For
those in D.C. or those who might be travelling to D.C. and interested:
The
Smithsonian Libraries presents the 2nd lecture in a new series that
explores the history, artistry, design and construction of pop-up and movable
books. Held in conjunction with “Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop
and Turn,” our ongoing exhibition in the Libraries gallery
located in the National Museum of American History, the series will
feature movable book historians, pop-up artists and designers, and paper
engineers. We hope you will join us on December 1, 2010 and please watch our
blog for future announcements: http://smithsonianlibraries.si.edu/foldpullpopturn/.
Chuck Fischer
Creating
a Pop-Up Book and The Enduring Appeal Of
Charles
Dickens’
A Christmas Carol
Chuck Fischer is a leading author and
designer who has taken his unique painting style and effortlessly transferred
his signature look to various home furnishings products and books, making his
remarkable artistry available to a wide audience. Fischer’s work is in
the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New
York City and in the Smithsonian Institution
Libraries exhibition Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop, and Turn at
the National Museum of American History. Fischer was chosen as a Visiting
Artist at the American Academy in Rome. He received his B.F.A. from The
University of Kansas.
On November 10, 2010,
Fischer’s latest pop-up book, Charles Dickens’
A Christmas Carol: A Pop-Up by Chuck Fischer was published by Little, Brown
and Company. Along with the book, Fischer launched interactive apps for the
iPad: A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Fischer's book, Christmas in
New York: A Pop-Up Book has become a perennial holiday favorite, chosen as
one of USA Today’s Top Ten holiday books for 2007.
In The Beginning: The Art of
Genesis was
published in 2008, and ANGELS: A Pop-Up Book was chosen by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art to be featured in their Holiday 2010 catalog.
2010 marks the fourth year
Fischer has been honored with the commission to create the annual holiday card
for The White House Historical Association.
December 1,
2010
12:00pm-1:00pm
Carmichael
Auditorium
National
Museum of American History
Lecture will
be followed by a book signing event for
Charles
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Pop-Up by Chuck
Fischer.
For event inquiries,
contact Susan Frampton, [log in to unmask].