Bookbinding & Literary Art Journals

Participants will make a simple pamphlet binding and learn a short history of bookbinding. Encouraging creative design and expression in the modern classroom is a powerful way to engage students with storytelling and literature. It is also a wonderfully meditative practice for any reader who wants to spend a little more time with a story! In this workshop, I will present ways that secondary instructors can incorporate art journals as a mode of literary analysis and creativity. I will give a brief talk with visuals about my use of art journals, and then share with participants a variety of page templates/inspiration with accompanying texts. The remainder of the workshop will allow participants to share the texts and then create their OWN literary art journal page. My goal is to share the myriad possibilities that art offers to the student of literature. **bookbinding materials available to purchase, or you may bring your own journals to work with!

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Bios: Melanie Hazen is in her 30th year teaching High School English in Middle Tennessee where she splits time as the school librarian. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Austin Peay State University and a master’s degree in Library & Information Science from Trevecca University. She is a reader for the College Board’s AP Lit exam and teaches watercolor and glass workshops. Laryssa Duncan holds a masters degree in library science from Clarion University and has taught many workshops on US Copyright Law in the Library,Preservation and Stewardship of Library Collections, The History of Bookbinding, 19th Century Bookbindings, and many others.