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SUMMARY:Diggings from Many Ampersandhogs
DESCRIPTION:Diggings from Many Ampersandhogs\, title page  ©1937 The Typophiles \n  \nThe Ticknor Society of Boston is dedicated to the enjoyment\, promotion\, and support of books and book culture. The Society’s name honors George Ticknor (1791-1871)\, a prominent Boston scholar\, collector\, and library supporter\, and his daughter Anna Eliot Ticknor (1823-1896)\, an early member of the Massachusetts Library Commission (founded 1890). \n  \nThe Ticknor Society’s annual Show & Tell evening features six members who present and describe items from their collections. December 10\, 2019\, the cast of presenters included Nancy Upper\, who showed and described pages from the rare book Diggings from Many Ampersandhogs edited by Paul A. Bennett (1897-1966)\, New York: The Typophiles\, ©1937. \n  \nDiggings froom Many Ampersandhogs consists of 35 “calligraphic\, typographic\, and bibliographic rambles” in the realm of the ampersand\, each contributed by a Typophile. Editor Bennett asked contributors to provide copy “serious or not too serious\,” articles of four\, eight\, or more pages\, and to submit their material to him “during November\, 1936\, for distribution of this keepsake on Christmas Day [1936].” \n  \nIn the book’s introduction Bennett wrote\, “The latter request was blithely ignored by several — one reason why we are late in delivery.” The Diggings copyright date is 1937. \n  \nUpper showed and described 16 pages from Diggings\, mostly humorous\, to keep the audience laughing during this popular event.
URL:https://nancyupper.com/event/diggings-from-many-ampersandhogs/
LOCATION:First Church Boston\, 66 Marlborough Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States
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SUMMARY:Power of Ampersand in Design
DESCRIPTION:Ampersand ©2019 Caitlyn Manning \n  \nFounded in 1914\, the American Institute of Graphic Arts is the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design. Through its members and chapters across the country — 78 chapters as of 2019 — AIGA promotes excellence in all forms of communication design\, including graphic and interactive design\, typography\, branding\, identity\, and signage. \n  \nAIGA Boston is the second oldest chapter\, founded in 1984 after New York (1982). \n  \nNancy Upper’s September 12\, 2019\, presentation to AIGA Boston\, Power of Ampersand\, detailed the ampersand’s origins\, development\, anatomy\, meanings\, and usage\, focusing on the &’s significance as a design element. Upper: \n\nShowed how the ampersand grew from scribal shortcut to global connector.\nExplained ampersand case\, gender\, variants\, and triple powers.\nRevealed the human needs that drive us to love ampersands.\nHighlighted ampersand uses worldwide in art\, business\, design\, education\, fashion\, food & beverage\, literature\, music\, nature\, poetry\, science\, sports\, travel\, and popular culture.\nExplored why ampersand history is a reverse evolution.\n\n  \nPower of Ampersand gave the audience insights into how the &’s historical development affected design\, and how design developments affected the &.
URL:https://nancyupper.com/event/power-of-ampersand-in-design/
LOCATION:School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (SMFA@Tufts)\, 230 The Fenway\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Power of Ampersand at Yale
DESCRIPTION:Title slide of Nancy Upper’s Kaleidoscope of Passions presentation\, Power of Ampersand  ©2019 Nancy Upper \n  \nNancy Upper’s husband\, Dr. Dennis Upper\, earned his B.A. in English from Yale University\, his M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Cincinnati\, his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve University\, and the prestigious Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. \n  \nDr. Upper’s years at Yale led to enduring ties to the University. In May 2014\, Dennis and Nancy attended the 50th reunion of Dennis’s Yale Class of 1964. A popular event at the reunion was the Kaleidoscope of Passions\, created by classmate Edward Massey. The Kaleidoscope consists of six-minute slide presentations by 15 classmates on avid interests of theirs. \n  \nSeptember 17\, 2018\, Dennis Upper suffered a terrible fall down thirteen stairs. September 18\, he died. \n  \nNancy continued their ties to the Yale community. At the 55th reunion\, May 29 – June 02\, 2019\, Massey and reunion organizers repeated the Kaleidoscope of Passions. Classmates had learned of Nancy’s research on the ampersand and invited her to be one of the Kaleidoscope presenters. \n  \nSee her Power of Ampersand presentation here. \n  \n 
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LOCATION:Yale University\, Sterling Law Building\, Levinson Auditorium\, 127 Wall Street\, New Haven\, CT
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SUMMARY:Understand the Ampersand: Secret Power at Your Command
DESCRIPTION:Image from the Boston Athenæum September 2018 Newsletter ©2018 Boston Athenæum \n  \nThe Boston Athenæum started Members’ Choice in January 2018\, to create opportunities for members to share their own work or to bring speakers of their choosing to the BA. Members’ Choice provides small-group programming to supplement the events organized by Athenæum events staff. \n  \nThe Members’ Choice format allows for more interaction and discussion between speaker(s) and audience than events for larger crowds. \n  \nNancy Upper’s Members’ Choice presentation\, UNDERSTAND THE AMPERSAND\, showed how the ampersand rose to worldwide popularity\, why the ampersand fascinates us\, and what keeps the ampersand thriving. \n  \nUpper opened with a poetic view of ampersand ubiquity. The slides that followed led viewers through ampersand history\, psychology\, qualities\, triads\, and the ampersand’s digital explosion. \n  \nUpper closed with calls to action: \n\nDRAW one or more unique ampersands. EMAIL your work to nancyupper@comcast.net. Your &(s) could appear\, with full credit to you\, in Upper’s books or on her website nancyupper.com.\nPHOTOGRAPH ampersands. POST your ampersand photos on Upper’s Instagram page @uppersandmedia.
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LOCATION:Boston Athenæum\, 10 ½ Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
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SUMMARY:26 CENTURIES OF AMPERSANDS
DESCRIPTION:PechaKucha logo © circa 2015 Bento Graphics \n  \nPechaKucha is a talk format that requires a speaker to show 20 slides and comment on each for 20 seconds for a total presentation time of 6 minutes 40 seconds. The “talk less\, show more” structure keeps presentations concise and visual. \nArchitects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo’s Klein Dytham architecture invented PechaKucha (“chit-chat” in Japanese) in 2003. By 2019\, more than 1\,200 cities worldwide had hosted PechaKuchas on a wide range of subjects. \nJuly 20\, 2017\, the Boston Athenæum hosted its first PechaKucha Night. The BA invited Nancy Upper to present her work on the ampersand as one the six speakers featured. The event sold out. \nSlides advance automatically every 20 seconds\, so to succeed\, a speaker should condense information into 50 words or fewer per slide. If you try say too much\, you have to talk too fast for the audience to grasp your message. \nA benefit of brevity is vigor. Concise talk and strong slides make presentations memorable. \nUpper’s PechaKucha talk\, 26 CENTURIES OF AMPERSANDS\, strode through the sign’s history with images of ancient to current ampersands\, samples of ampersand usage\, serious content\, and ampersand cartoons. \nThe audience learned that our needs for connection\, identity\, and aesthetic expression are what makes the ampersand survive and thrive as a word\, symbol\, and metaphor.
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LOCATION:Boston Athenæum\, 10 ½ Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
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