DogEar: Storytime with Mare

Experience the magic as artist and professor Mare Blocker, currently featured in the Power of the Presses exhibition, reads from her artists’ books while perched upon her hand-built throne of books. This special storytime will take place right amongst the works in the galleries and celebrates the book form as both a captivating material object and a powerful democratic tool.

… oh, and it’s just plain FUN!

When

Apr 6, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm

Where

Beacon Gallery

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Mare Blocker, Dance of Death, 1991. Linoleum print and handset type. Photo by Laura Zander
Mare Blocker (Seattle, WA), The Ultimate Self-Help Book, 2001, one-of-a-kind altered game, mixed media, cloth-covered book board box, 16”h x 9.5”w x 2.5”d (closed), 21”h x 9.5”w x 2.5”d (open), unique, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection, photo by Hunter Stroud
Mare Blocker, The Ultimate Self-Help Book, 2014, one-of-a-kind altered game, mixed media, and cloth covered book board box, 16” h x 9.5”w x 2.5d (closed), 21”l x 9.5”w x 2.5d (open). Private Collection.
Artist Mare Blocker
Mare Blocker, Dance of Death, 1991. Linoleum print and handset type. Photo by Laura Zander
Mare Blocker, Hippocampus Hippocampus, 2024, mixed media, (watercolor, typewriter, hand lettering, stamping, papercuts), drum leaf dos-a-dos binding, 4”w x 6”h x 2”d, Unique, Commissioned by Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection
Mare Blocker (Seattle, WA), The Ultimate Self-Help Book, 2001, one-of-a-kind altered game, mixed media, cloth-covered book board box, 16”h x 9.5”w x 2.5”d (closed), 21”h x 9.5”w x 2.5”d (open), unique, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection, photo by Hunter Stroud
Mare Blocker, The Ultimate Self-Help Book, 2014, one-of-a-kind altered game, mixed media, and cloth covered book board box, 16” h x 9.5”w x 2.5d (closed), 21”l x 9.5”w x 2.5d (open). Private Collection.