This Saturday, September 10 from 2 – 5 pm is our Fall Open House/ Closing Party!
Come help us kick off the Fall Semester with a special Saturday Arts Book Lounge.
The schedule is as follows:
All Day: Brigid Elmer and friends will be binding chapbooks in the Bindery, and Ana Cordeiro will be printing in the printshop
2:00: Jennifer Verbit will be demonstrating some simple pop-up engineering.
2:30: Kimberly McClure will be printmaking on the etching press.
3:00: Sarah Mcdermott will be demonstrating simple binding techniques.
3:30: Yukari Hayashida will also be demonstrating binding techniques.
Come check out their crafts and preview the fall course line-up. Staff will be available to talk about the Center's programs, advise students about workshops being offered this fall, and discuss our exciting ongoing renovations. Refreshments will be on hand.
It is also the last day to view our summer exhibitions, Multiple, Limited, Unique: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Center for Book Arts and The Un[framed] Photograph. Artists Heidi Neilson, and Franco Marinai, showing in the The [Un]Framed Photograph will be on hand to talk about their work.
3:30: Franco Marinai
4:00: Heidi Neilson
Admission is free and open to the public.
Here’s some details about some exciting new courses we’ll be offering in the fall:
In the Bindery:
DIY Bookbinding - Do you have a book you'd like to bind? Bring your pages to class and bind them into a traditional, sewn cloth-covered book. You could bind your novel, thesis, drawings, digital photos, field notes, children's art, recipes, family history or even blank pages to make a sketchbook or travel journal. November 19th with Susan Mills.
Black Letter Variations - Black Letter and its variations, shunned in post WWII era, are now the height of fashion, appearing on popular clothing and advertising. Students will learn broad edged pen fundamentals while applying them to black letter forms. Nov 8 -Dec 6 with Karen Gorst.
In the Printshop:
Rock and Roll Letterpress - Explore the unlikely lover affair between rock and roll and letterpress and discuss the benefits of small press printing for DIY music production, promotion, and merchandising. Design and print a fantasy concert poster using polymer plates, linoleum block, and wood type. October 29-30 with Tim Fite.
We look forward to seeing you all!