Amy C. LeePard is a book artist and letterpress printer in Northport, Alabama. An Alabama native, Amy is the daughter of a graphic artist and a printer. Through her love of the book arts, she discovered her parents’ imprint of aesthetic and craftsmanship. With a background in photography, Amy began working independently with book artists and printers to learn binding, case construction, papermaking, and letterpress printing. Amy holds a degree in interdisciplinary studies of Community Arts from New College and is a current graduate student in the MFA in the Book Arts Program at The University of Alabama. Amy serves The Guild of Book Workers as the National Exhibitions Chair and secretary for the southeastern chapter.
Curriculum Vitae pdf
Education
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
MFA in the Book Arts, May 2013 (expected)
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Bachelor of Art in Interdisciplinary Studies, May 2009
Depth Study: Community Arts
Professional Associations
College Book Art Association
Friends of Dard Hunter
Guild of Book Workers, National Exhibitions Chair;
Southeastern Chapter, Secretary
ILSSA - Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts Union
Awards
Windgate Scholarship, MFA in the Book Arts Program, The University of Alabama, Fall 2011.
Bernice K. Stacy Endowed Scholarship, School of Library and Information Sciences, The University of Alabama, Fall 2011.
Studio Assistantship, The Paul Hayden Duensing Letterpress Studio, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, Summer 2011.
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, School of Library and Information Sciences, MFA in the Book Arts Program, The University of Alabama, 2010-2011.
Penland School of Crafts Merit Based Letterpress Printing Residency, Penland, North Carolina, Winter 2010.
Guild of Book Workers Merit Based Scholarship to The Standards of Excellence in Hand
Bookbinding Seminar, San Francisco, California, Fall 2009.
Nell Meldahl Merit Based Scholarship to the Paper and Book Intensive
at Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan, Summer 2009.
Teaching Experience
Instructor, The University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 2010.
GBA 300: Business Communication: This course introduces students to the concepts central to effective and efficient communication in the workplace. Students learn to analyze the rhetorical context that gives rise to common business genres (e.g., meeting minutes, email requests, executive summaries, internal proposals, etc.). Based on rhetorical analysis, students learn to develop content and manipulate organization and style, as well as use standard grammar and mechanics.
Instructor, Private Instruction. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 2007-2010.
Elementary French 1 and 2: Discovering French, Nouveau! Bleu, Level 1 High School.
Instructor, The Capitol School. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 2007-2008.
Elementary French: Introduction to French in a multi-age classroom, ages 4, 5 and 6.
Workshops Taught
Introduction to Papermaking
Tuscaloosa Public Library, Tuscaloosa, AL, One World, Many Stories, Teen Summer Reading Program, June 7th, 2011.
The Photographic Image Narrative
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Friends of Dard Hunter Annual Conference, October 20th & 21st, 2010.
Workshops Attended
Paper Marbling and Suminagashi, Doug Baulos, Birmingham, AL, Winter 2011
Late Eighteenth Century French Binding Structures, Jeffrey S. Peachey, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2010
In Search of Content, the Joys and Challenges of Creating the Book Form, Nancy Ruth Leavitt, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2010
Byzantine Binding, Michael Burke, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2010
Introduction to Pop-Ups, Shawn Sheehy, Birmingham, AL, Fall 2010
Introduction to the ROBO PRO Cutter, Shawn Sheehy, Tuscaloosa, AL, Fall 2010
Methods of Approach from Ninja Press Books, Carolee Campbell, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2009
Naturally Dying Handmade Paper, Tatiana Ginsberg, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2009
The Art and Science of Cloth Rebacking, Dominic Riley, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2009
Bookbinding Tool Repair, Tom Conroy, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2009
The Language of Pop-Ups, Shawn Sheehy, Saugatuck, MI, Summer 2009
Painting Books, Beck Whitehead, Saugatuck, MI, Summer 2009
The Puzzle Box, Barbara Mauriello, Saugatuck, MI, Summer 2009
Ideas, Actions and Transformations, Julie Chen, Atlanta, GA, Spring 2009
Paper Marbling, Tom Leech, Santa Fe, NM, Summer 2008
Juried / Group Exhibitions
2009 - 2011
LeePard, Amy C. (2011, February). Migration. Creative By Design, Group Show, The Harrison Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
LeePard, Amy C. (2009, May – 2011, March). Handmade in Alabama. Marking Time, Two-year Traveling National Juried Show. Guild of Book Workers. Minneapolis, Minnesota – San Francisco, California – Seattle, Washington – Salt Lake City, Utah – Denver, Colorado – Cincinnati, Ohio – Easton, Pennsylvania – Hanover, New Hampshire – Atlanta, Georgia.
LeePard, Amy C. (2010 – 2011). Winter. A letterpress printed broadside. New Views, Traveling Regional Show. Guild of Book Workers Midwest Chapter. Illionois State University – University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign – Michigan State University – Iowa State University.
LeePard, Amy C. (2010, May). PBI ABC. Abecedaries, Juried Show, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado. Collaboration with Arini Esarey, Benjamin Reynaert, and Kalmia Strong.
LeePard, Amy C. (2010, February). Handmade in Alabama. A Look at the Book as Art, Invitational Show curated by Allen Wayne McNeil, The Paper Wasp Gallery, Mobile, Alabama.
LeePard, Amy C. (2009, September). Handmade in Alabama. Biographic, Invitational Show curated by Katie Taft, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
LeePard, Amy C. (2009, July). Common Box. Collaborative Common Box Project, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado. Purchased for private collection.
2008
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, August). Linsey-Woolsey. Interweavings, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado. Purchased by the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Special Collections. Topeka, Kansas.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, July). Linsey-Woolsey. Forces Unseen, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, June). Unknown Ancestry. Artists' Books 2008, Cuesta College Fine Arts Department, San Luis Obispo, California.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, April). Miller Pottery Since 1865. Beyond Reading, Books as Art, Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, Virginia.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, April). Unknown Ancestry. Beyond Reading, Books as Art, Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, Virginia.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, April). Handmade Paper Narrative and Photo Essay. Fiber/Book. One Night Only Artique, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, April). Linsey-Woolsey. Fiber/Book. One Night Only Artique, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, April). Miller Pottery Since 1865. Fiber/Book. One Night Only Artique, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, March). New Mexico. PhotoWorks National Juried Show, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado. Purchased by Tutt Special Collections Library, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, March). Unknown Ancestry. PhotoWorks National Juried Show, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado. Purchased by The University of Colorado Special Collections Library, Boulder, Colorado.
2007
LeePard, Amy C. (2008, April) Book Arts Techniques and Aesthetics. New Gallery. University of Alabama.
