Portrait by the incomparable Sara Williams
Alice Stanne is Boston-based handmade book artist and illustrator. She combines her watercolor and cut paper illustrations with various book-binding techniques to create one of a kind artist books, rich with detail and pattern. Working mostly on a small scale, her style and concepts add touches of whimsy to themes of nature and architecture, often inspired by research into history and folklore.
Alice attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design where she earned a BFA with Honors in Illustration. She now teaches book-making and illustration classes there for the undergraduate Illustration and Continuing Education programs.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty Member
Illustration Dept.
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Book Arts
Sophomore Illustration
Continuing Education Program
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Artists' Books on the Vandercook Letterpress (co-taught with Keith Cross)
Workshop Instructor
Continuing Education Program
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Handmade Books
Summer Book Arts Workshop
University of Southern Maine
Filling the Page: Generating Visual Ideas for Artists’ Books
Summer Studios Instructor
Youth Programs
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Illustration Elective (for 11th & 12th graders)
Photo by Damian Hickey
EDUCATION
BFA with Honors in Illustration
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2011
EXHIBITIONS
Cape Bound
Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College; Barnstable, MA
Spring 2024
Building Books
Kate Cheney Chappell ‘83 Center for Book Arts, University of Southern Maine; Portland, ME
Spring 2023
The Art of Nature / The Nature of Art
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; Boston, MA
Summer 2022
Wish You Were Here
Virtual Exhibit
September 2021
Building Communities Through Zines
Atlantic Wharf Gallery; Boston, MA
June 2021
Small Treasures
Lincoln Arts Project; Waltham, MA
December 2017 & 2019
Beyond the Book IX & X
Faneuil Branch of the Boston Public Library Brighton, MA; Winter 2015, 2016, 2019
Off-Hours: Annual MassArt Staff Show Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s President’s Gallery; Boston, MA
December 2012 - 2019
Illustration Faculty from MassArt
Gutman Library; Cambridge, MA
October 2012
Beyond Gluttony and Greed
Fourth Wall Gallery; Boston, MA; May 2011
Illustration Thesis Show
Fourth Wall Gallery; Boston, MA;
February 2011
Submerged Mini-Works Show
Unison’s Water Street Market Gallery;
New Paltz, NY; September 2010
PUBLICATIONS
1,000 Artists’ Books:
Exploring the Book as Art
Sandra Salamony with Peter & Donna Thomas; published by Quarry Books
AWARDS
Illustration Departmental Honors
Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2011
Faculty Award
Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2011
COLLECTIONS
The W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, as well as various personal collections
CONTRIBUTOR
MEMBER
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
NEBA, New England Book Artists
Interested in reaching out?
Complete the form below or email directly at alicestanne (at) gmail.com