1. Carol Barton was born on 3 June 1954 and is a book artist, paper engineer, curator, and educator known for her series of interactive workbooks, The Pocket Paper Engineer.
15 Facts About Carol Barton
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Carol Barton earned her BFA in 1976 from St Louis School of Fine Arts at Washington University, and graduated as a painting major.
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Carol Barton welcomed the opportunity to explore the book form as an artistic medium.
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Carol Barton was prepared to abandon her work in the book arts until two things happened: Carol Barton experienced success when her edition of Beyond the Page sold out and she was exposed by a friend to an early Italian Sleeping Beauty carousel book.
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Carol Barton became enthralled with the concept that a book could be both sculptural and mechanical.
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Carol Barton traveled to libraries and collections across the United States where she discovered a wide variety of books utilizing sculptural formats and uncommon engineering techniques.
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One result of her research was that Carol Barton is credited with reestablishing the tunnel book as a book structure The tunnel format was used in tourist souvenirs and commemorative books as early as the mid-18th century.
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Carol Barton started teaching in 1983 at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.
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Carol Barton continues to teach as a faculty member of The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and in classrooms around the world.
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Carol Barton's work has been published in many publications and exhibited internationally.
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Carol Barton was awarded an artist' book residency grant from Women's Studio Workshop in 1988 which resulted in two artist's books.
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International residencies Carol Barton has been awarded include: the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy, the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil, the Moulin a Nef Studios in Auvillar, France, and the GilsfjordurArts Studios in Iceland.
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Carol Barton was the first Dorothy Liskey Wampler Distinguished Art Professorship visiting scholar at James Madison University Special Collections.
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Carol Barton produces children's books under the World of Wishes theme.
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Carol Barton's archives are held at James Madison University Libraries Special Collections.