{"id":55,"date":"2011-09-15T20:15:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccspecialcollections.wordpress.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:15:15","slug":"mary-chenoweths-turn-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2011\/09\/15\/mary-chenoweths-turn-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Chenoweth&#8217;s Turn Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56\" title=\"Chenowetha\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha.jpg 432w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha-300x52.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57\" title=\"Chenowetha2\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha2.jpg 432w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowetha2-300x52.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58\" title=\"Chenowethb\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethb.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethb.jpg 432w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethb-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59\" title=\"Chenowethc\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethc.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethc.jpg 432w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethc-300x21.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60\" title=\"Chenowethd\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethd.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethd.jpg 432w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/chenowethd-300x46.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artist Mary Chenoweth taught at Colorado College from 1953 to 1983. She was adept in many art forms, including collage, painting, woodcarving, printmaking, and more. Special Collections purchased her one-of-a-kind <em>The Turn Book<\/em> in July of 2011. It is long and thin (5 x 46 cm) with slipcover, canvas binding, and 18 paper or canvas leaves, all hand-painted.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Turn Book<\/em>, probably made in the 1990s, is playful and inviting: at one point, Chenoweth suggests the reader might want to take part in the &#8220;turns,&#8221; saying &#8220;Your turn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Special Collections has one other Chenoweth book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/tiger.coloradocollege.edu\/record=b1012820%7ES5\">Malaysia<\/a><\/em> (copy 1 of 7) and a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryweb.coloradocollege.edu\/library\/specialcollections\/Manuscript\/Chenoweth.html\">Chenoweth papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Mary Chenoweth taught at Colorado College from 1953 to 1983. She was adept in many art forms, including collage, painting, woodcarving, printmaking, and more. Special Collections purchased her one-of-a-kind The Turn Book in July of 2011. 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