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Altered Book Contest
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2013 Winners!
 2013 Entries
 
Latifah Shakir
Lawrenceville Branch
Title: My Quilts and Stamp People
1st Place
Adult
 
Suzanne Griswold
Mountain Park Branch
Title: To Read, Perchance to Dream 
2nd Place
Adult
 
 
Evelyn Onyechi
Buford Branch
Title is: "A Lady" and Her Jewels
3rd Place
Adult
 
 
Sara Kulwicki
Duluth Branch
Suffocation and Salvation
1st Place
Student
 
Aino Spiss- International Entry (Switzerland)
Title not given
2nd Place
Student
 
Oriana Santamaria- Hamilton Mill branch
Title: The Golden Treasure
3rd Place
Student
 
 
Annette Sujo
Duluth Branch
Title: "Octopus at Sea"
Honorable Mention
Student
 
 
 
 
Thank you to our generous sponsors and partners!
 
 
 
 
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2012 Entries
 

 

2012 Sponsors

 
 
 
Special thanks to Georgia United Credit Union and Garden Plaza for donating 2012 competition prizes.
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2011 Contest Entries

   Special thanks to Georgia United Credit Union for donating the 2011 cash gift card prizes. 

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2010 Contest Entries

  

   Special thanks to Georgia United Credit Union for donating the 2010 cash gift card prizes. 

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2009 Contest Entries

 

 
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Details
 
An opening reception, which is free to the public, will take place on June 14th at 4pm. All entries will be exhibited at the Hudgens June 8th through September 7th.
 
 
2013 Altered Book Workshops and Contest Details
 
Free workshops to introduce altered book art techniques will be jointly sponsored by the library and the Hudgens, to be held at the Hudgens on Saturday, March 9th. Two sessions will be offered, one for youth, (grades 6 through 12), from 10 am to 12 pm and one for adults, (ages 18 and up), from 1 pm to 3 pm. To reserve a seat in the workshop, please email info@thehudgens.org to RSVP by March 6th.
 
 
 
2013 Submissions accepted through the month of April at your library branch.
Judging for entries will take place in May. All entries will be exhibited at the Hudgens June 8th through September 7th. An opening reception, which is free to the public, will take place on June 14th at 4pm.
  • Use any creative technique on an old book that is ready for recycling and design your work of art! (library books are not to be used for this contest).
  • Two categories:
    • Adults 18 & over
    • Students in grades 6 - 12
  • GCPL and Hudgens employees are not eligible for prizes but may create pieces to be displayed if chosen as honorable mention.
  • Select entries will be displayed at the Hudgens Center for the Arts in Duluth.
  • At the end of the exhibition period, artwork will be returned to the origination branch and artist will be notified to retrieve artwork.

 

 

 

 

 

About Altered Books

Turn your old books into a unique piece of art...

An altered book is a book that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art. They can be rebound, painted, cut, burned, folded, added to, collaged in, gold-leafed, rubber stamped, drilled, or otherwise adorned. There are no rules to altered book art. Let your imagination soar for your "Unbound Treasure"!

Last year the Altered Books Contest received over 40 entries, and the Gwinnett County Public Library’s partnership with the Hudgens Center for the Arts was awarded an Honorable Mention for Arts Partnership by Artworks! Gwinnett for their collaboration on the 2011 Altered Books contest and Pulp Fashion exhibit.