Exciting news: the National Museum of American History in Washington DC had included my artist book, Anything Helps, in a new exhibition titled American Stories. The show includes more than 50 artist books from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives collection, examining American identity through personal, collective, and national histories, with pieces by Sol LeWitt, Adrian Piper, and Ed Ruscha. More info on the show here: https://library.si.edu/exhibition/american-stories If you happen to be in Washington DC stop by and see the show!
You can click here to learn more about Anything Helps here: https://laurarussell.com/portfolio/anything-helps Scroll down that page to watch the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art superstar, Yuka Petz and her “Artists’ Books Unshelved” video featuring Anything Helps. You can also download a free PDF Zine of the book to cut, fold, and keep.
American Stories will also be highlighted during CODEX in the Capital from May 26 to May 30, 2027. This symposium is co-curated and organized by Stephanie Stillo, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, and Inge Bruggeman, Executive Director of the CODEX Foundation, in partnership with George Mason University, Georgetown University, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the National Gallery of Art Library, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, and others. The program includes exhibitions, a symposium, lectures, receptions, and additional events around these highlights. More info is available here: https://www.codexfoundation.org/events/codex-in-the-capital/
Anything Helps on Exhibition in DC
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