9/1/2024 Sounds like fun! Karen Karen Reeds karenmre...@gmail.com Lecture: "Pop-Up Books, Art and Action in Movable Books and Paper: from the Collection of Ellen G. K. Rubin" https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/art-and-action-movable-books To celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions, Ellen G. K. Rubin, better known as “The Popuplady” for her amazing collection of pop-up and movable books, will give a talk drawing on her forty years of collecting September 12, 2024, 4:00pm - 8:00pm Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Open to the Public RSVP <https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/12756763>
Hosted by: Kislak Center <https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/upcoming?host_dept=2819> [image: Illustration of an open book with "the pop-up lady" written as if it's rising above the page] Join us for an opening celebration for two new fall exhibitions in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center: *The Movement of Books* <https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/movement-books> (Goldstein Gallery) and *Material World* <https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/material-world> (Main Lobby and Kamin Gallery). To celebrate these exhibitions, curators will lead guided tours and Ellen G. K. Rubin, better known as “The Popuplady” for her amazing collection of pop-up and movable books, will give a talk drawing on her forty years of collecting. Rubin's talk will include a brief history of movable paper and will highlight special objects from her collection while reflecting on works used in the two Penn Libraries exhibitions. Schedule: 4:00pm: Curator-led exhibition tours (meet at the registration table in front of the Orrery Pavilion)5:30pm: Talk by Ellen G. K. RubinBoth exhibitions will be open for guests to view throughout the event. A pop-up display of items from Rubin's collection will be on view in the Lea Library following the presentation.About the speaker Ellen G. K. Rubin, a.k.a. “The Popuplady,” stewards a collection of over 9,000 pop-up and movable books and over 2,000 pieces of related ephemera, sharing her knowledge and expertise through numerous exhibitions, lectures, interviews, media appearances, and publications. Visit her website <https://popuplady.com/the-popuplady/a-life-in-pop-ups/> for more information on her life in pop-ups. from Karen Reeds karenmre...@gmail.com
