{"id":2986,"date":"2018-06-01T23:59:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T23:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/mare-blocker\/"},"modified":"2018-08-20T07:11:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T07:11:28","slug":"mare-blocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/mare-blocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Mare Blocker"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7787 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo.jpg 199w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-1.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-2.jpg 678w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-3.jpg 696w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-4.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-5.jpg 278w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-6.jpg 1590w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blocker-apron-photo-7.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mare Blocker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mare Blocker has been making limited edition and unique books since 1979 and established The MKimberly Press in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a BFA in Ceramic Sculpture at the University of Washington and an MFA at the University of Idaho. Her work can be found in over 85 public collections and museums including The Victoria and Albert, The University of Washington Special Collections, The Getty and The Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Mare has been a Library Fellow award winner from the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC and a Sally R Bishop Artist in Residence at the Center for Book Arts in New York.<\/p>\n<p>She is the recent President of the Book Arts Guild, a regional organization for book artists and enthusiasts, on the Board of Directors for the College Book Art Association, and currently teaches at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7789 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3.jpg 773w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-1.jpg 226w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-2.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-3.jpg 696w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-4.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-5.jpg 317w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-6.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-3-7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting upper l to r: Denise Carbone, Jessica Spring, lower l to r: Julie Chen, Thomas Helmers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7788 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1.jpg 769w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1-1.jpg 225w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1-2.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1-3.jpg 696w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1-4.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1-5.jpg 315w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dictionary-1-6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper l to r: Nan Robkin, Carl Youngmann, lower l to r: Mare Blocker, Jasper Sortun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mare Blocker Mare Blocker has been making limited edition and unique books since 1979 and established The MKimberly Press in 1984. She earned a BFA in Ceramic Sculpture at the University of Washington and an MFA at the University of Idaho. 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