Beth Thielen

Beth Thielen's work is often defined by the people and things that engage her. She has worked and created books about the California prison system, youth authority, developmentally disabled adults, and people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Her books are in museum, university, library, and private collections around the world.

On Exhibit

Where In Is Out
Pasadena, 2000
Monoprinted pop-up concertina book structure
Unique
Courtesy of the Time Slips Project and the Brookdale Center on Aging

"This book was commissioned by Time Slips, a creative storytelling project for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The texts used in the book are quotes from project participants. In a group setting the participants learn to make up creative stories, which give them a way to express their emotional experience of the disease and forestall increased dementia. The books were part of an installation, which corresponded with the opening of the play 'Time Slips' in New York City in the fall of 2001."

Sentences -- Words Spoken in Prison to an Artist
Pasadena, 1990
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections

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