Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary
By: [texts by Friends, Peace, & Sanctuary collaborators and participants]
Contributors: Seiden, Peggy, project director; Bowles, Courtney, book artist; Strandquist, Mark, book artist; Seesman, Suzanne, writer; Cummins, Maureen, book artist; Elmarzouky, Nora, writer; Aly, Islam, book artist; Weber, Marshall, writer; Aldouri, Hammam, writer; Ruin, Erik, book artist; Al-Obaidi, Yaroub, writer; GDLOFT (Firm); Booklyn Artists Alliance; Swarthmore College. Friends, Peace, & Sanctuary
Publisher: [Booklyn]
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Brooklyn, New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780578471402
Subjects: Catalogs; Refugees; Art; Refugees in art; Political refugees; Syrians; Iraqis; History; Swarthmore College. Friends, Peace, & Sanctuary; Swarthmore College
Description: "Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary of Swarthmore College: a two-year project, supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, that connects the arts to historical and contemporary stories of refuge. Local Syrians and Iraqis worked with commissioned artists, writers and illustrators to create handmade books that explore connections between history and experience, displacement and refuge, empathy and belonging. Five artists - Islam Aly, Maureen Cummins, Erik Ruin, Courtney Bowles, and Mark Strandquist - were commissioned to create new works emerging from conversations with project collaborators and research in Swarthmore's Friends History Library and Peace Collection and archives elsewhere. These new works were featured in exhibitions in Swarthmore, Philadelphia, and beyond. At the close of the exhibitions, all project materials will be archived at Swarthmore College."--
Notes: Cover title.

Publication information from Booklyn website.

"GDLOFT created a catalog that documents the process and progress of the project and the artistic work. The book structure attempts to reflect issues of displacement and immigration by melding two books (stories) into one. The book(s) shares a common cover while housing two book blocks. Translated in both English and Arabic languages, the design attempts to express the experience of finding commonalities and differences akin to the refugee experience through design and layout."--GDLOFT website

"Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary: a deep collaboration between Swarthmore College Libraries and the Eugene M. Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility. Major funding for Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary has been provided to Swarthmore College by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage."--Title page verso.

Text in English and Arabic.

Two perfect bound books in color illustrated wrappers connected with a central accordion page.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Project directors' note / Katie L. Price and Peggy Seiden; title: Workshop intro; title: Where the lines of our hands meet with Courtney Bowles and Mark Strandquist; title: Belong and dissent / Suzanne Seesman; title: Yes to hope with Maureen Cummins; title: Exploring belonging through art processes / Nora Elmarzouky; title: Exhibitions; title: Artists' books reconsidered: notes on pedagogical possibilities / Islam Aly; title: Artist collaborators; title: Sharing questions / Marshall Weber; title: Public programs/workshop + partners; title: The imposition of storytelling / Hammam Aldouri; title: Journeys with Erik Ruin; title: Philadelphianism / Yaroub Al-Obaidi / Alternative structures with Islam Aly.