Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - December 28, 2020
Hello everybody,
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! What a strange year it has been but even stranger is the SoCal thunderstorm that boomed and startled me on the night of the 27th as I finally started on this update! The last time I experienced such crackling, deafening booming of thunder was back in 2007 when Bill and I were on some remote island and the lightning also lit up the night. I have always had an issue with very loud sounds and remember hiding in my parents armoire as a child with my quivering puppy during thunderstorms and firecrackers going off during Chinese New Year in Malaysia!
So many dates have changed for many of our beloved festivals and conferences. Please see below for those that I have updates on. If you do not see one that you normally attend please check the calendar and if it is not on the calendar would you let me know?
FOBA (Focus on Book Arts): Jul 15 - 19, 2022
NPBAF (Newport Paper and Book Arts Festival): Sep 9 - 12, 2021
CODEX: Moved to first half of 2022
Paper and Book Intensive (PBI): They plan to resume programming in May 2022
Hope you are staying safe, well and creative - Jade
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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
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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 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". 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)
* Alicia Bailey of Abecedarian Artists Books worked with the Denver Public Library Special Collections librarian curating an exhibition, Opera Verbis, that hasn't yet opened to the public. In the meantime here is the online catalog and the video showcase
* These Times: Philadelphia Center for the Book members exhibition and artists talk
* 25th Annual Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival has been rescheduled to Sep 9 - 12, 2021. Fill out the NPBAF reschedule form - https://forms.gle/gqMjFXY13B5ZwtuK9 - to let Sara know what you would like done with your registration fees
The Santa Fe Studio Tour - June 18-20 and 26-27, 2021 - Participation registration will open January 2021
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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
* 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)
* Do you want to teach at FBAC (Frederick Book Arts Center)? Do you have an idea for a Spring class? Download & submit this form. They would love to hear from you!
International Bookbinding competition "Box Your Book" - Design a box for your favorite book - by Stichting Handboekbinden - Entry deadline: Dec 31, 2020 - more information here
Call for entry: This Difference: Bookmark Design Competition - Artists are invited to create a bespoke bookmark exploring their own sense of being different and how this affects them - Deadline: Dec 31, 2020
* Call for entry: Sebastopol Center for the Arts - "Recycling" - International, juried exhibition showcasing art crafted from cast-off, discarded and re-purposed materials. This is a celebration of artistic ingenuity and imagination and the importance of conserving our limited natural resources. Join the upcycling art movement ... recreate, reinvent, repurpose - Deadline: Jan 27, 2021 - You may need to create an account to get the prospectus information
Call for entry: Rochester Public Library - Art of the Book - Artist Books, Altered Book & Paper Sculptures (Past winners) - Prospectus & Entry Form - Deadline: Mar 1, 2021
Call for entry: The University of South Dakota University Libraries is seeking entries for their sixth international biennial altered book exhibition, "Bound and Unbound VI: Altered Book Exhibition" - Submissions by: Mar 5, 2021 - Prospectus and entry form - https://libguides.usd.edu/BU6
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Bits & bobs about paper/books/tips/trips/etc.
To celebrate this extra long year that we have had to go through here are some very, very long words, all wonderfully new to me!
Talking books video with John Cutrone (Dir - Jaffe Center for Book Arts) and includes works by Shawn Sheehy, Mare Blocker, Dan Waters and Hal Garneau of Indian Hill Press, Kim Merker, an astonishing number of pop-ups by Robert Sabuda, some of John's bindings, and a Convivio Dispatch from Lake Worth
The Wonderful World of Handmade Books with John DeMerritt presented by Bolinas Museum
Bookbinding Now audio podcasts with Susan Mills - recently updated the website as an archive of 128 recordings with occasional new recordings so subscribe for updates
Little Pop-up Books: Deconstructing miniature movable structures with Dorothy Yule - from 2016 but still relevant if you love popups. If you can't get enough of popups and would like to make your own here is The Pop-up Channel with Duncan Burmingham on YouTube starting from tutorial 1. Lots of popup workshops from Shawn Sheehy below!
Make your own color wheel - a Color Helm from 1940
Article in the American Craft Council magazine about Beatrice Coron
If you find yourself shipping more than usual have a look at this - some ways to save time and/or money when shipping (youtube video) with USPS, Fedex & UPS
Would you like to go green when gift wrapping? Try furoshiki! I started using Hawaiian insulated bags as gift bags so that they can be re-used as lunch bags for the giftee or they can pass it along. I also use paper bags from stores and jazz them up using washi tape or Japanese paper scraps. When I remember I also try to configure my handmade cards so that the greetings and sentiments can be removed and the card passed on to someone else.
The Bonefolder E-Journal - a e-journal for the bookbinder and book artist - Volumes 1-8 can be downloaded for free from Book Arts Web http://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/
The Flip Folio (perfect for memory keeping, coupon saving, list taking, organizing just about anything and makes a great gift if you can bear to part with it) class. Recommended by a member of PaperWorks (The Sonoran Collective for Paper & Book artists)
At a Santa Fe Book Arts Group meeting an exercise was led to create a "word cloud" - submitting words/terms of what comes to mind when one thinks about the book arts guilds we are in or what we are thankful for about being a member of a book arts guild. Using a tool at menti.com, the word cloud was generated. The larger the word and more centrally located the more people submitted it. Click here to see the word cloud generated by SFBAG.
I have been following Helen Hiebert since I started my paper & book arts adventure. Her Red Cliff retreat is on my bucket list and I am also looking forward to her book about creating projects out of one sheet of paper (next year?). Follow along with her as she creates a paper lantern - I bet it would be lovely made out of vellum or tracing paper. Here is another cool structure by Gina Pisello with instructions and video inspired by Paul Jackson (it sure makes me want to go out and buy lots of vellum and tracing paper!)
Spice up your next meeting with these National Park Zoom backgrounds (only if you are using the desktop client). Instructions on how to enable your virtual background (scroll down to "Enabling Virtual Background")
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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 ;).
- Jan 3: The Paper Year Kickoff Event: A Brighter Year Ahead with Helen Hiebert (meeting)
- Jan 4: Papercutting Experimentations with Béatrice Coron (Online)
- Jan 4: Learn How to Make a Three Shapes Flag Book with Kit Davey (Online)
- Jan 7: Leading Virtual Workshops: Engagement Tips & Tricks for Teaching Artists with WNY Book Arts (meeting)
- Jan 9: The Basic Treasure Box with Nancy Akerly (Online)
- Jan 9, 10, 16, 17: Cabinet of Paper Curiosities with Shawn Sheehy (Online)
- Jan 9, 16: Intricate Paper Sculpture with Michael Velliquette (Online)
- Jan 11: Papercutting on Stage: Kamishibai and Paper Theaters with Béatrice Coron (Online)
- Jan 12, 19, 26: Printmaking Without a Press with Curt Labitzke (Online)
- Jan 13: San Diego Book Arts (meeting)
- Jan 13: Show & Tell and Conversations With Two Book Artists with BARN (meeting)- Jan 13 - Mar 3: Potpourri of Book Arts—Collage with Textile and Thread with Sibyl Rubottom (Online) Wednesdays
- Jan 14: PaperWorks - January 2021 (meeting)
- Jan 14: Dwarf Galaxies, Dark Matter, and the Milky Way with Keck Observatory (meeting)
- Jan 14, 15, 21: Wooden Coptic Book with Daniel Essig (Online)
- Jan 14, 21: Book-of-Pockets Project Designed For At-Home Youth Learning with Susan Callan (Online)
- Jan 15 - Feb 19: Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style with Jane LaFazio (Online)
- Jan 16: Kinetic and Creative Valentines with Nancy Akerly (Online)
- Jan 16: How to Make a Piano Hinge Book with Kit Davey (Online)
- Jan 18: How to Make an Envelope House Book with Kit Davey (Online)
- Jan 19: Dynamic No-Glue Pop-Ups for Miniature Books with Shawn Sheehy (Online)
- Jan 20 - Feb 24: Hard Cover Books with Andrew Huot (Online) Wednesdays
- Jan 22, 23, 24: A "Satisfaction" of Movable Mechanisms with Shawn Sheehy (Online)
- Jan 23: Intro to Origami Corrugations with James Peake (Online)
-Jan 23: Print at Home: Craft Press Printmaking with Rebecca Chamlee (Online)
- Jan 23: How to Make an Accordion Book with Pockets with Kit Davey (Online)
- Jan 27 - Feb 17: Roll-Up/Pop-Up Book Workshop: Level 1 with Shawn Sheehy (Online) Wednesdays
- Jan 30, 31: Roll-Up/Pop-Up Book Workshop: Level 2 with Shawn Sheehy (Online)
- Jan 30, 31: Paper Voodoo: The Magic of Transforming Japanese Paper with Konnyaku (Online)
- Feb 1: Shrigley Binding with Erin Fletcher (Online)
- Feb 1, 8, 15, 22: Making Multiples: The Artist's Book in an Edition with Matt Runkle (Online)
- Feb 1: How to Make a One-Page Book with Triangular Pages with Kit Davey (Online)
- Feb 2, 9, 16: Printmaking Without a Press Intermediate with Curt Labitzke (Online)
- Feb 4, 11: BOX IT: Make Your Own Storage Enclosures with Milcah Bassel (Online)
- Feb 4, 11: Relief Collagraphs and Star Books with Rebecca Goodale (Online)
- Feb 4, 11, 18, 25: Ethiopian Binding with Karen Hanmer (Online)
- Feb 5: Volvelles AKA Spinners Bookmark with Charlotte Mauler Hayes (Online)
- Feb 6: Squash Blossom Box with Nancy Akerly (Online)
- Feb 6: How to Make Two Books in a Box with Kit Davey (Online)
- Feb 6, 7: Kami-ito & Colour: Dyed Paper Thread online workshop with Radha Pandey (Online)
- Feb 6, 13, 20, 27: Sewn Books Exposed Spines with Erin Sweeney (Online)
- Feb 7: Coptic Endband with Daniel Essig (Online)
- Feb 13: Neverending Rolling Cube with Nancy Akerly (Online)
- Feb 15: Papercutting Basics: Workshop with Béatrice Coron (Online)
- Feb 15: One Sheet Books with Sarah Nicholls (Online)
- Feb 15 - Mar 16: Weave Through Winter with Helen Hiebert (Online) Mondays
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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
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
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Housekeeping:
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