John Carrera

144 Moody Street Bldg #18 Waltham, MA 02453 www.quercuspress.com 781-891-1073 cquercus@ix.netcom.com

Education B.A: Oberlin College, 1991, Major: English, Minor: Environmental Studies Significant Graduate Study, University of Wisconsin MFA program, 1993. North Bennet St. School, 1996, Certificate program in Bookbinding

Teaching "Introduction to Book Arts" Oberlin College, 1992 Resident Naturalist at the Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Seasonal 1992 - 1994 Instructor of classes at the North Bennet St. School, 1996, 1997 Introduction to Non-Adhesive Binding, Advanced Non-Adhesive Binding, Introduction to Leather Non-Adhesive Binding for Book Artists at Whitman College Book Arts Symposium, 1998. Introduction to Wood Engraving: One Day Intensive at Bowdoin College, 2003 Interns from Various Colleges - Monsterrat, Wellesley, Oberlin, U-Mass Boston - 1999 to present. Book Structures - Spring Semester at Montserrat College, 2006. Table of Contents - Spring Semester at the School at the Museum of Fine Arts, 2007.

Lectures and Talks: Pictorial Webster's: My Endless Quest? Yale University, 2007. Panelist at the ABC: Artists' Book Conference at Wellesley College, 2005. Library as Model for Government - Mudd Library Keynote Address for the September Project - Oberlin College, 2004. Presentation of the Pictorial Webster's for the Wellesley Book Arts Seminar, 2002, 2003 Webster's and Introduction to Wood Engraving at Monsterrat College of Art, 2003 Introduction to Letterpress for Waltham High School printing class, 2001, 2002, "Boston's Second Big Dig: Work in Progress at Quercus Press" Whitman College, 1998 Presentation on the Pictorial Webster's at Yale University, 1997 "Making a Living as a Book Artist" North Bennet St. School, 1998 Tour of Quercus Press for the First Joint Meeting of the New England Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers and the Letterpress Guild of New England, 1997

Selected Experiences in the Book Arts: Proprietor of Quercus Press: Letterpress and Bindery in Waltham, MA, since 1996 Currently Binding "Pictorial Webster's:" 4000 engravings from Merriam-Webster Dictionaries of the 19th Century as the Pictorial Webster's. Conservator for the New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1996 - 1998 Intern at the Silver Buckle Press - Historic Letterpress Shop at U. of Wisconsin, 1993 Book Repair Technician and Conservator at the Oberlin College Library 1989 - 1992.

Classes and Seminars: Bookbinding 2000; Full Leather Binding,Gold Tooling with Dan Kelm; Alchemy of the Book with Tim Ely, Steve Clay, Dan Kelm; Center For the Book, NY, Boxmaking, Japanese Binding - 1992, Guild of Bookworkers: Standard of Excellence, 1991, 1993 Volunteering: Repair technician at the University of Wisconsin Book Bindery, 1993; Shop hand at Scrabbletown Press, 1994-1996

Selected Exhibitions: "Making the Pictorial Webster's" at the Arts of the Book Collection at Yale University curated by Jae Rossman. "Don't Know Much About History" curated by Denise Markonish at Artspace in New Haven."The Pursuit of Happiness in a Time of Terror" solo exhibit at Salem State College, 2005. "The Pursuit of Happiness" at Mudd Library, Fall 2004. "The Pursuit of Happiness" Solo exhibit at the Map room, 2004. Boston Printmakers "Artists' Books" 1999-2000 "Maestri Rilegatori per L'Infinito" Macerata, Italy Sep - Oct 1998 "Taiteilijakirjojo - Artists' Books" Finland, February - March, 1998 "Edges and Interfaces" American Print Alliance travelling exhibition 1997 "Turning the Page" International Juried Exhibition in Honolulu, Hawaii 1996 "Science and the Artist's Book" Smithsonian Libraries and Washington Project for the Arts - Joint Show April 1995- May 1996.

Selected Collections: Art Institute of Chicago Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection Art of the Book Collection, Yale University Boston Athenaeum Boston Public Library Dartmouth College Special Collections Fogg Museum of Art Houghton Library, Harvard University Jack Ginsberg Private Collection Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin Oberlin College Art Library Robert Frost Estate Smithsonian Institution Library Stanford University Library University of Alberta Bruce Peel Special Collections Library University of Chicago Special Collections University of Virginia Alderman Library Wellesley College Clapp Library Special Collections

Awards Saint Botolph Foundation grants-in aid award for Visual Art

Memberships: Letterpress Guild of New England - since 1995 + Wood Engraver's Network - contributing member since 1995 + Waltham Mills Artist's Association since 1996 + Guild of Bookworkers, New England Chapter + Society of Printers - inducted 2006