WAITING ROOM ARTIST’S BOOK RELEASE
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
PDX Contemporary
1881 NW Vaughn Street
Portland, Oregon 97209
Waiting Room
An artist’s book by Heather Watkins with an essay by Sarah Sentilles, 44 pages.
Deluxe edition of 50 in a clothbound folio with foil stamping ($80).
Standard edition of 200 in a letterpress printed glassine sleeve ($40).
Prompted by an invitation from the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Watkins revisits her embroidered textile series, Waiting Room (Recordings), a body of work made in waiting rooms of one kind or another.
The book features an essay written by author Sarah Sentilles which draws upon conversations she and Watkins have had over many years, exploring illness and repair, loss and recovery, grief, secret forms of communication that arise between women, and the vital and radical act of making art.
This project was generously supported by the Sun Valley Museum of Art and is presented in conjunction with the recent exhibition Bodies of Work: Art & Healing, curated by Courtney Gilbert. Book design by Heather Watkins. Binding, foil stamping, letterpress printing, and project consultation by Rory Sparks. Printed by Brown Printing, Portland, Oregon. Photography: Mario Gallucci.