Embodied Books: Binding Together Illness, Art, and Learning
Dr. Darian Goldin Stahl will discuss her longstanding research project, “Embodied Books: Binding Together Illness, Art, and Learning.” This postdoctoral project, hosted by the UNBC Northern Medical Program, empowers intrepid bookmakers to create artists’ books about personal medical experiences. This collection is part of a traveling program as first-person illness experiences in physician continuing education.
Dr. Stahl will also share her innovative encaustic transfer techniques that merge traditional printmaking methods with digitally printed imagery and text. She developed this process during COVID lockdown to continue printing in home studio spaces. The combination of toner, pigment, and waxes imbue each page with hyper colorful and even glittering aesthetics.
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About the Speaker:
Dr. Darian Goldin Stahl is an interdisciplinary printmaker and bookmaker working between topics of healthcare, disability, and well-being. After attaining a BFA in Printmaking from Indiana University Bloomington and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Alberta, she went on to achieve a SSHRC Vanier scholarship to complete research-creation PhD in Humanities from Concordia University in 2021. Her dissertation is now available through Peter Lang International Academic Publishers: Embodied Books: Experiencing the Health Humanities through Artists’ Books. This work awarded Darian a SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UNBC Northern Medical Program and Health Arts Research Centre, which was completed in 2024.
Dr. Stahl’s artist’s books are included in permanent collections around the world, such as the Wellcome Collection in London, the Moody Library at Baylor University in Texas, and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto. Her original prints are also on permanent display in medical spaces, including the Toronto General Hospital Medical Library and the BARLO Multiple Sclerosis Centre in Toronto. More of her work can be viewed on her website at www.dariangoldinstahl.com.
