Karen Wirth to Reflect on Fellowship Year in Artist Talk at Open Book | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Karen Wirth to Reflect on Fellowship Year in Artist Talk at Open Book

May 31, 2025
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Karen Wirth, "Forms of Water"
Karen Wirth

Karen Wirth, professor emeritus and 2024 McKnight Book Artist Fellow, will present an artist talk at Open Book’s Performance Hall. The evening includes a conversation with visiting book artist Clifton Meador, focusing on the role of place in artists’ books, inspired by Wirth’s recent travels to the Arctic.

The event coincides with Wirth’s retrospective exhibition, Building / Books | A Retrospective. The show features four decades of Wirth’s work blending book arts, public art, and architectural storytelling. Also featured is Archabet: An Architectural Abecedarium, a monumental book installation, blending 18th-century design with twenty years of Wirth’s photographic exploration of urban forms.

Artist Talk
June 4, 2025, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Open Book’s Performance Hall (Minneapolis, MN)

Building / Books | A Retrospective and Archabet: An Architectural Abecedarium
April 12–June 8, 2025
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Main Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

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