Library, Art Department Choose Bookplate Winner
Congratulations to Zoe Park ’21, who has won the Groton School library’s annual bookplate contest. Each year, the McCormick Library and the Art Department co-sponsor the competition, asking Sixth Form artists to design a bookplate for the upcoming year.
Bookplates identify books as part of a library's collection, and Zoe’s winning entry will appear on the inside cover of each of the library’s book purchases during the 2021–22 school year.
Her design, inspired by the Schoolhouse's entrance, showcases her printmaking skills, while also reflecting her creativity and sense of whimsy. “I wanted to capture somewhere on campus that I appreciate, but that I didn't think many stopped to look at,” Zoe said. Sparked by her winter term Archaeology class, she began to see Greek influences around campus, including on the Schoolhouse entrance.
“I didn't really notice the details of the entrance of the Schoolhouse until the end of the winter, but once I did, I realized how intricate and beautiful it is,” she said. She also considered a bookshelf essential to a design for the library, and she filled it as she would one of her own. “No bookshelf of mine is complete without little tchotchkes, especially animal tchotchkes," she said.
Librarian Mark Melchior and art teacher Jennifer Ho began the annual bookplate contest in 2019. The inaugural winner was Sophie Park ’19, Zoe’s sister. John Donovan ’20 won last year’s contest. All three framed originals will be on display in the library beginning in June 2021.
Bookplates identify books as part of a library's collection, and Zoe’s winning entry will appear on the inside cover of each of the library’s book purchases during the 2021–22 school year.
Her design, inspired by the Schoolhouse's entrance, showcases her printmaking skills, while also reflecting her creativity and sense of whimsy. “I wanted to capture somewhere on campus that I appreciate, but that I didn't think many stopped to look at,” Zoe said. Sparked by her winter term Archaeology class, she began to see Greek influences around campus, including on the Schoolhouse entrance.
“I didn't really notice the details of the entrance of the Schoolhouse until the end of the winter, but once I did, I realized how intricate and beautiful it is,” she said. She also considered a bookshelf essential to a design for the library, and she filled it as she would one of her own. “No bookshelf of mine is complete without little tchotchkes, especially animal tchotchkes," she said.
Librarian Mark Melchior and art teacher Jennifer Ho began the annual bookplate contest in 2019. The inaugural winner was Sophie Park ’19, Zoe’s sister. John Donovan ’20 won last year’s contest. All three framed originals will be on display in the library beginning in June 2021.
Zoe said she was excited to be chosen to design the bookplate for two reasons: “The first, I love any excuse for printmaking. The second, my sister created the first bookplate her senior year, so now it's a limited Park tradition, and as we know, Groton loves traditions."
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