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We’re preparing for our annual auction and gala this weekend, June 13-14! The museum is open, but please be aware that many of our galleries are closed to the public for this changeover, and that our Summer exhibitions open July 4.

Letter(forms)
Past Exhibition

Curated by BIMA’s founder Cynthia Sears, Letter(forms) showcases over forty books using letters as a traditional means of communication and as an art form. This exhibition also highlights the work of artist Lucie Lambert (Vancouver, BC and Bainbridge Island) with a full display of her book, Alphabets. Other works on display focus on hand-lettering, calligraphy and typography.

When

Dec 2, 2019 – Feb 23, 2020

Where

Sherry Grover Gallery

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From the Exhibition

Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon Alphabets, 2011 one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w) BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon Alphabets, 2011 one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w) BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Nancy Culmone (Abiquiú, New Mexico) Ojitos Flora, 2015 sumi and walnut inks, gouache and gold leaf on blue paper, ed. 1 of 5, 8.74"h x 10.75”w Collection of Cynthia Sears Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Dr. Bob Pliny (Portland, Oregon) The Mechanics of Selfhood, 2015 acrylic, inks, and gold leaf on paper, unique, 11.75"h x 16.5"w Collection of Cynthia Sears Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon, Alphabets, 2011, one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w), BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon, Alphabets, 2011, one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w), BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Nancy Culmone (Abiquiú, New Mexico), Ojitos Flora, 2015, sumi and walnut inks, gouache and gold leaf on blue paper, ed. 1 of 5, 8.74"h x 10.75”w, Collection of Cynthia Sears, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Dr. Bob Pliny (Portland, Oregon), The Mechanics of Selfhood, 2015, acrylic, inks, and gold leaf on paper, unique, 11.75"h x 16.5"w, Collection of Cynthia Sears, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh