Education

When we consider education, our thoughts inevitably turn to books. While the exhibit focuses on the concept of ‘book’ as art project, the process of this exploration proved to be a highly valuable learning experience for many people. And, like Susan Vida Judah’s Private and Personal mezuzoth, the theme stretches from the past, embracing the future. An educational workshop at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design many years ago gave the idea of book making to George Fry. Subsequently, as the idea blossomed, the artists involved in the project learned from one another.

The exhibit became part of a learning process for the children attending the summer workshops at the Saint John Arts Centre, and the docents, (Emily Le Mesurier, Emily Saab, Olivia McNair, and Andrew Hicks), art students themselves, learned from meeting the artists and being directly involved with the installation and interpretation of the exhibit.