The Accordion Book: Sequence and Structure

Explore Sequencing, Structure, and Book Creation with Laurie Klein and Kate Jordahl

Sundays: October 1 and 15, 2023

1 PM to 4 PM Eastern/10 AM to 1 PM Pacific

Containers for your photographs can help you define your story and develop deeper meaning. Join Laurie Klein and Kate Jordahl as they explore the accordion book, a seemingly simple but expansive book form that will hold your images and your stories. Dive into sequencing and storytelling with feedback during class and community discussion. Refine the flow of your images from a single moment to a finished book.

This will be a hands-on class and at the end of class, you will have a completed accordion book.

Through this class, you will learn from Laurie and Kate’s experiences in sequencing, book development, and image selection. From their examples and insights, you will plan and develop your own book. Topics such as material selection, layout options, image selection, and expressive sequencing will be explored.

Could be a holiday gift for you or your loved one. Explore this flexible book format.

Enrollees will get instructions on sending images for review and first meeting sharing as well as a supply list. 

Sessions will be recorded for those who miss a class.

Kate Jordahl has a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Ohio University. She has taught art, design, and photography classes for over 40 years. She is a professor in the Fine Arts and Communication Division, Photography Department at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally and are in many collections, including the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, San Jose Museum, and the Yosemite Museum. She has been an Artist-in-Residence for Yosemite National Park and in the Polar Arts Program in Greenland. Kate’s books “Walking with Kandinsky,”  “Afternoons with Ruth,”  “Song Within,” and “the one poem books” were published by Dreaming Mind Studio. She has been the editor and designer for many books, including the award-winning “Searching for True North,” by Geir Jordahl, published by Modernbook Gallery, and  “Cultures in Transitions,” published by True North Editions featuring photographs by Oliver Klink.  She is dedicated as an artist and teacher to excellence in craft and vision and the melding of the traditions of art and photography with new technologies.

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