Elsi Vassdal Ellis PRESENTATIONS


Professional Sacred Themes: Creation, Sacred Texts/Contemporary Forms, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI, February 7, 2007

Teaching The Name of the Rose, 41st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 4-7, 2006 [May 6, 10:00 am]

[Mid]Flight: [RE]collection, [RE]vision, [RE]construction of memory or how I lost my metaphor somewhere along the way, BFR Series, WWU, April 25, 2005

Transformations: Reading Text - Text Art, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, June 7, 2004

Witness-Witness: Convergence of Ideas, Divergence of Forms, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, March 30, 2004

From DIY to MFA: Degrees of Scholarship in the Book Arts, Panel Moderator, Northwest Bookfest, October 20, 2002, Seattle, WA

Wending your way through the mirthful maze, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, July 23, 2002, Vancouver, B.C.

Is it really letterpress? What can you expect from photopolymer? Book Arts Guild, April 18, 2002, Seattle, WA

The Road to Heresy, Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, October 20, 2001

Concept, Craft and the Book, Weaver's Guild, Bellingham, WA, January 17, 2001

Turn the Pages, Society of Calligraphers and Hand Letterers, Bellevue, WA, January 12, 2001

Dad, it's all your fault! Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, October 21, 2000

EVE Press: Past, Present & Future, Northwest Design Association, Bellingham, WA, September 17, 2000

EVE Press, The Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, May 18, 2000

And so the apple was eaten, Skagit Valley College, April 7, 2000

The History of the Book, Teacher's Workshop, Everett Center for the Arts, November 6, 1999

Any day with book arts is a good day, Open Sesame, Everett Center for the Arts, October 22, 1999

Collaboration and Book Artists, Panel Moderator, Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA October 26, 1997

Paint the Town Read!, Panelist, Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA, November 9, 1996

The Artist and the Press, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA, May 21, 1996

Mythos: A Personal Journey, Seattle Art Museum, October 19, 1995

Of Making Many Books There is no End, Modern Women Artists, Seattle Art Museum/SCCC lecture, Seattle, WA, July 27, 1995

Of Making Many Books There is no End, Modern Living Artist, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, April 19, 1995

Of Making Many Books There is no End, Meet the Artists, BCC/Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, January 20, 1995

Books from EVE Press, The Rain Writers, Mt. Vernon, WA, April 16, 1993

Bookmaking, Whatcom County Library, Lynden, WA, July 6, 1991

The interface of design and pre-press production, North Washington Design Association, Bellingham, WA, January 17, 1991

Alphabet Soup, Whatcom County Library, Lynden, WA, October 6, 1990

Computer Graphics & PostScript on the Mac II, Western Washington University, Media Lecture Series, April 19, 1989

Changing Technologies Forum, Panelist, Skagit Valley College, February 1987

Letters from Babel: An Examination of the Trials of Printing in Foreign Languages, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, November 5, 1986; part of the Current Directions in the Book Arts Exhibit & Lecture Series

Littera Scripta Manet - A History of the Roman Alphabet, AAUW, Bellingham, WA, September 13, 1986 (Inquiring Minds)

The Newspapers of Whatcom County from 1858 to 1890: The People and Their ÔNews', Summer Lecture Series, Western Washington University, June 1986

Letters from Babel-A Look at the History & the Use of Non-Roman Letterforms, Washington Commission for the Humanities, Inquiring Minds Program, Bellevue, WA, May 2, 1986

The Tower of Babel Revisited: The Exotic Printed Word, Continuing Education, WWU, Bellingham, April 29, 1986

Littera Scripta Manet - A History of the Roman Alphabet, Peninsula Museum, Port Angeles, WA, March 25, 1986 & Peninsula Cultural Center, Sequim, WA, March 26, 1986 (Inquiring Minds)

The Newspapers of Whatcom County from 1858 to 1890: The People and Their ÔNews', Sigma Xi/BFR, Western Washington University, February 26, 1986

Letters from Babel - The Joys and Perils of Printing in non-Roman Alphabets, Summer Lecture Series, Western Washington University, July 1985

Littera Scripta Manet - A History of the Roman Alphabet, Washington Commission for the Humanities, Inquiring Minds Program, Bellevue, WA, May 2, 1985

A Selection of Notes, Anecdotes, Myths, Tales and Truths Concerning the History of Printing in the Pacific Northwest, Summer Lecture Series, Western Washington University, August 1984

Littera Scripta Manet - The Concept and the Process, Sigma Xi/BFR, Western Washington University, May 1984


Educational Words in Packages, Western Washington University, English 454, Nov 14, 2006 [Brenda Miller]

Heretic: Confessions & Consequences, Western Washington University, AH 315, January 21, 2006 [Carol Janson]

Packaging the content, Western Washington University, English 454, May 12, 2005 [Brenda Miller]

Content and Structure, Western Washington University, English 454, May 6, 2004 [Brenda Miller]

Songs for Eden: Land and Space, Western Washington University, AH 310, May 15, 2004 [Carol Janson]

Medieval Manuscripts: Books for Some, Western Washington University, AH 220b, February 19, 2003 [Leslie Nordvet]

Identity: Gender, Space, Religion, & Politics, Western Washington University, AH 370, December 2, 2002 [Momi Naughton]

Research for Artist's Books: My Way, Western Washington University, AH 275, October 30, 2002 [Carol Janson]

Identity: Gender, Space, Religion, & Politics, Western Washington University, AH 370, June 5, 2002 [Momi Naughton]

Women Dream and Fatima Mernissi, Western Washington University, WS 211, November 26, 2001 [Cynthia Moulds]

Content and Structure, Western Washington University, English 454, November 6, 2001 [Brenda Miller]

Secret Hours of the Heretic, Western Washington University, AH 315, May 10, 2001 [Carol Janson]

Content and Structure, Western Washington University, English 454, November 3, 2000 [Brenda Miller]

Bauhaus Book Arts, Western Washington University, AH 397a, May 11, 2000 [Rosalie King]

Calendars and Time and Kosovo, Western Washington University, AH 330, November 1999 [Carol Janson]

Feminist themes in EVE Press, Western Washington University, AH 410, Winter 1999 [Laura Crary]

William Morris & Fine Press Printing, Western Washington University, AH 319, May 19, 1999 [Linda Smeins]

Distance Learning Demonstration, Board of Trustees, Western Washington University, Spring 1997 [Susan Komsky]

State of the Typographic Art, Cornish School of Art, Typography 111, Seattle, WA, March 24, 1992 [Stan Knight]

Non-adhesive binding, Western Washington University, Art 397c, Winter 1992 [Pam Richardson]

Artists' binding techniques, Western Washington University, Art 310, Winter 1992 [Tom Johnston]

Medieval binding materials and techniques, Western Washington University, AH 330, Fall 1990 [Carol Janson]

Renaissance Books Arts in transition: MS to Incunabula, Western Washington University, AH 430, Fall 1990 [Carol Janson]

Artists' books and the work of EVE Press, Western Washington University, AH 490, Winter 1990 [Carol Janson]





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