inches

Cover art, Ihe Chicken Book by Page Smith and

Charles Daniel, 2000

Rob Storter (American, 1894-1987)

LunchTime,Cousin Bill & Brutis

Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper

llx14inchesFrom Crockers in the Glode: Life ondTimes in

the Old Everglodes by Rob Storter, edited by

Betty Savidge Briggs, 2000

MichaelWilson (American, I959- )

Untitled


7 x 7 inches

Jacket art, The Necessory Croce to Foll by

Gina Ochsner,2002

About the Artists

June McCoy Ball is a land- and seascape artist who

works primarily in oil on canvas. Her work has been

widely exhibited on the East Coast from NewYork to

Florida and is represented in many institutional,

corporate, and governmental collections. She describes

her paintings as "arising from [her] feelings about

certain contexts and times as well as from [her] deep

love of color." Ms. Ball grew up in Nashville,Tennessee,

and currently lives in Athens, Georgia.

Max Belcher was born in Philadelphia but was raised

in Liberia. He has used his photography to explore

the complex relationships between migration, identity,

and history. Belcher's photographs in A Lond ond Life

Remembered reveal the memories and aspirations of

black settlers to Liberia in the style and character of

Americo-Liberian architecture and the adaptation of

a southern vernacular to the Liberian landscape.

Nancy Batson Carter lives in Athens, Georgia, where

she has painting and handmade paper studios. Carter

holds degrees from Agnes Scott, Harvard, and the

University of Georgia. Her work has been supported

by the Ford Foundation and the Georgia Council for

the Arts. Carter! paintings, drawings, and prints take

their imagery from nature and dreams.

Walcer Chandoha is a professional photographer and

writer specializing in flora and fauna of the world. His

photographs have appeared on over three hundred

magazine covers and on the giant Kodak Colorama in

Grand Central Station in NewYork. Chandoha has

written or illustrated twenty-six books. He lives in

Annandale, New Jersey.

Warren Chappell, an American illustrator, typographer,

and type designer,was born in Richmond,Virginia.

Chappell's wide-ranging accomplishments in the

graphic arts are reflected in the hundreds of books he

designed, illustrated, and authored, including Ihe

Anotomy of Lenering and A Short History ofthe Printed

Word. His typeface designs include Lydian andTrajanus.

George Davidson is a self-taught artist whose

inspiration comes from African American musical

forms. He began making relief prints in l98l and has

had work featured in books and magazines, as well as

on posters and on album and CD covers. Davidson

also creates shadow boxes that tell stories around

mythic-poetic themes, usually involving jazz- or blues-

related subjects.

Valerie Fleming recently relocated to Chattanooga

from New Orleans. Formerly a law librarian, she is a

self-taught photographer who enjoys taking pictures

of urban landscapes, gardens, cemeteries, and junl<

throughout the South.

William G. Haynes Jr. was a printer and artist who

started the award-winning Ashantilly Press in I 955 at

his home near Darien, Georgia. Haynes often

illustrated the books he published and set the type by

hand. He spent most of his life on the Georgia coast

and was dedicated to preserving the history, natural

environment, and culture of this remarkable area.

Jack Leigh began his work in photography in 1972

following his formal studies at the University of

Georgia. His objective has been to seek out and

record the people, places, and rapidly passing

Iifestyles of his native region-theAmerican South.

He is the author of five highly acclaimed books of

photography and lives in Savannah, Georgia.

Lynn Lennon was born in Dallas,Texas, and is a

graduate of Baylor University. Lennon became

seriously interested in black-and-white photography

in I 972 and has shown work in the United States,

England, and lreland. Lennon is currently working on

a book of photographs of the State Fair ofTexas,

taken over a ten year period.

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Born in California, Ed Lindlof was raised inTexas and

New Mexico. He graduated from the University of

Texas with a Bachelor of FineArts and continued

postgraduate studies at the Art Center College of

Design, Los Angeles. Foliowing service in the Air Force

during theVietnam War, he began a twenty-five-year

career as a freelance illustrator of international

reputation. Since I 996, he has devoted his time to

sculpture,with recent solo exhibitions at OK Harris

Works ofArt in NewYork City,the Holocaust

Museum Houston, and the Museum of the Southwest.

Mr. Lindlof currently resides in Austin,Texas.

Michael McCurdy was born in NewYork City and

graduated from Tufts University. He also attended and

taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in

Boston.While publishing Penmaen Press Books

( I 968- I 985), he designed and produced significant

small-press first editions by leadingAmerican and

European writers and poets. McCurdy is much

sought after as an illustrator, and his wood engravings

and drawings have been published in over 190 books'

lan McFarlane has been living and working in Athens

as a photographer for over twelve years and has

worked with many musicians including Michael Stipe

of R.E.M.,Jennifer Nettles, Randall Bramlett, Everlast,

and Dayroom. His photographs have been published

in such national magazines as Americon Photo,B&W

Mogozine, Elle, Spin, Vibe, the Photo Review, the Geor$o

Review, and Nerve.

Wendell Minor is a native of Aurora, Illinois, and a

graduate of Ringling School ofArt and Design. A

prolific artist, Minor has created over 1,500 book

jackets including covers for best-selling books by Pat

Conroy, Fannie Flagg, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Harper

Lee, David McCullough, Larry McMurtry, and James

Michener. He has also illustrated numerous childrent

books, and his work can be found in the permanent

collections of the Library of Congress and the

Museum of American lllustration. He lives in

Washington, Connecticut.

Mary Ruth Moore teaches photography at the

University of Georgia. She often uses pinhole

cameras to capture unique images of rural Oconee

County, the Georgia Sea lslands, and Tuscany. Her

photographs have appeared on the covers of several

University of Georgia Press books.

Barry Moser is a typographer, designer, printmaker,

painter, illustrator, and author. He was born in

Tennessee and attended Auburn University and the

University of Massachusetts atAmherst. He has won

the National BookAward for Design and lllustration.

His work is included in over two hundred books and

is represented in many prestigious collections

including those of the Metropolitan Museum, the

British Museum, Harvard, and the Library of

Congress.

Susan Nees received her Bachelor of FineArts in

illustration from the Philadelpia College of Art and is

the recipient of an lndependentArtist Grant from the

Georgia Council for theArts.With the support of

that grant she published, Ru rol Route 2, a visual

documentary of life on the family farm. Her work is

in the permanent collections of the Minneapolis

lnstitute of Aru the Center for the Arts in Vero

Beach; Florida, and the Minnesota Center for Book

Arts. Her work is also in the special collections of

the Low Library of Columbia University, Princeton

University, the University of lowa, and Washington

University.

Tom Pohrt was born in Michigan and dropped out of

college-twice. He is a self-taught artist who has

written and illustrated his own books and also

collaborated with Barry Lopez on Lessons from the

Wolverine and Crow ond Weose/. He has received

awards from the American lnstitute of Graphic Arts

and the Parents ChoiceAward lor Crow ondWeosel.

Pohrt lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Dean Rohrer grew up in Lancaster County,

Pennsylvania. For twenty years he wrote and

performed music.After getting married, he turned

to visual art and has since created illustrations for

newspapers, magazines, books, CDs, and record

jackets. His work has also appeared in numerous

comic books.

Art Rosenbaum is a painter, draftsman, and muralist

and is a professor of art at the University of Georgia.

He has exhibited widely and has work in the

collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art and

the Columbus Museum, as well as in many private

collections. He has also made field recordings of

traditional music and has produced over fifteen

documentary LPs and tapes.

Margo Rosenbaum has degrees in painting from the

San Francisco Art lnstitute and the University of lowa

and is a widely published photographer. She

conducted extensive field research leading up to the

traveling exhibition Folk Vrsions ondVoices, which

culminated in the University of Georgia Press book

of the same name.

Tamara Staples was born and raised in the Carolinas.

She began her photography career as an assistant in a

commercial photography studio in Atlanta, where she

came across a studio shot of a chicl<en. She was

intrigued. Her Uncle Ron introduced her to the

larger world of chickens, and she has since dedicated

her work to photographing these creatures.Tamara

has published a book of her work with Chronicle

Books and was interviewed by lra Glass for his radio

program This Americon Li[e in a segment called

"Poultry Slam."Tamara now resides in NewYork City,

where there are few chickens.

Rob Storter was born in the Everglades in I 894 and

earned his living from flshing and hunting and acting

as a guide. ln the last two decades of his life, Storter

recorded what he called his "precious memories" in

journals, paintings, and wood carvings. His art speaks

about a way of life that no longer exists in a

wilderness that has been tamed.

MichaelWilson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and still

lives there. He went to college in Kentucky and,while

there, wound up studying photography. He had no

plan to become a photographer. He took a job as a

darkroom technician and then as a photographer's

assistant. All the while he kept taking pictures, and

gradually he developed a keen eye and a love of

photography.

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