Peter and Donna Thomas
260 Fifteenth Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (831) 475-1455
Lectures:
1995 November: Lecture, Printmaking class, University of New York, Buffalo.
1995 November: Lecture, Books of Papermaker Printers, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
1996 January. Lecture: Book Club of California. Books of Twentieth Century Papermaker/Printers.
1995 February: Teknikon Natal, Durban, South Africa. Lecture: The Fine Press Artists’ Book.
1996 February. Visiting lecturer: UCSC Printmaking Department’s Book Arts Class
1996 April: Australia. Canberra College of Art. Lecture to college "The Book as Art" Papermakers of New South Wales, Lecture: The Gospel of the Book According to Peter.
1996 October University of the Arts Philadelphia PA, lecture: The Fine Press Artist Book
1996 October Rutgers College, Nw Brunswick NJ, silde lecture The Fine Press Atrist Book
1996 October: Claremont College. Slide lecture at the Scripps College Press.
1997 January. The Caxton Club, Chicago. Lecture: The Work of Peter and Donna Thomas.
1997 January. Columbia College Chicago Center for the Book and Paper Arts. Slide lecture: The Work of Peter and Donna Thomas.
1997 September 26, Book Forums, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Lecture, Fall book arts lecture series: Peter and Donna Thomas.
1997 September 30, Silver Buckle Press, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Lecture: The Book as Art.
1997 October 1, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Lecture: Exploring the Literary Book as an Object.
1997 Oct 2, McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA, Lecture: Aesthetics of a book: The Book as Art.
1998 Feb 15. Mills College, Oakland CA. Panel discussion by Jurors of Dressing the Text.
1998 May 7 The San Francisco Public Library. Lecture: The Future of the Book in the Computer Age.
1998 May 29 The Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, TX. Lecture: The Literary Book as an Aesthetic Object.
1998 July 23 Friends of Dard Hunter, Burlington VT. Lecture: On the work displayed in the Fleming Museum Exhibit.
1998 Sept 5. The Miniature Book Society, Charleston SC. Lecture Contemporary Miniature Books
1998 Sept 24 The Winterthur Conservation Department. Presentation: Handmade Paper in Modern Books.
1998 Sept 30 The University of Northern Colorado. Lecture: Peter Thomas: Papermaker, Printer, Book Artist.
1998 Oct 1. The Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers, Denver, CO. Lecture. Developing an Aesthetic Vocabulary for the Book.
1998 Nov 16 The Book Club of California, San Francisco CA. Lecture: Peter and Donna Thomas and the Work of Their Press.
1998 Nov 17.South Bay chapter of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Palo Alto CA. Lecture: The Book as Art.
1999 Feb 24 Lecture: Book as Art University of Florida Orlando, FL
1999 Nov 22 "Great Things Come in Small Packages" Rutgers University Library 15th annual Lewis Bishop Lecture.
2000 Mar 12 Lecture to book arts class. Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR.
2000 Aug 1. The Ergonomics of hand papermaking. IAPMA Congress, Spineto, Italy
2001 Mar 6. The Literary Book as Art. Southwest School of Art and Craft. San Antonio, TX
2001 Mar. 10. The Book as Art. Austin Guild of Book Workers, Austin TX.
2001 Mar. 10. The Miniature Book as a Literary Work of Art. Gallery 424. Galveston, TX.
2001 Sept 6. Art Undercover. Museum of Art and History Santa Cruz, Ca.
2001 Oct 22. The Literary Book as a Work of Art. Yale University Library. New Haven CT.
2001 Oct 23. Artists Books and the Work of Peter annd Donna Thomas. Rhode Island School of Design. Providence RI.
2002 January 10. The Book as Art. Visual Studies Class, University of California at Santa Cruz, Sant Cruz, CA
2002 April 16. Lecture to Idenity Design class. SDSU, San Diego, CA
2002 Oct 14. The Book as Art. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University.
2002 Oct 19. Watermarked Handmade Paper - the Wolfswinkle Mill. FDH Conference. Portland OR.
2003 April 30. The Literary Book as a Work of Art. Arlington Center for the Arts for Boston Book Arts. Boston MA
2003 March 4. Lecture to Book Binding classes at the North Bennet Street School, Boston MA
2003 March 4. Lecture to Papermaking and Book Binding classes at the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA