Sunday Lecture: "Papermaking Around the World"

Sunday, June 2
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Library Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.

Paper is a ubiquitous material, used in books to coffee filters to clothing and furniture. Discover the paper of papermaking and how different cultures developed techniques and uses for this material that allowed their societies to flourish and grow. From China to the Pacific Islands to India to Italy to Mexico and the Americas, find out about the tools and traditions of papermaking!

Speaker Bio:  Virginia Howell is the director of the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech. She has been a museum professional for 25 years, working in historic sites, science, art, and history museums as an educator. A Tennessee native, Howell has lived in Smyrna for the last 9 years and is proud to have four different library cards to support her interest in paper-as-books.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.