Emily Tipps portrait
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art/Art History
  • Librarian, Marriott Library
801-585-9191

Current Courses

Spring 2025

  • ART 3066-001
    Book Arts: Papermaking
  • ART 4080-001
    Book Design
  • ART 6000-027
    Post-Degree Studio
  • ART 6360-002
    Grad Projects-Book Arts
  • BART 3066-001
    Book Arts: Papermaking
  • BART 4080-001
    Book Design

Fall 2024

Summer 2024

Professional Organizations

  • Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. 04/03/2017 - 04/03/2018. Position : Member.
  • College Book Art Association. 01/01/2014 - 01/01/2020. Position : Board Member.
  • College Book Art Association, Awards Committee. 01/01/2014 - present. Position : Member.
  • College Book Art Association. 01/01/2014 - 01/01/2020. Position : Awards Committee Chair.
  • Guild of Book Workers. 05/01/2011 - 05/01/2019. Position : Treasurer, Rocky Mountain Chapter.
  • Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA). 10/01/2009 - present. Position : Member.

Teaching Projects

  • Papermaking the Great Salt Lake. Project Lead: Emily Tipps. Collaborators: Crane Giamo, Jonathan Sandberg, Lyuba Basin, Kauriana Kendall, Rachel Zavecz, Tamrika Khvtisiashvili, Michelle Wentling, Jem Ashton. Fellowship in Collections Engagement 07/05/2019 - 07/16/2021. Total Budget: $1,200.00.
  • Sustainable Papermaking Practices. Project Lead: Crane Giamo. Collaborators: Emily Tipps and Crane Giamo. University Teaching Grant 04/06/2018 - 12/31/2018. Total Budget: $6,928.00.

Small Group Teaching

  • Assisted guest instructor Alicia Bailey during two-day workshop entitled "Book as Archive & Enclosure".  10/26/2018  -  10/27/2018
  • Co-taught single-day workshop entitled "Leather Binding Fundamentals" with Allison Milham.  07/28/2018  -  07/28/2018
  • Hosted EAS 3400 Arts Around the Globe for studio tour, hands-on book viewing, and discussion.  07/10/2018  -  07/10/2018
  • Assisted guest instructor Mare Blocker during two-day workshop entitled "Photopolymer Intaglio Printing".  06/29/2018  -  06/30/2018
  • Assisted guest instructor Daniel Kelm in two-day workshop entitled " The Book Restructured: Wire-Edge Binding".  06/01/2018  -  06/02/2018
  • Assisted guest instructor Keiji Shinohara in two-day workshop entitled "The Practice of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Printing".  08/05/2016  -  08/06/2016
  • Assisted guest instructor Karen Hanmer in two-day workshop entitled "Streamlined Style for Leather Bindings".  07/08/2016  -  07/09/2016
  • Co-taught public workshop entitled "Upcycled Stories: Books as Process".  05/28/2016  -  05/28/2016
  • Assisted with Graphic Design class's letterpress printing project in the Book Arts Studio.  04/11/2016  -  04/11/2016
  • Hosted Book Design and Typography class, during which I provided Book Arts Studio orientation and training, and demonstrated a spiral-bound book form the students then constructed in class.  08/28/2015  -  08/28/2015
  • Hosted students in SPAN 4900 for a class session, during which we created historic models of pre-Columbian codices and discussed historical context and artisanal practices.  02/03/2015  -  02/03/2015