Josh Hockensmith

Book artist, writer, music fan, traveler, hockey player & fan. Library assistant & artist's book specialist at UNC-CH's Sloane Art Library. All opinions my own.

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

My favorites from a career in libraries: a nail; a 1930's Viennese streetcar ticket in a German book from the same era; and $80 in cash.

[Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura]

What secrets hide among the pages of old books? Quite a lot, actually. A short list: dried bubblegum, book scorpions, dead head lice, and oddly, bacon. Lots of bacon. https://t.co/F9IKpaxq3K

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

I'm not from St. Louis, but I've been an obsessed and tortured Blues fan for 25+ years. During the Finals we were in Vancouver, and I made my supplication to a statue of Lord Stanley to find us worthy. So many years of heartache. So worth it. #stlblues

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

Garbage, garbage, garbage. Lifelong @NHL fan here, but the reffing has been so horrible this playoffs that I'm questioning why I bother watching. #handpass @pr_nhl

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

Finished the letterpress work for the rest of the edition of "After." Still some inkjet printing to do and the hand blackout work for each copy -- not to mention the binding -- but the letterpress felt like the biggest bit left. More finished copies will be rolling out soon!

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

@EmilyKader1 @rubensteinlib And what a cover image!

[Women in the Arts (NMWA) @WomenInTheArts]

Did you know there are about equal numbers of male and female working artists? But there are significantly fewer women artists in museum collections!

We teamed up w/journalist @MonaChalabi to visualize the data 👊 Join #5WomenArtists to help us reach gender equity in the arts!

[Prison Renaissance Zine @Prison_Zine]

Artists pair, James King and Marc Osborn, share their collective artists' statement for the upcoming zine:

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

It was an honor to have "After" featured at Vamp & Tramp Booksellers' table at #codex2019 this year. Full catalog of their table here: https://t.co/bRA2q3N78g

#artistsbooks #bookarts #letterpress #handmademultiples

[UNC Library @UNCLibrary]

Bill Traylor was a prominent 20th-century American artist who was born into slavery in the 1850s. He created nearly 1500 pieces of art across the span of his lifetime. Check out one of these books from Sloane Art Library and learn more:

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

Holy cow that is an amazing lineup. Wish I could be there.

[Barbershop Books @BarbershopBooks]

“People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.” - Malcolm X #BlackHistoryMonth

[Open Culture @openculture]

Has the Voynich Manuscript Finally Been Decoded?: Researchers Claim That the Mysterious Text Was Written in Phonetic Old Turkish https://t.co/M6xPHVo0Z6

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

Colophon fun... https://t.co/rlT5yExgUV

[Women in the Arts (NMWA) @WomenInTheArts]

Can you name #5WomenArtists? How about 5 Black women artists? Explore phenomenal visual artists that are being celebrated as part of #BlackHistoryMonth and share your favorites! @Blackbirds https://t.co/XLknrmxB3i

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

Got a proof copy of the new, POD edition of Sierra Suite today! It's a facsimile of the typewritten 'cartonera' edition I've been working on, in which each copy is bound in covers made from Amazon shipping materials... I'll share ordering info soon, plus an e-book version.

[Arts North Carolina @artsnc]

The evidence keeps mounting. Brains perform better with art. Better brains leads to better people and better communities. We owe it to our children to give them music as a tool to build the future. https://t.co/2Ohsqfpcnp

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Sophie de Oliveira Barata, founder of the Alternative Limb Project, works closely with amputees to create surreal and glamorous prosthetic limbs that “can help to break down social barriers, and delight the eye.” #womensart

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

Dang it! If only I had the MLS...

[Trending Librarian Jobs @TrendingLibJobs]

Blue Creek University is seeking a Battlestar Galactica/Sci-fi Metadata Adjunct Librarian. MLS required. Second masters in Climbing Wall Studies required. $14/hr #libjobs

[Josh Hockensmith @BlueBluerBooks]

Really looking forward to our event this afternoon! Come for the Frank Ocean magazine, stay for the Clarissa Sligh/Carrie Mae Weems/Glenn Ligon/Ben Patterson/Zun Lee... So many good books!

[UNC Library @UNCLibrary]

This month's Artists Book Book Club at Sloane Art Library will be featuring artists’ books and zines by Black artists and about Black American history. The event starts at 2pm. Here's a sneak peek of some of the books being featured today: