[cid:image001.png@01D3F8FC.87887370] May 31, 2018 Contact: Greg Scheiderer, gscheiderer@pugetsound.edu 253.879.2611 Puget Sound Book Artists Eighth Annual Members’ Exhibition coming to University of Puget Sound this summer TACOMA, Wash. – The eighth annual Puget Sound Book Artists annual members exhibition is coming to the Collins Memorial Library on the University of Puget Sound campus June 4 through July 27. The exhibition features 57 unique and original books by 36 different artists. The participating artists play with the form of a book. They use traditional formats and bindings in new ways. They make books using all sorts of media and materials; origami folding, popup pages, drawing, painting, printmaking, knitting, sewing, wood and found objects, to mention a few. “The Puget Sound Book Artists have a following and now an excellent reputation in the South Sound and beyond,” said Jane Carlin, director of Collins Memorial Library and vice president of the organization. “It is truly an honor to host this exhibit and each year I am astonished at the creative and inspiring art on display.” The exhibit will be viewable during regular library hours this summer: 7:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; and 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturdays. The library is closed on Sundays during the summer. In addition to regular hours, the exhibition includes three special events: * Opening reception and awards presentation: Thursday, June 7, 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. in The Link, library first floor. Refreshments will be served in the Pacific Northwest Room, first floor * Artists Conversation: Thursday, June 21, 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., Archives Seminar Room, second floor * Panel Discussion: Thursday, July 12, 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., Archives Seminar Room, second floor All exhibit events are free and open to the public. ### For directions and a map of the University of Puget Sound campus: pugetsound.edu/directions<http://www.pugetsound.edu/directions.xml> For accessibility information please contact accessibility@pugetsound.edu<mailto:accessibility@pugetsound.edu> or 253.879.3931, or visit pugetsound.edu/accessibility<http://www.pugetsound.edu/accessibility/>. Exhibit website: https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/about-collins/artwork-exhibits-in-the-library/puget-sound-book-artists-8th-annual-members-exhibition/ Press photos of two pieces from the exhibit can be downloaded from pugetsound.edu/pressphotos<http://www.pugetsound.edu/pressphotos>. Tweet this: Puget Sound Book Artists annual exhibit coming to @univpugetsound, June 4–July 27. Cool art! https://bit.ly/2kEIjqH Follow us on Twitter! twitter.com/univpugetsound<http://www.twitter.com/univpugetsound> -0- Visit our “Newsroom” page featuring a searchable index of Puget Sound sources on a wide variety of topics at http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/offices--services/office-of-communications/newsroom/ University of Puget Sound is a 2,600-student, national undergraduate liberal arts college in Tacoma, Wash., drawing students from 46 states and 8 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty members who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 50 areas of study. Puget Sound is the only national, independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society.