book interiors
A selection of interior page layouts designed
for WSU Press and Basalt Books.
Interior layout of Reflecting Fifty Years.
Reflecting Fifty Years commemorates five decades of artistic innovation and cultural enrichment at Washington State University’s art museum, honoring the voices that shaped its history through iconic exhibitions, significant acquisitions, and memorable experiences. Co-published with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
Edited by Ryan Hardesty
Illustrations / index / 8″ x 8″ / 160 pages
Interior layout of Washington State’s Round Barns.
Washington State’s Round Barns Preserving a Vanishing Rural Heritage
Enchanted by their beauty, complexity, and historical significance, and hoping to inspire others to preserve these endangered rural icons, architecture professor Tom Bartuska and his wife Helen spent decades researching archives and—whenever possible—visited, took photographs, and talked with owners to tell the stories of twenty-one Washington
round barns.
text and photos: Tom and Helen Bartuska
Illustrations / notes / bibliography / index / 11″ x 8.5″ / 236 pages
Interior layout of Celebrating Palouse Country.
Celebrating Palouse Country A History of the Landscape
is an exploration of events that prompted emigration, describe the settlers’ transitions and living conditions, chronicle significant people and families, discuss major influences that impacted the population, and recount how the communities grew and changed on the Palouse.
text: Richard D. Scheuerman
photos: John Clement
foreword: Alexander C. McGregor
Illustrations / notes / bibliography / index / 11″ x 8.5″ / 236 pages
Basalt Books | excerpt of Celebrating Palouse Country
Interior layout of Keiko Hara.
Keiko Hara Four Decades of Painting & Prints
is a celebration of the of the prolific artist’s unwavering commitment to painting, and her unique form of Japanese woodblock printmaking.
Linda Tesner | Ryan Hardesty
Illustrations / 8.25″ x 10.25″ / 136 pages
WSU Press | excerpt of Keiko Hara
Interior layout of Montana Modernist.
Montana Modernist Shifting Perceptions of Western Art
is the first book solely devoted to the topic of a twentieth-century postwar avant-garde art movement, Montana modernism.
by Michele Corriel
Illustrations / notes / bibliography / index / 10″ x 8″ / 208 pages
WSU Press | excerpt of Montana Modernist
Interior layout of Beyond the Wonder.
Beyond the Wonder An Ecologist’s View of Wild Alaska
is a beautiful meditation on nature—one that highlights the importance of untamed places and the role they play in crafting a better world.
by Thomas Bancroft
Illustrations / bibliography / index / 10″ x 8″ / 230 pages
WSU Press | excerpt of Beyond the Wonder