Two green strips of text at the top and bottom of the image provide the exhibition title and exhibition dates. Between the strips is a photograph of a paper architectural sculpture by Jorqe Benitez. The structure is an all white hexagon with a dome roof reminiscent of a mosque. Above the door are two stars and on the walls to the left and right of the door is a casting of a slice of bread with bones lying on the slice. The photograph is surrounded on the left and right with arabesque patterns traced on a white background with graphite pencil.

Geometric Aljamia

September 2 - December 6, 2023

Geometric Aljamia: A Cultural Transliteration is a cross-cultural collaboration that addresses how connections between the Middle East and the West during the Golden Age of Islamic Civilization continue to be relevant and vibrant in the twenty-first century. The project includes artists, designers, performers, and writers from Afghanistan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Canada, and the United States. Aljamia is a medieval Spanish word that refers to Romance language written in Arabic script. The resulting transliteration contributed to the dissemination of the Arabic language and Islamic influences throughout the Iberian Peninsula and beyond. By understanding the arts as a transliteration of one form of thinking to another and addressing the fundamental patterns and geometry embedded in visual art and poetry, this project revisits the ongoing impact of Islamic art, science, and philosophy throughout the world today.

Exhibition curated by Reni Gower

Black rectangle background with seven squares that show a detail shot of each of the seven artists in the exhibiti. The title "Pulped Under Pressure" sits at the center with the detail shots forming a square around it. To the right of the images the list of artist names appear.

Pulped Under Pressure

May 8 - August 4, 2023

With traditional hand papermaking at its core, Pulped Under Pressure underscores important 
contemporary issues steeped in history and craft. Enticed through touch, these works encourage a 
contemplative slowing down even as they urge acknowledgement of some of the most pressing issues (environmental crisis to global marginalization) facing civilization today. Each of the artists, Jillian Bruschera, Julia Goodman, Reni Gower, Trisha Oralie Martin, Melissa Potter, Marilyn Propp, Maggie Puckett, starts simply with a foundation of pulp made from natural fibers. Their multifaceted results incorporate a rich range of printmaking, letterpress, papercutting, and installation with a diversity of recycled disposable materials (junk mail, egg cartons, old cotton t-shirts, ripped denim jeans) as well as old bedsheets, beetroot, heirloom plants, and illuminated el wires. In very unique ways, these artists consider paper beyond its most common function as a passive surface of record or craft. Instead, the material is transformed and imbedded with content that turns communication into a public practice. By challenging assumptions, the artists of Pulped Under Pressure create artworks that are both beautiful and brave.

Vintage image of two boxers facing off on top of an indigo dipped handmade sheet of paper

When Print Meets Paper

January 17 - April 21, 2023

Curated by Georgia Deal, When PRINT Meets PAPER focuses on artists working at the intersection of print and paper. This show includes the work of Melissa Harshman, Kelly Taylor Mitchell, Marilyn Propp, Gretchen Schermerhorn and Georgia Deal.  Each artist approaches the “marriage” of paper and print in unique ways, some coming from the lexicon of print and others from a primary focus and love of hand papermaking.  It can be argued that a commonality connects the works, with the origins of printmaking historically addressing social, political and narrative themes.

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A Community of Artists is printed in dark blue bold letters. The subtitle: African American Works on Paper from the Cochran Collection sits just below the title and a little to the left. On the right is an oval shaped detail of a Robin Holder Lithograph titled "They Damaged Us More Than Katrina". The detail shows a woman looking up to the sky with an anguished expression. Above her left shoulder is a red bird and her left hand is thrown up towards the bird. This image slighlty overlaps another piece of artwork that is positioned below and to the left of the first artwork. It is a yellow abstract woodcut with a textured irregular horizontal oval at the center of the image and a blue blocky shape with and turquoise marks creating a triangle resting on a single point. The image is bright with all the shapes having rough edges.

A Community of Artists: African American Works on Paper from the Cochran Collection

August 5 - December 2, 2022

A Community of Artists: African American Works on Paper from the Cochran Collection showcases fifty noted 20th century American artists.  The exhibit is a portion of the collection curated by Wes and Missy Cochran, of LaGrange, GA. Selections illuminate the contributions of artists with ties to Georgia, women artists, and master printers within the larger art world's dialogue around artistic expression, equity in the arts, and societal justice. 

This exhibit includes the works of Ron Adams, Jim Alexander, Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Radcliffe Bailey, Trena Banks, Romare Bearden, Camille Billops, Robert Blackburn, Betty Blayton, Chakaia Booker, Moe Brooker, Vivian E. Browne, Beverly Buchanan, Elizabeth Catlett, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sonya Clark, Kevin Cole, Eldzier Cortor, Allan Rohan Crite, Tina Dunkley, Allan Edmunds, Reginald Adolphus Gammon, Sam Gilliam, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Leon Hicks, Robin Holder, Curlee Raven Holton, Albert Huie, Margo Humphrey, Wilmer Angier Jennings, Ronald Joseph, Jacob Lawrence, Norma Morgan, Adrian Piper, Martin Puryear, Faith Ringgold, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, John T. Scott, Lorna Simpson, Lou Stovall, Alma Thomas, Mildred Thompson, Dox Thrash, James Van der Zee, James Lesesne Wells, Charles White, and Hale Woodruff.

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Botanical illustration of a pecan next to golden colored text that spells out Fiber + Pulp

Fiber + Pulp: the specimens

January 18 - June 10, 2022

This exhibition celebrates the Fiber Identification Library, also known as the Fibrary, at the Institute of Paper Chemistry as an invaluable tool and clear documentation of the growth in scientific research within the paper industry of the 20th century. Taxonomy, experimentation, and uses of various fibers are discussed.

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Black and white photo of Thomas Lux sitting on a bench in jeans and a button up long sleeve shirt. He is relaxed with his arm thrown over the top edge of the bench and looking up towards the sky

Radical Generosity: Thomas Lux & Jeanne Duval Editions

January 18 - June 10, 2022

Thomas Lux's commitment to publishing the works of emerging poets has been described as "radical generosity." Lux sought out poets in all walks of life, prioritizing the work over status, hierarchy, or income. He used small press printing as a tool to focus on poetry and encourage others in the process. By providing a pathway not present in the dominant publishing industry, Lux championed the experimental nature of poetry and opened doors for poets to gain a broader audience.

 

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Black cursive lettering spells out WildLife on a white rectangle over an in image of an accordion book with graphics in salmon, blue, pastel yellow, and ocre colors. The book is Bosque by Priscilla Spitler

Wild/Life: Guild of Bookworkers

September 17 - December 3, 2021

This exhibition features approximately 50 works by members of the Guild of Book Workers, an book artists organization that promotes interest in and awareness of the tradition of the book and paper arts by maintaining high standards of workmanship, hosting educational opportunities, and sponsoring exhibits.

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Kinetic Joy font made from bright colors and textures against a navy background

Kinetic Joy: Basic Principals of Paper Engineering

Virtual Exhibit

Engineers study how forces act upon materials and structures to design machines that take into account how potential forces could be applied. Paper engineers design structures and mechanisms out of paper to solve real-world challenges. 

Paper engineers develop designs for pop-up books, packaging, art, furniture, and much more. Kinetic Joy: Basic Principles of Paper Engineering explores the concepts behind the designs that bring paper to life and enable movement. 

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Ruminate postcard image features the word ruminate in dark green on a light green horizontal rectangle of color. Below the text one cropped example of each of three artist. The images are abstract pulp paintings in bright pinks, blues, white, and yellows.

Ruminate

May 6 - August 6, 2021

Ruminate features pulp paintings by Lea Basile-LazarusChad Hayward, and Andrea Peterson. Three artists experiencing and ruminating on their surroundings, utilizing pigmented paper pulp as medium. This thought-provoking exhibit invites viewers to explore the idea of situation, region, and circumstance through the distinct lenses of each artist. This grouping of works cover a unique range of impassioned and tangible conditions of place. All of the works utilize pigmented paper pulp to create imagery. A variety of pulped plant fibers create the works, including cotton rag, flax, abaca, phragmites, and millet straw. Each artist approaches the medium with their own way of working, allowing the viewer to see a wide range of mark-making with the unique material of paper pulp.

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Black and white photograph of scattered handmade paper created by Harrison Elliot

Records of Life: The Notebooks of Harrison Elliott

February 26 - April 16, 2021

Records of Life explores the ways people organize and make sense of their thoughts, experiences, and life. Using the written records of Harrison Elliott, a paper historian active in the first half of the 20th century, this exhibit dives into the methods people use to make information useful to themselves and to others. In addition to pieces from Harrison Elliott's collection, the exhibit includes logbooks from the Institute of Paper Chemistry, contemporary bullet journals used by Georgia Tech students, and more. 

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Coral Conundrums by Anela Oh is a triptych of coral, pink, and  tangerine paper with dripped pulp to create abstract coral renderings; Lozano by Faviola Calymayor is a paper skeleton in a fetal position with fungi/flowers blooming from various areas of the skeleton; Zheng by Xuewu Zhen is an arrangement of colored paper pebbles arrange in linear piles based on color.

7th National Collegiate Paper Art Triennial

September - November 2020

The Triennial celebrates its 20th anniversary, since its first opening reception in December, 1999 at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, GA. It was imagined in a conversation between Lynn Sures and Cindy Bowden, as a show highlighting the work done by college students in the field of papermaking.

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