PLEASE EXCUSE ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS EMAIL MAY CAUSE

My husband and I have scheduled a trip, part research and my second goal was to finally be able to visit artists’ book collections in Washington, Oregon, and California. We are picking up a new travel trailer in Sumas, Washington. From there we will make our way down the west coast to California. I will be travelling through the States of Washington, Oregon and California.

Last month I received an Apple Notice for a system upgrade. Since I was leaving for 3 months, I wanted to make sure all my technology was in good working order so decided to go ahead and upgrade to the next Monterey version. I backed-up all my files especially the ones pertaining to my on-going project “Infatuation”. I will continue working as I travel and get prepared to print and complete “Infatuation” in early September. A carefully set plan started and ended just as fast.

After 20 years of nurturing a mailing list, it was obliterated by the upgrade with the click of a button. To my horror my CONTACTS had disappeared with other files after the upgrade to Monterey 12.4. Panic struck, I called Apple, visited an Apple store to discuss to some less than acceptable Geniuses. They told me they were terribly sympathetic and could not explain the result of this upgrade but I was SOL. I’m extremely disappointed in Apple. The company seems to have lost their customer-centric attitude, Apple worries only about its own wallet.

At this point I’m unable to write personal emails to Libraries without my contact list. I decided to use my email campaign list of contacts that sits in Squarespace but all meta data, including individual and organizational names and phone numbers… are undistinguishable.

Because of time constraints, excuse the email campaign sent to my extensive list. This was my solution in trying to reach out to Libraires. If a visit to your collection is possible, you can reach out by email. This visit would provide me the opportunity to also present my artists’ books.

My work can be viewed at: https://louise-levergneux.squarespace.com/config/pages

I can be reached by email at louiselevergneux@gmail.com

Much appreciated… Louise