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2008 UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Friday-Saturday |
READER'S ART 8: Handmade With Care |
Susan Hensel Gallery |
| This national exhibition of artist books returns for its eighth year in a row with a special focus this time around on handmade paper and/or the mark of the hand. Also, for the third year, students from Hudson High School in Hudson, Wisconsin will share their visual journals concurrently with Reader's Art. The show will open Friday, March 14, with a celebration from 5-9pm. Return at 7pm Saturday, April 26 for DogEarEye&Nose: A reading that will shake, rollover, fetch, and damage a rare book! This performance piece in response to the show promises to be a real treat! Written by playwright and Artistic Director of Cheap Theater, Erica Christ, and performed by Richard Rousseau, Laura Winton, Joan Calof, and Tom Cassidy. | ||
March-June |
Book Arts & Letterpress Printing at Studio on the Square |
Studio on the Square |
| Spring 2008 Class Schedule is now posted. Get in touch with your Imagination & Creativity! | ||
April 1-July 31 |
Werner Pfeiffer: Book-Objects and Artist Books |
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| This retrospective exhibition of the work of artist, sculptor, and typographer Werner Pfeiffer features 39 book-objects, created from actual books, and 8 artist books, most of which engage the reader to manipulate them in a way other than by turning pages. | ||
Spring Classes at the Center for Book Arts |
Center for Book Arts |
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| Monday-Friday May 19-23 10:00am-4:00pm |
A Sewing Marathon: All About the Pamphlet: The pamphlet -- a single gathering of pages -- is one of the most beautiful and accessible book formats. Artists and printers will find immediate application of these simple decorative, sewn bindings to their own work. With the sewing either hidden or exalted, the dilemma of how to bind a single section disappears. We will make well over a dozen models, all sewn into handmade paper wrappers, and boxed in sets defined by their embroidered patterns. You are welcome to bring along your own small editions (printed), to bind at the week's end. Instructor: Barbara Mauriello. $475 members/$500 non-members. | |
Spring/Summer Weekend Courses at Paper Dragon Books |
Paper Dragon Books |
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| April 26-27 | Clamshell Boxes: This course is dedicated to the versatile yet indispensable clamshell box. Constructions will include basic and reinforced trays with discussion of square backed and rounded spines. Further consideration will be given to 3- and 4- walled structures. | |
| May 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 |
Islamic Codex: Over three weekends, those interested in historical binding and refining their bookbinding skills will have the opportunity to investigate the Islamic codex. With the completion of a folding Islamic binding in goatskin, students will achieve competency in sewing sections with a chain link stitch, sewing chevrons, and paring leather to a professional grade. Early Arabic Design will also be demonstrated, and techniques such as tooling in gold/blind, and leather onlay/inlay, will be employed. | |
| June 28-29 | Limp Vellum | |
| July 26-27 | Gold Tooling: Providing an environment in which to experiment and practice, this course provides the student with the principles required to understand and accomplish successful gold tooling and lettering. First day demonstrations will detail the basic procedure of covering goatskin plaquettes with a gold-tooled border using wheels and fillets. Students will then complete a run-up full gilt spine with lettering on the second day. | |
| August 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 | Fine Binding: This three-weekend course is geared toward people looking to complete fine bindings in a consistent and professional manner. Books will be sewn, covered in goatskin, and completed with traditional titling and decoration. Students will learn the tricks of the trade while refining existing skills. A must for those interested in making a living as a binder! | |
Sunday April 27 |
International Day of the Book Festival |
Day of the Book |
| The 4th annual festival is a celebration of books, authors, and book-artists. We have live music, art demos, free book evaluations, a children's tent, and much more. This is an outdoor festival stretching for 2 blocks along Howard Avenue in Historic Old Town Kensington. This year we would like to have a tent just for bookarts, so we are trying to spread the word among the bookarts community to invite book artists, illustrators, bookbinders, etc to participate in this really unique event. (We are only asking for a $20 participation fee, for those selling their works, which goes directly towards helping pay for the tents and promotion costs (the festival is non-profit - we do have sponsors). Please check out this year's website (see above) for more information. | ||
Saturday-Sunday |
Tree and Leaf |
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| An exhibition of textiles, paintings and artists books by Helen Howes, and recycled woodturning by John Stormes. Free entry, free prize draw, coffee and cake. | ||
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Book Arts Program University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah |
Book Arts Program |
| Friday-Saturday April 25-26 9:00am-5:00pm |
Letterpress Workshop - Call it Business or Pleasure: Learn the basics of type and typesetting while simultaneously considering how to represent an individual in a business or calling card. Through exercises and critique, participants become familiar with considerations concerning type and layout, and how design choices affect communication of intent. Using handset metal type, letterpress-print a unique card that voices who, what, and how to contact with style and verve. Leave with 200 letterpress printed cards. Instructors: Carol Sogard and Marnie Powers-Torrey. Place: J. Willard Marriott Library. Workshop fee: $150 Materials fee: $25 |
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| Wednesdays May 14-July 30 4:10pm-8:00pm |
Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Letterpress: Design several letterpress projects and learn how to print them using movable type and hand-operated presses. Through discussion and critique, learn basic elements of design and typography, and how to integrate other printing processes into letterpress work. Intermediate and advanced students deepen their exploration of letterpress by designing a program of study at a more complex and sophisticated level. Each student leaves with a class portfolio. Marnie Powers-Torrey holds an MFA in photography and is the Book Arts Studio Manager. She has taught classes in photography and etching for the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Utah. Marnie teaches letterpress printing, artists' books, photopolymer plate printing, alternative printing techniques, and other courses for the Book Arts Program. She prints limited-edition books for the Red Butte Press and commissioned letterpress projects. Her work is exhibited nationally. Place: ART 362, Art and Architecture Building. Noncredit class fee: $375; materials fee: $50 |
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Wednesday- Saturday
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Shape, Scrape and Paint - Altering Surfaces: For as long as there have been books, bookmakers have applied distinctive, expressive designs to the covers of their creations. This two-part workshop explores historic decorative techniques in conjunction with modern possibilities: gold and blind tooling alongside applications of plastics, wood veneers, metals and other surface alterations. Get ready to sand, shape, scrape, paint, draw, emboss, deboss, and craft the tools required for the execution of these techniques. Design and produce several plaquettes for use as examples in future book projects. Participants work primarily on leather surfaces, so experience in gold tooling and leather binding is helpful but not necessary. Celebrated book artist Don Glaister lives and works on Vashon Island, Washington. Don incorporates unexpected materials, visual humor, and spontaneous expression in book forms structured around classical, European, binding traditions. His recent work includes two editions of artists' books, Brooklyn Bridge: A Love Song and The Pearl Necklace. Partial funding provided by the Utah Arts Council. Place: Book Arts Studio, Marriott Library, level 1. Workshop fee: $300; Materials fee: $55 |
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| Tuesday-Wednesday June 10-11, Friday-Saturday June 13-14 9:00am-5:00pm |
Cracking the Code with Mixmaster Scrap: Get your swerve on with this inquiry into the uses and utility of the artist's sketchbook, a venerable tool with the dexterity to act as planner, journal and muse. Produce a single section structure by fusing principles of basic bookbinding with generation of IDEA and OBSERVATION. Manipulate content to enhance flow and connection, and expand the notion of the book as a free-form object. A second, more formal structure, built from the ground up, incorporates more advanced techniques and allows the flexibility needed for spontaneous play. Count on getting down with drawing by confronting that specter that often paralyzes intentions. Timothy Ely-aka, Mixmaster Scrap-began making books as an errant child. Interest in UFOs, alchemy, comic books, bones, and arcane religious artifacts led him from painting and design work to bookbinding. He received an MFA in Design from the University of Washington in 1975. Presently, Tim makes unique manuscript books and teaches the art of the book nationally. He is represented by Granary Books in New York City. His books are in public, private, and secret collections planet-wide. Place: ART 362, Art and Architecture Building. Workshop fee: $300; Materials fee: $55 |
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Friday |
2nd Annual Summer Bookmaking Intensive for Teachers |
San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) |
| Starting June 20th and continuing on June 23rd through 26th, the SFCB is offering 16 specially priced workshops where teachers can discover ideas and inspiration for a whole year of imaginative teaching. These classes are exclusively for teachers, librarians, principals and arts educators. They focus principally on grades K–8 (but some are appropriate for high school, too). And all the workshops give participants instantly usable projects, easy-to-follow instructions, and convincing evidence that making books with students is a fun and effective way of nurturing literacy and artistic expression across all areas of the curriculum. Registration begins April 1st. | ||
Summer Book Workshops at Taos Stables Gallery Workshops 08 |
Class Information/Registration |
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| July 7-11 | All the Elements: Metal, Wood, Stone & Books: What draws us to this place? A magical thread winds through the desert southwest and pulls us in. This landscape offers bounty for the artist, and we will use those offerings as an inspiration for the art we create in this class. Spend a week celebrating the colors, textures and elements of this area and come away with shrines, books, trinkets and treasures. We will work with metal, stone, wood, found objects, painting and drawing, polymer clay and paper. We will share the poetry of the desert, and use its symbolic language to add context to our work in a contemplative, supportive environment. | |
| July 14-18 | Layers: Collage, Books, & the Abstracted Landscape with Gwen Fox: Two artists, friends, and enthusiastic teachers are offering a collaborative workshop in beautiful Taos, where the light is divine. Experience five days working, living and breathing art! We will spend the first half of the week making collage with Gwen, who is renowned for her luminous abstract collage paintings. You will learn new techniques in collage and how to make each one glow. Mid-week we will transition to working with Jill, making artistic structures that showcase the abstract landscape. Starting with the fundamentals of bookmaking, we will cover various artists' book forms that envelope the landscapes they hold. Both classes for all levels of experience. | |
Saturday-Tuesday |
Paul Johnson Workshops |
Seastone Papers |
| Paul Johnson, wonderful British book artist and children's literacy expert, will be at Seastone Papers, on Martha's Vineyard, MA, to conduct four workshops July 26-July 29. Two of the workshops will be of particular interest to educators, or anyone dealing with children of all ages, since they focus on developing literacy through book arts. These workshops are Children's Favorites: Books Kids Love to Make, and The Magic of the Movable Book: Kids as Pop-up Engineers. The other two are Books You Can Hang Like Pictures and a Box of Fireworks. We are delighted to welcome this well regarded international artist who will only be on the east coast of the U.S. only this July. | ||
June 4-6 2009 |
2009 Hybrid Book Conference |
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| Events will include: A program of panels and speakers on the varied identities of the book and the implications of its interdisciplinary nature A book fair at which artists, publishers, and vendors exhibit and sell current work A showcase of several internationally known artists / designers A juried exhibition of recent work by alumni of The University of the Arts' MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program |
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| NAME/LOCATION | CONTACT |
| Altered Art Group OnLine |
http://groups.msn.com/alteredart |
| DETAILS: Altered Art is an MSN email group that was started as a fun and creative place to share tips, ideas, techniques, and resources for anyone interested in altered art, calligraphy, book arts, paper crafts, collage, rubber stamping, Sumi-e, beading, fiber arts, mixed media, and more. Join us by clicking the link above! | |
| Stamp Camps San Jose , CA |
408-802-1242 www.freewebs.com/stampinsonia |
| DETAILS: On-going Stamp Camps & classes throughout the year! Visit our website, or call for info. | |
| Altered Books Group Laguna Beach, CA |
949 464-1967 |
| DETAILS: We meet the First Monday each month for demos, hands on learning, and technique sharing. No fee, no membership, just drop in and have fun making art. All levels of skill welcome....beginners to teachers all attend. | |
| Altered Book Techniques Palm Desert, CA |
760 329-0925 |
| DETAILS: This is an ongoing Altered Book techniques class held at Michaels in Palm Desert CA. Class is from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm every Monday. Bring your books and your "stuff". You can also use intructors supplies for a nominal fee. Class fee is $15.00 per week. Beginners welcome! | |
| AB Workshops Honolulu, HI |
Rubber Stamp Plantation |
| DETAILS: 746 Ilaniwai St., Honolulu, Hawaii. Thursday evenings from 5:30-7:30 p.m. | |
| Art Attack Round Robin Group Boise ID |
208 333-8186 |
| DETAILS: On-going group meeting in 2007 the third Wednesday of the month. This year's round robin altered book is open themed (artist chooses own theme for book, members follow that theme). Group members also explore various mixed media art techniques and projects. A sister group centers on Art Dolls. | |
| Indianapolis Altered Books Group Indianapolis, IN |
Indianapolis Altered Books Group Blog indiana-altered@comcast.net |
| Details: We meet once a month to learn new techniques and view each other's work. We are a small, but fun and supportive group who are always eager to see new faces. | |
| Seriously Altered Book Clubs Grand Rapids, MI |
stamponit.net 616 988-8375 |
| DETAILS:Seriously Altered, a Division of Stamp On It, offers monthly Altered Book Clubs. Clubs meet Tuesday evening or Saturday morning. (ATC club follows the Saturday club, so come, make a day of it!) Visit the website for the current schedule. | |
AB Open Workshop |
248 879-3360 |
| DETAILS: This group meets monthly to work, play, explore and share ideas along with their work in Altered Books. It is open to new and experienced Altered Book Artists. | |
| MIchigan Altered Book Artists Michigan |
Michigan AB Email List |
| DETAILS: Michigan Altered Book Artists (MIABA) plans to meet 4 times a year, twice on the South West side of the state, twice in mid- Eastern Michigan. There are no dues, all you have to do is come. Join us, and experience the creative energy that comes when artists get together! The MichiganAB list is not limited to MIABA activites, but it's there that we make plans for future meetings. | |
| Technique Demos St.Louis, MO |
314 822-8288 |
| DETAILS: Each Saturday at noon, Red Lead hosts a FREE demo by different artists showing different techniques that can be used to embellish and enhance any altered book,these sessions last between 1 and 2 hours...all are welcome! | |
| AB 101 and AB 102 Saluda, NC |
Random Arts |
| DETAILS: The Stamp Peddler in Saluda has been offering Altered Book workshops for several years now thanks to Gabe Cyr of Asheville who got us going... way back then. | |
| Altered Book Intro Class Portland, OR |
503 249-2190 503 758-7049 |
DETAILS:This club meets every month the last Sunday of the month at 12PM. Come join the fun! This class will teach you the basics of altered books! Learn why altered books have become so popular, how to choose a book, and numerous creative ideas for the cover and filling in the blank pages! This class is chock full of a hearty bounty of tips and techniques to make your journey into altered books a great one! Supplies to bring: Exacto knife, ruler, cutting mat, scissors, and pencil. Event fee: 30.00 per person |
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| Altered Book Club w/ Paper Diva Exchange in PDX Portland, OR |
503 249-2190 |
DETAILS:This club meets every month the last Sunday of the month at 2PM. Come explore altered books in this new creative club. This group will be meeting regularly on the last Sunday of each month. You will learn new techniques and have the opportunity to share your books with the other participants. Please attend the Altered Book Intro Workshop first. Supplies to bring: Exacto knife, ruler, cutting mat, scissors, pencil, and an old book you would like to alter or one you are already working on. Cost is $5. |
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| Calling All Undiscovered Crafters! HGTV TALENT SEARCH! |
HGTV |
| Details: HGTV is looking for fun and charismatic independent crafters to profile on our brand new show, That's Clever! (formerly Crafters Coast to Coast). If you have a special talent for creating cool and unique items that have your friends and family raving, then you just might be the perfect candidate for our show. To be considered for this exciting and hip new show, e-mail a recent picture of yourself (smile!) along with images of your craft. Pictures must be sent via e-mail as electronic attachments. Include your contact information, location and a short bio. E-mail: thatsclever@wellergrossman.com Please do not send multiple or follow-up e-mails. Due to a high volume of submissions, only selected individuals will be contacted. Thank you and good luck! | |
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