ARLIS/SE

Art Libraries Society of North America/Southeast Chapter

23rd Annual LoPresti Awards 2006-2007

The Southeast Chapter of ARLIS/NA is pleased to announce the winners of its 23rd Annual Mary Ellen LoPresti Art Publication Awards Competition for publications produced in 2006.

The winners were announced by Jennifer Friedman, MIT, 2007 LoPresti Awards Chair, at the 33rd Annual ARLIS/Southeast annual meeting in Nashville, TN on November 9, 2007. Jennifer Beals, University of Tennessee, and Virginia Allison, Watkins School of Art and Design, served on the LoPresti Awards Committee.

Best Book:
Opening Scenes by Norman Sieder (Photographer).
Published by Safe Harbor Books, 2006. 96p. 54 duotones. ISBN 978-0966579888

Best Book: Honorable Mentions:

Printmaking in New Orleans edited by Jessis J. Poesch, with contributions by Barbara SoRelle Bacot et al.
Published by The Historic New Orleans Collection and University of Mississippi Press, 2006. 271 p. 185 illus. ISBN 978-1578067688

Acts of Light: Martha Graham in the Twenty-First Century by Nan Dean Cano (author) and John Deane (photographer)
Published by University Press of Florida, 2006. 120p. Color illus. ISBN 978-0813029924

Best Exhibition Catalogue (tie):

Georgia O'Keeffe: Color and Conservation edited by Rene Paul Barilleaux.
Published by Mississippi Museum of Art, 2006. 168 p. Color illus. ISBN 978-1887422116

Force of Nature: Site Installations by Ten Japanese Artists by Mark Sloan and Brad Thomas.
Published by Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC, 2006. 144p. 250+ color illus.

Best Duo: (tie)

Game of War: books, toys, and propaganda from the Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Study Center compiled and edited by James A. Findlay.
Published by the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, 2006. 36p. All col. illus. ISBN 0-9762267-3-1
and
History of Broward County by Frances H. Miner; compiled and edited by James A. Findlay
Published by the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, 2006. 34 p. Chiefly col. illus. ISBN 0-9762267-2-3

Dario Robleto: Chrysanthemum Anthems by Xandre Eden; Dario Robleto (illustrator).
Published by Weatherspoon Art Museum, 2006. 64p. 25 illus. ISBN 978-1890949105.
and
Uneasy Nature: Lee Bul, Bryan Crockett, Roxy Paine, Patricia Piccinini, Alyson Shotz, and Jennifer Steinkamp by Nancy Doll, Xandre Eden and Marina Warner.
Published by Weatherspoon Art Museum, 2006. 72p. 22 illus.

Best Body of Work: Lark Books

500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form
Published by Lark Books, 2006. 426p. color illus. ISBN 978-1579907570

500 Glass Objects: A Celebration of Functional and Sculptural Glass
Published by Lark Books, 2006. 396p. color illus. ISBN 978-157990631

500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form
Published by Lark Books, 2006. 420p. color illus. ISBN 978-1579907013

The Altered Object: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration by Terry Taylor.
Published by Lark Books, 2006. 128p. color illus. ISBN 978-1579908799

Penland Book of Woodworking: Master Classes in Woodworking Techniques
Published by Lark Books, 2006. 224p. color illus. ISBN 978-1579907686