Thursday, September 27

4:30 - 5:00 - Registration, Meet and greet

5:00 - 6:00 - Dinner at Hilton Hotel with introduction to Salt Lake City by Marsha Apgood

6:15 - 7:00 - Travel to the Salt Lake City Auditorium by chartered bus

7:00 - 8:00 - Robert Sabuda: Travels through time and space - Robert Sabuda, Artist, Paper Engineer

8:00 - 9:00 - Reception and signing in the Main Library Special Collections Dept., Level 4

9:00 - 9:15 - Return to hotel by chartered bus

Friday, September 28

8:30 - 9:30 - Can’t stop the pop: the state of contemporary pop-up - A panel discussion with Robert Sabuda, Artist, Paper Engineer, Monika Brandrup, V.P. and Creative Director at Up with Paper and Ellen Rubin, Collector, Writer

9:30 - 9:45 - Break

9:45 - 10:45 - The Fine Art of Electronics - Jie Qi, Artist

10:45 - 11:45 - Acuity's Storybook Year - Andy Baron, Paper Engineer

11:45 - 1:00 - Box lunch and chartered bus ride to the University of Utah

Fold, Flap, Peek, Pull, Pop: Movable books from the Rare Books Division Afternoon sponsored by the Book Arts Program with thanks to the Rare Books and Preservation Divisions of the J. Willard Marriott Library

Due to space restrictions, attendees will divide into two groups to enjoy the and the repeated presentations

1:00 - 2:25 - Fold, Flap, Peek, Pull, Pop: A Hands-On Experience with Movable Books - Luise Poulton, Group A Rare Books Manager, Special Collections

Group B 1:00 - 1:10 - Book Arts Studio Tour

1:10 - 1:35 - Simple Pop-up Repairs - Tomomi Nakashima, Head Conservator, Preservation Department, University of Utah Library

1:35 - 1:55 - Close Up: Ink on Paper - Marnie Powers-Torrey, Managing Director, Book Arts Program and Red Butte Press & David Wolske, Creative Director, Book Arts Program and Red Butte Press

2:00 - 2:25 - Print Your Own Pop-up - Claire Taylor, Studio Manager, Book Arts Program and Red Butte Press [Commemorative pop-up designed by Shawn Sheehy, Book Artist, Paper Engineer]

2:25 - 2:35 - Break. Group A will meet at the Book Arts Studio and Group B will view the exhibit

Group B 2:35 - 4:00 - Fold, Flap, Peek, Pull, Pop: A Hands-On Experience with Movable Books

Group A 2:35 - 2:45 - Book Arts Studio Tour

2:45 - 3:10 - Simple Pop-up Repairs

3:10 - 3:35 - Close Up: Ink on Paper

3:35 - 4:00 - Print Your Own Pop-up

4:00 - 4:15 - Return to hotel by chartered bus

5:00 - Open house hosted by Red Queen Book Arts at 171 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. Come view pop-ups, movables and miniatures while enjoying some light refreshments before dinner.

Evening and dinner on your own

Saturday, September 29

All morning - Silent Auction

9:00 - 9:15 - Business Meeting - Ann Montanaro Staples, MBS Founder

9:15 - 10:15 - Feminist and Social Issues Through Artist’s Books - Maria Winkler, Book Artist

10:15 - 10:30 - Break

10:30 - 11:10 - Tracing old footsteps and forging new paths in Germany - Kyle Olmon, Paper Engineer

11:10 - 11:40 - Assembling your printed commemorative pop-up - Shawn Sheehy, Book Artist, Paper Engineer

11:40 - 12:40 - Lunch with a screening of the film, Water Paper Time - Helen Hiebert, Artist

12:40 - 1:00 - Mechanician - Andy Baron, Paper Engineer

1:00 - 2:00 - Books on the Move: The Interactive Artists’ Books of Julie Chen - Julie Chen, Book Artist 2:00 - 2:30 - One of Many - Wayne Kalama, Paper Engineer

2:30 - 3:00 - Set-up for Book Sales, Swaps, and Signings

3:00 - 5:00 - Book Sales, Swaps, and Signings

6:30 - 7:00 - Pre-banquet reception and drinks at cash bar in Lobby

7:00 - Banquet - Paper and Pixels - Chuck Fischer, Artist, Pop-Up Book Creator

Announcement of silent auction winners and presentation of the 2012 Meggendorfer Prize will immediately follow.