This exhibit marks the culmination of a year-long class dedicated to sustained inquiry into the nature of the artist's book. The class was iven at San Francisco Center for the Book and taught by Emily McVarish and Steve Woodall.
In the SFCB Gallery
June 7 - 20, 2002
Artists
Susan Angebranndt
Kate Godfrey
Rachel Higgins
Maureen J. Hilliard
Jennie Hinchcliff
Ann Marie Hovie
Linda K. Smith
Dina Tooley
Sharon Wynd
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 Maureen J. Hilliard: A Wrinkle on the Sole of Her Divine Foot, A Feminist Sacramentary
The title of my work is inspired by a Native American story which announces the creation of woman from A Wrinkle of the Sole of the Divine Foot. The myth explains why woman is so knowing: she is made of the skin that feels everything! Thus women make meaning from all her experiences from what she feels. A Feminist Sacramentary, a collection of six books, celebrates a sampling of ritual celebration, blessings and prayers which I have written and created over sixteen years of walking with women along a path of feminist spirituality. More personally, the collection expresses a layer of my own spiritual herstory rising out of, and side by side with, the patriarchal history and heritage of my Catholic tradition. These artist books present the possibility for use as ritual guide for those of us called to lead women in the communal expression of their relationship with the sacred; they also allow for the experience of the ritual by a woman in solitude, holding the book in her hands and unfolding the book and its ritual in whatever intimate way the pages might suggest. To this end, my hope is that this sacramentary finds a home with the Sisters of Notre Dame in Carmel, California, where the sisters and their guests seek a time of spiritual renewal at the SND House of Prayer.
litany prayers (6"x5")
Produced with a Gocco Printer, Ink Jet Printer, book cloth,
various papers, and texts. A collection of six unique books.
Completed May 2002.
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