Art Professor Attends Book Art Conference

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (01/31/2012)(readMedia)-- Flagler College Art Professor, Don Martin, recently returned from the national College Book Art Association conference held in the San Francisco Bay Area and at Mills College in Oakland, Calif.

This organization supports and promotes academic book arts education by fostering the development of its practice, teaching, scholarship, and criticism. The theme for the conference was "Time, Sequence and Technology: Book Art in the 21st Century."

"One of the most exciting aspects of an event like this is that, apart from all the information you gather, it is so great to be in one place with a couple of hundred professionals who all share the same passions – a love for books, teaching, and art," said Martin.

Representatives from over 200 colleges and universities attended the conference.

Don Martin teaches book arts in the Department of Art and Design at Flagler College.

Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 25 majors, 27 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $19,330, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.