Professor Tia Blassingame has the following accomplishments to share:
January -April 2023: Black: A Handbook acquired by Library of Congress, Rollins College, University of Miami, Wellesley College, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Oregon State University
January 2023
Received Center for Craft Research Fund Exhibition grant in support of the Paper is People exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
February 2023
Keynote Speaker, Tropic Bound Artists’ Book Fair and Symposium, Miami, Florida. www.tropicboundfair.org
March 2023
A Few Words Worn around the Edges, Pressed into Something Soft: Ten West Coast Women Printers exhibition, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, August 5, 2022 – March 5, 2023
April 2023
Co-curator, Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota April – August 2023. In-person and virtual programming and workshops!
Presenter, Bloomington Symposium: The Book In Hand, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana.
Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures – Minnesota Center for Book Arts
MCBA Main Gallery April 14 – August 12, 2023 Reception: Thursday, June 22, 7–9pm Free and open to the public Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, co-curated by Tia Blassingame and Stephanie Sauer, offers a new definition of paper within a global and decolonial framework. Featuring works by local, national, and international artists, this … Continue reading “Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures”