A note from Don Kushman

Dear friends of Kathleen Fraser, JoAnn Ugolini, and Don Cushman,

On the very recent heels of KF’s presentation at Kelly Writers House (UPenn) of our recently completed Artist’s Book, S E C O N D LANGUAGE, A Construction in Collaboration, worked on this spring in a studio at The American Academy in Rome, we’ve been offered a rare opportunity to sell the original version to a superb Special Collection on the East Coast–focused on Artists’ Books– but must ship the original copy to NYC by Monday next.

With this sudden deadline came the realization that many of our local writer/painter/book artist friends would have no chance to see the original, so we’ve improvised a “showing” of our unique hand-pasted book–to be unfolded in its total codex length (20 pages/ 40 sides)–on a long table in JoAnn’s Berkeley studio at 1422 A Bonita Ave (between Rose & Vine), next Sunday afternoon, from 3 to 5 pm…in the hopes that at least some of you can have a look. There will also be an exact replica of the book–JoAnn’s artist copy–on a separate surface, for you to look at and read at your leisure, with a glass of wine waiting for you in the kitchen (away from
the hand-pasted pages).

You are invited to a viewing of SECOND LANGUAGE a collaboration between Kathleen Fraser and JoAnn Ugolini

Sunday October 11, 3 to 5 pm

Cloud Marauder Press
1422a Bonita Ave
Berkeley, Ca