Presenter Glenda Thornton with pop-up books from her extensive collection.
Glenda Thornton, a presenter for Octavofest 2018 and Director of the Michael Schwartz Library, displays some of the pop-up books from her extensive collection.
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Global Arts and Culture: Japanese Origami with Haruhide Osugi
A deeper understanding of Japanese arts and culture was explored and developed with a presentation on Japanese Origami with Mr. Haruhide Osugi of the Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) in Ohio, which was held at the Educational Service Center...
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Haruhide Osugi and Attendees of " Global Arts and Culture: Japanese Origami" Presentation
A deeper understanding of Japanese arts and culture was explored and developed with a presentation on Japanese Origami with Mr. Haruhide Osugi of the Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) in Ohio, which was held at the Educational Service Center...
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Play with Pop-Up Books With Glenda Thornton, 2017
Glenda Thornton, Director of the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University took attendees on a hands-on exploration of some of the amazing and imaginative books in her Movable Book Collection. The books, themselves, covered a...
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View of the Pop-Up Books for Everyone Exhibit
One of the display cases from "Pop-Up Books for Everyone," an exhibit of movable books from the collection of Glenda Thornton, Director of the Michael Schwartz Library, on display in the library from Oct. 2 - Dec. 15, 2017 as part of...
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The Book as Art Exhibit, Octavofest 2017
The "Book as Art Exhibit" by Art Books Cleveland at The Galleries at CSU, Octavofest 2017.
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Strongsville Students First Folio Field Trip to CSU Michael Schwartz Library
Strongsville High School Students visited CSU Michael Schwartz for Shakespeare presentation, tour of the Library & viewing of Shakespeare in Cleveland Exhibition. November 2, 2016
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Sowing A Garden of Button Books
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Sowing A Garden of Button Books
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Sowing A Garden of Button Books
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Paperwork
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Bookmaking at the Branches @ CPL 1
Art Books Cleveland artists trained Youth Services librarians today in preparation for ...........Bookmaking in the Branches:October 17, 2011 to October 22, 2011.Join us in celebrating Octavofest by participating in drop-in bookmaking...
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Bookmaking at the Branches @ CPL 2
Art Books Cleveland artists trained Youth Services librarians today in preparation for ...........Bookmaking in the Branches:October 17, 2011 to October 22, 2011.Join us in celebrating Octavofest by participating in drop-in bookmaking...
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Bookmaking at the Branches @ CPL 3
Art Books Cleveland artists trained Youth Services librarians today in preparation for ...........Bookmaking in the Branches:October 17, 2011 to October 22, 2011.Join us in celebrating Octavofest by participating in drop-in bookmaking...
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Bookmaking at the Branches @ CPL 4
Art Books Cleveland artists trained Youth Services librarians today in preparation for ...........Bookmaking in the Branches:October 17, 2011 to October 22, 2011.Join us in celebrating Octavofest by participating in drop-in bookmaking...
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Bookmaking at the Branches @ CPL 5
Art Books Cleveland artists trained Youth Services librarians today in preparation for ...........Bookmaking in the Branches:October 17, 2011 to October 22, 2011.Join us in celebrating Octavofest by participating in drop-in bookmaking...
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Bookmaking at the Branches @ CPL 6
Art Books Cleveland artists trained Youth Services librarians today in preparation for ...........Bookmaking in the Branches:October 17, 2011 to October 22, 2011.Join us in celebrating Octavofest by participating in drop-in bookmaking...
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Bookmaking at the Branches @ CPL 7
Art Books Cleveland artists trained Youth Services librarians today in preparation for ...........Bookmaking in the Branches:October 17, 2011 to October 22, 2011.Join us in celebrating Octavofest by participating in drop-in bookmaking...
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Show & Tell Epstein and Martin 2011 hands
On October 22nd the Cleveland Public Library hosted a wonderful Show & Tell event. This "Show & Tell" featured Book Artist and Papercutter Laura Martin, who specializes in hand-cut text. She will describe various papercutting traditions...
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Show & Tell Epstein and Martin 2011 folded book
On October 22nd the Cleveland Public Library hosted a wonderful Show & Tell event. This "Show & Tell" featured Book Artist and Papercutter Laura Martin, who specializes in hand-cut text. She will describe various papercutting traditions...
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Show & Tell Epstein and Martin 2011 folded book 2
On October 22nd the Cleveland Public Library hosted a wonderful Show & Tell event. This "Show & Tell" featured Book Artist and Papercutter Laura Martin, who specializes in hand-cut text. She will describe various papercutting traditions...
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Show & Tell with Epstein and Martin 2011
On October 22nd the Cleveland Public Library hosted a wonderful Show & Tell event. This "Show & Tell" featured Book Artist and Papercutter Laura Martin, who specializes in hand-cut text. She will describe various papercutting traditions...
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Warhol Mania @ The Ingalls Library
An Octavofest event in 2011, "Warhol Mania @ The Ingalls Library" was a display of books by and about Andy Warhol (1928-1987) chosen from the Ingalls Library’s Rare Book Collection (Cleveland Museum of Art). The display provided a forum...
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Larchmere Boulevard Mural Dedication: A Homage to Books and Community
A view of the Larchmere Boulevard Mural with attendees at the Mural's dedication ceremony on November 1, 2011. The Mural was designed and created by a local artist around the themes of reading, books, and community. Commissioned by Shaker...
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Audrey Niffenegger @ The Cleveland Public Library
Author and dedicated book artist Audrey Niffenegger autographs one of her books at an appearance she made as part of Octavofest 2011 at the Cleveland Public Library. Audrey Niffenegger is the acclaimed author of The Time Traveler's Wife...
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Rare Book Exhibit at the Michael Schwartz Library
A view of an exhibit of rare books that were on display in Special Collections at the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University during Octavofest 2010. The book that is open in this photo is Verloren und Wiedergefunden by J.U...
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After 11 years of celebrating the story of the book and paper arts with audiences from schools, libraries, stores, museums, non-profit centers, and other public entities all around NE Ohio, Octavofest has come to an end.
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Over the years, we learned about our rich local resources and the exciting world of contemporary book and paper arts. We visited venues where printmakers, paper sculptors, conservators, book artists, and bookbinders were exploring, creating, preserving, and exhibiting works that use two of humankind’s greatest technologies: books and paper. This website will remain online as an archive to our past schedule of events. January 2020
Octavofest draws its name from the “Octavo,” a traditional book format in which a large sheet of paper or parchment is folded three times to produce eight leaves. Antiquarian octavo format books include many rare, valuable, and beautiful objects.
The Octavofest website has been archived at https://library.csuohio.edu/octavofest/.