"The Unspoken Word": Gallery Tour with Bonnie Stahlecker

BONNIE STAHLECKER GALLERY TOUR
This event is free and open to the public.

Bonnie Stahlecker has been a studio artist for over thirty years. She lectures and conducts workshops throughout the United States. In 1995 and 2000, she was invited by the Flemish government to be an artist-in-residence at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium. She has also attended residencies at the Banff Centre, Albion College and Auvillar Cultural Exchange Program in France. Her work is in numerous public and private collections and has been showcased in many publications including Masters: Book Arts, published by Lark Press, 2011. Stahlecker is the recipient of the 1999 and the 2013 Creative Arts Renewal Fellowships. bonnie-stahlecker.com.

My artistic life began with the book as the vehicle to carry my creative expression. For many years I continued with the book format, simultaneously making traditional and non-traditional books. I was completely captivated after my first foray into the printing and making of an artist’s book. I have always thought of books as three-dimensional objects with multiple layers, both physically and mentally. For the past several years my artwork has morphed from the traditional book format to wall sculptures. However, as much as I like the physical object, be it a book or sculpture piece, it is the content behind the work that drives me to create the artwork.