Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - April 21, 2021
Hello everybody,
Correction: Taxes for 2020 will be due on May 17, 2021, as May 15 (as reported in the last month's update) is a Saturday. More information here on the extended filing date.
NPBAF news - After much consideration the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts has decided to take the 2021 Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival virtual, September 17-19, 2021. Registration for the 2021 festival will open during the first week of July. Keep an eye on your email for updates. If you need to be added to their mailing list send an email to Sara Siggelkow at ssiggelkow@coastarts.org.
I am in week 2 of Inventive Books with Marja Wilgenkamp of Boekbinderij Wilgenkamp in the Netherlands. Not only am I learning a smidgen of Dutch but am tickled to be attending a workshop being taught from the Netherlands. There are attendees from the US, UK, Belgium and the Netherlands!
Rocket launches (from the astronomy geek in me): Here is a listing of rocket launches all over the world. The US has launches in California, Florida, Virginia and eventually wherever Elon Musk settles on his very own space port (it looks like South Padre Island, TX). The next launch will be April 26 at Vandenberg Air Force Base north of Lompoc, CA (3 hours away by car). No time as yet and even if it is scrubbed the Central Coast of California is always a lovely place to visit.
Hope you are staying safe, sane, healthy and creative!
Me ke aloha nui (kind regards) - Jade
Unfolding paper artist, information disseminator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, grudgingly tech savvy
====================Sections below: About the calendar; Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area; Call for artists/entries/proposals/submissions, teaching opportunities, residencies; Bits & bobs about paper/books/tips/trips; Upcoming classes in the next 30 - 45 days; Resource list; Housekeeping
====================About the calendar
Link to the calendar: https://teamup.com/ksd9e12a80c3878ba5 (If the link is not working copy and paste it to your browser)
The time listed as you mouse over each entry or at the top of the entry when opened will be Pacific Time with the original & other times listed in the Description area
There is no difference between Calendar 1 (blue entries) and 2 (red entries), just a way to visually separate in-person workshops; orange and light teal (also visual separation) entries are online workshops; light green ones are the latest workshops found since the last email update; purple entries are for festivals or conferences; yellow are public online meetings from various book arts guilds and museums
You can do a search (magnifying glass search button in upper right of screen) by state, town, instructor name, time zone, etc. If it is the calendar you can search on it. If one class is sold out search for a keyword to see if another is available, for example, "masu" or "Sheehy". Do use the organizations workshop calendar to see what else is being offered
Monthly view is best viewed using a larger monitor with desktop/laptop. To change view look for Scheduler, Day, ... Month ... Agenda, List in upper right corner of screen and click on appropriate view
If using cell, mobile or smart phone change view to List, Day or Agenda view using button with the down arrow in upper right corner of screen
Agenda (list view from current day going forward) or List (list view for current week/month going forward)
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Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area (* new additions or reschedules)
Chico Art Center - Unbound: The Altered Book - virtual reception and artist talk - virtual exhibit now until ???
Public installation on view - Frenchtown, NJ - outdoor installation poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown and Whiting Award Winner Aracelis Girmay - on view now until ???
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - Southwest Michigan Printmakers - online exhibition “Light and Dark” and “H2O.” - now until Apr 30, 2021
* The Artery - C O NT E N T an Artist Book Exhibition - now until May 3, 2021 - all accepted artist's work
* Edington Gallery - ‘Narratives’ by Bonnie Stahlecker - now until May 4, 2021 (Saturdays) - virtual exhibit
Minnesota Center for Book Arts - DROP DEAD GORGEOUS: Fine Bindings of La Prose du Transsibérien Re-creation exhibit - now until May 9, 2021
* American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco - Making Their Mark: Decorating and Finishing - now until May 22, 2021 (?) - an induction to finishing, by hand or machine - series lecture 1 with Brien Beidler (Apr 24, 2021) and lecture 2 with Samuel Feinstein (May 22, 2021)
* Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory - National Juried Exhibition - now until May 22, 2021 - virtual gallery and walkthrough
* The Delaware Contemporary - Vessel Invitational: Revisioning the Receptacle - now until May 23, 2021 - opening event and special programming
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Gallery - 13th Annual Illustrated Accordion exhibition - in person limited capacity (Tue - Fri 10am -5pm (ET) and virtual - Exhibit dates: now – Jun 18, 2021 - previous years entries
* Center for Book Arts, NY - Interspecies Futures [IF] - now until Jun 26, 2021 - first survey of bookworks by leading international practitioners from the contemporary fields of bio-art and speculative design who have turned to the book as a tool for the proposal of alternative human-nonhuman scenarios
* Center for Book Arts, NY - Veiled Taxonomies - now until Jun 26, 2021 - ongoing project about the fractious relationship humans have with the preservation and interpretation of nature
* Center for Book Arts, NY - Lights, Tunnels, Passages & Shadows - now until Jun 26, 2021 - examines the transcendent possibilities of peripheral spaces within museums
American Swedish Institute - Papier (watch here) - Bea Szenfeld’s spectacular sculptural paper-fashions with Stina Wirsén’s evocative illustrations - now until July 11, 2021
FOBA is going virtual - July 15 - 19, 2021. More information on the conference!
* Phoenix Art Museum - The Violet Protest Exhibition - now until Sep 5, 2021
* Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival is going virtual - Sep 17 - 19, 2021. Look for an email in early July for registration information
* The Movable Book Society - 2021 Denver Conference - Sep 30 - Oct 3, 2021 - In-person or virtual attendance
* The Santa Fe Studio Tour - new dates: Oct 9 - 10, 2021 and Oct 16 - 17, 2021. Artist registration opens Jun 1, 2021
Northwoods Book Arts Guild - Books As Art 3 - NBG members will present a wide spectrum of handcrafted book forms - Fairbanks Arts Association
====================Call for artists/entries/proposals/submissions; teaching opportunities; residencies (* new additions)
Artist opportunities spreadsheet, other residencies and online juried shows moved down to Resources section
* The Book Art Program at Mills College (Oakland, CA) has two adjunct positions available starting in the fall of 2021. They are both part time with benefits. Part-Time Assistant Adjunct Professor of Book Art I. Part-Time Assistant Adjunct Professor of Book Art II
Apply to teach at BARN (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network) - Class and workshop proposals must relate to and fit into one or more of the ten studios at BARN - Please email your class/workshop proposal to Jess Henderson, BARN Program Manager: JessH@BainbridgeBARN.org
* Do you want to teach at FBAC (Frederick Book Arts Center)? Do you have an idea for a Summer class? Download & submit this form. They would love to hear from you!
Minnesota Center for Book Arts - If you are a teaching artist, you can propose a virtual workshop here
* Would you or anyone else you know like to teach a workshop at Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival? Please send your workshop information to Sara Siggelkow, OCCA VAC Arts Learning Coordinator. Her email: ssiggelkow@coastarts.org
Pyramid Atlantic Workshop Proposals - accepting applications on a rolling basis - Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: Jul 1 for Winter Workshops, Oct 1 for Spring 2022 Workshops
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology - Calling all instructors! Come teach at Sitka in 2022. Applications due Aug 2, 2021. Apply here
* The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild - 2021 Summer Exhibit - Open to all artists - Deadline: May 15, 2021 - 11:59pm (MT) - Prospectus - Online exhibit: Jun 1- Jul 31, 2021
Call for entry: Focus on Book Arts - Where We Live: a virtual, juried exhibition of contemporary artists’ book works - Full prospectus and more info - Deadline: May 17, 2021 - Online exhibition: Jul 15- Aug 30, 2021 - Jurors will select four artworks to be discussed with their creators during a virtual reception at the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference July 15-17, 2021 (free admission to the event)
* The Studio Door - Proud+ 2021 - Prospectus & application - Deadline: May 31, 2021 - Exhibit: Jul 3 - 30, 2021
Call for entry: 23 Sandy and form & concept - UNSEEN "When imperceptible phenomena burst into view, revolutionary change may follow" - Full prospectus & more info - Deadline: Jun 3, 2021, midnight (MT) - Exhibit at form & concept Aug 11 - Nov 20, 2021
Call for entry: Focus on Book Arts - FOBA 2021 Challenge Book Project, Where We Live: Where Does Your Heart Reside? - Full prospectus and more info - Deadline: Jun 23, 2021 - Online exhibition: Jul 15- Aug 30, 2021 - Challenge book projects will be featured during a virtual roundtable at the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference July 15-17, 2021 (free admission to the event).
* Call for submission: Movable Book Society - "Movable Medley" (in conjuction with MBS's Denver conference) - Deadline: July 12, 2021 - Exhibit dates: Sep 30 - Nov 7, 2021 at Art Students League of Denver
Call for stories for a time capsule: Brooklyn Art Library - We are collecting stories from our community across the globe about how they are. What they are doing, what’s on their minds. This will be a time capsule of stories. Stories of hope and fear. Stories of survival. Stories of endless boredom. - Deadline: Aug 31, 2021
* Call for research competition: Bookbinding Out of the Box (Elbel Libro Bookbinding) - "The Expanding Slipcase" - To design a slipcase capable of expanding and contracting in the width - Deadline: Oct 1, 2021 - More info and signing up
====================Bits & bobs about paper/books/tips/trips/etc.
A popup book in a music video by Barenaked Ladies (you know - they sang the theme song to The Big Bang Theory show) - thanks for the headsup, Shawn S.!
The Louvre just made its entire art collection available online for free
Santa Fe BAG faux postage stamps submissions video - https://santafebag.org/2021-challenge-faux-postage-stamps/
Artist's Books Unshelved (Bainbridge Island Museum of Art), "Hearts Unbound", takes a closer look at two artist's books that explore love, longing, and loss—Hole in My Heart by Kumi Korf and The Shape of Absence by Lisa Hasegawa. Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s playlist for the series
Kevin Steele's Movable Book of Letterforms - https://youtu.be/l4eaD-gh_NE
Byopia Press: A four-sided wrapper from one sheet with no glue and no waste (variation of Carmencho Arregui’s Turning Triangle)
Nancy Akerly (another box and book artist I admire) has a video on Hedi's Diagonal Pocket Fold. She has a nifty tip about the last bit where you make the folds that look like kites.
Don Farnsworth’s wonderful app Magnolia PaperWeight v2.0 is now available as a free download at the Apple App Store (sorry Android users) to easily calculate, among other things, the grammage (grams per square meter, or GSM) of a piece of paper, and how much fiber/pulp you need to make X number of sheets of dimensions you get to input. It will run on iPhones, iPads, and the new M1-chip Macs. Here is full documentation on the app
Kit Davis 100 Day Project to make a book or art with book parts (this is on instagram and you will need to create a account if you don't already have one). Other artists also on the 100 Day Project for 2021
PaperWorks members handmade book exchange Feb- Mar 2021
How would you like to explore North Bennet Street School's workspaces and machine rooms via an interactive virtual tour?
A Jane Lafazio interview with Ali Manning
Do you hate Mondays? There may be a way to avoid Mondays by using time zones
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Upcoming classes in the next 30 - 45 days in the calendar. If the links below are not working go directly to the calendar by using this link. Use the List or Agenda view (see About the calendar above) to see a complete list of workshops and meetings going forward from current day (I may have missed an entry ;)). Please check for registration close dates.
- Apr 24: Romance of Romanesque with Amy Spencer- Apr 24: Pop-Out Book with Kit Davey
- Apr 24, 25: A Satisfaction of Movable Mechanisms with Shawn Sheehy
- Apr 24, 25, May 1, 2: Gathering - A Book Art Retreat
- Apr 26: How to Make a Triple Shape Flag Book with Kit Davey
- Apr 26: Stab Binding IV with Charlotte Mauler Hayes
- Apr 27, May 4, 11: Printmaking Without a Press - Beginner/All Levels with Curt Labitzke
- Apr 28: Sewn Boards Binding with Sewn-In Wrapper with Karen Hanmer
- Apr 30: Painting with Fire with Essence of Mulranny
- May 1: Slotted Spine Bindings with Bonnie Stahlecker
- May 1: How to Make a Mini Book in an Altoid (or Trader Joe's Mynt) Tin
- May 3: How to Make an Envelope House Book
- May 5: Open Book: Tour of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Art Department Vault
- May 5 - 6: Paper Weaving with Helen Hiebert
- May 6: Haiku Accordion Miniature Book with Maria G. Pisano
- May 6, 13, 20, 27: Roll-Up/Pop-Up Workshop with Shawn Sheehy
- May 7, 14: Creative Conversations - The ART of Travel Journaling with Susan Callan
- May 8: Basic Treasure Box with Nancy Akerly
- May 8: How to Make a Peekaboo Cards-in-case Book with Kit Davey
- May 10: How to Make the Flat Style Australian Reverse Piano Hinge Book
- May 12, 19: The Altered Page with Roni Goss
- May 13: Small Paper, Long Accordions with Stephanie Wolff
- May 15: How to Make a Beaded Spine Booklet with Kit Davey
- May 16, 23, 30: Cityscapes: Turning Your Photo into a Papercut with Rosa Leff
- May 17, 24: Long and Link Stitch with Sarah Nicholls
- May 17, 24, 31: The Drum Leaf Binding & Its Precedents with Scott McCarney
- May 19: One Sheet Books with Sarah Nicholls
- May 19: Paper Case Series: Paper Case with Locking Spine with Karen Hanmer
- May 20: One Sheet Books with Stephanie Wolff
- May 20, 27: Reduction Prints with Accordion Binding with Rebecca Goodale
- May 22, 23: The Quartet Box with Nancy Akerly
- May 25: Popbox: The Popbox Turtles with Shawn Sheehy
- May 25, Jun 1, 8: Printmaking Without a Press Intermediate with Curt Labitzke
- May 27: Coptic Notebook with Beth Sheehan
- Jun 4, 5, 6: Roll-Up : Pop-Up Books (Level 2) with Shawn Sheehy
- Jun 5, 6: The Bilevel Treasure Box with Nancy Akerly
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Resources
A list of organizations from where I gather my information - Word document or PDF document - is maintained in my Dropbox account. This list is always being updated as I find or am told about new organizations and instructors (you do not need to create an account to access this information)
Centralized area for hundreds of opportunities for artists - mostly residencies, some grant funding & galleries compiled by one person to encourage community. International, but with a US-lens. Assembled and maintained by Everest Pipkin - from US so it leans that way. You can also help by sending opportunities to add - see how to in spreadsheet.
Residencies in many different mediums. See if one of these fit you.
Online juried shows - https://www.onlinejuriedshows.com/preDefault.aspx
Current art calls for entry list - all over US: https://www.entrythingy.com/forartists_calls (you will need to create an account to access the information)
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