Thank you to Bern, Switzerland’s edition taberna kritika for publishing my KONZEPTUELLE ARBEITEN
I have work in a pair of group exhibitions now on view; Text + Image at the Bleeding Heart Art Space (Edmonton, Alberta) and Traveling Exhibit: Seasons & Directions at Massey College (Toronto, Ontario).
I’m honoured to have received a Gracious Gratitude Award from the ACAD Students’ Association … 
new from Santiago, Chile’s Libros Del Pez Espiral, and translated by Carlos Soto Román), Por Favor, No Más Poesía
KONZEPTUELLE ARBEITEN, a volume of my selected visual-conceptual work, newly published by Switzerland’s edition taberna kritika
Derek Beaulieu ist einer der aktivsten Repräsentanten der internationalen, konzeptuellen Literatur. Dieser Band zeigt eine Auswahl seiner bekanntesten Arbeiten.
Mai 2017, 118 S., 19 x 12 cm, Broschur
ISBN: 978-3-905846-45-4, €16 / 20 SFr
Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abb.
Avril Lopez and I, alongside a team of volunteers, created a mural for the Social Sciences Tower stairwell — which will now be a permanent part of the University of Calgary — in celebration of the restoration of the “Leon the Frog” poem. The piece incorporates a poem from frogments from the frag pool: haiku after basho (by Gary Barwin and I) …
more on the mural and the restoration of “Leon”:
“Fifty-year-old Leon the Frog is back at University of Calgary” (Calgary Herald)
“Leon the Frog poem restored at the University of Calgary” (CTV News)
“Leon the Frog is back at University of Calgary” (Calgary Sun)
“Rebirth of Leon the Frog” (University of Calgary UToday)
“Decades-old “Leon the Frog” poem restored at the University of Calgary” (The Gauntlet)
As part of the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Arts’ restoration of the “Leon the Frog” poem, I collaborated with MFA candidate Avril Lopez and a team of volunteers on the creation of a mural on the first floor of the Social Sciences stairwell. Here are some in-process photos …
download a PDF of my 5 prints; an envelope of 5 linoblock concrete poetry prints, created in 2000 in a limited edition of 8 copies. (thanks to damian lopes for providing the images)
Was very excited to be part of the Making Treaty 7 Common Ground Dinner Series last night. Making Treaty 7 explores the historical significance of the events at Blackfoot Crossing in 1877, while investigating the consequences and implications of Treaty 7, 140 years later. Over a fabulous meal at the Deane House we discussed the artistic and cultural implication of Treaty 7 and how we perceive the land. This was the second of 3 dinners and continued the fabulous collaborations . . . 
Once up
on a time, back before desktop computers were everywhere, dry-transfer lettering (Letraset) was in wide use by graphic designers, artists, advertisers, printing studios and more … it was sold in a variety of typefaces and symbols, sizes and colours. Once ubiquitous in business and graphic design environments, Letraset has now become a cultural artefact; it has nowhere near the distribution or appeal that it once had.
Except it’s my media of choice.
As a visual artist, teacher and writer, I use Letraset as an on-going part of my teaching and artistic practice to create pieces ranging in size from smaller than a dime to entire walls … and I’m quickly running out. Every piece I create results in a diminishing palette from which I can create.
Perhaps you can help?
I’m seeking donations from the back-closets, unused drawers, storage rooms and warehouses out there — do you have any dry-transfer lettering that you no longer desire and would be happy to pass along to a good home?
If you do, please drop me a line at derek@housepress.ca … or donations could be mailed to:
Derek Beaulieu, School of Critical & Creative Studies, Alberta College of Art & Design, 1407 14 Avenue Northwest, Calgary, AB T2N 4R3
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