Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - Mar 26, 2023
Hello everyone,
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As part of Bainbridge Island Museum of Art's (BIMA) 10th aniversary celebration the museum will be awarding the BRAVA awards in 4 (four) different categories - deadline: May 1, 2023
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Would you like to participate in a community paper weaving project with Helen Hiebert?
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Excited about Gina Pisello's Hide and Bind class - see April 22, 2023 - please see calendar (link in signature block)
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I have always wanted to take a class with Bonnie Stahlecker as I have enjoyed her art over the years but the timing and place has eluded me yet again for her classes at InterOcean (Denver, CO) June 9 - 11, 2023 - please see calendar (link in signature block)
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Big River Bindery has moved from Atlanta, GA, USA, to Toronto (technicaly Scarborough), Ontario, Canada, and after loads of unpacking is ready with in-person and virtual classes - woo hoo!
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I am always adding classes and workshops to the calendar so if you have already looked at a particular day you may wish to check that day again. I encourage you to use the calendar and newsletter as jumping off points to do your own traversing down internet rabbit holes (or as I have been told, "Well - there goes my weekend!")
Me ke aloha nui - Jade
Unfolding paper explorer, information conduit & facilitator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, somewhat grudgingly tech savvy
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Book & Paper Arts Calendar | Book & Paper Arts Newsletter
Sections below: Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area; Call for artists/ entries/ proposals/ submissions; Bits & bobs about paper/ books/ tips/ trips; About the calendar; Residency (sometimes includes new teaching opportunities, internships, etc.) opportunities; Musings and Meanderings; Resource list; Housekeeping
Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area
The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts and The Book Arts Roundtable - 17th annual exhibit centered on the concept of roots - Booked 17: Roots - now until Mar 30, 2023
Center for the Arts, Panama City, FL - Guild of American Papercutters - Members Juried Exhibition - Mar 3 - Apr 1, 2023
Morikami Museum, Del Ray, FL - Washi Transformed - New Expressions in Japanese Paper - now until Apr 2, 2023
Miniature Book Society Conclave XXXIX, Asheville, North Carolina - Apr 4 - Apr 7, 2023 Note: Must be a member to attend
New York State Council of the Arts and WNY Book Arts Center - Programmed Paper - now until Apr 14, 2023
Oregon Coast Council for the Arts (OCCA) - NPBAF Instructors’ Show 2023 - newspaper article - now until Apr 15, 2023
Windgate Gallery at North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA - Beyond Bookbinding - now until Apr 21, 2023
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio - 11th Annual Juried Exhibition 2023 - exhibition on view: Mar 24 - Apr 28 2023 (there are some images from the exhibit in the linked webpage)
University of Southern Maine - Building Books: New England Book Artists’ Members Exhibition - now until Apr 29, 2023
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre (Lochmaddy Isle of North Uist HS6 5AA, United Kingdom) - EBBE+FLOW - now until Apr 29, 2023
American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco, CA - The Many Lives of Books Exploring the Work of Book Conservators - now until Apr 29, 2023
Front Porch Gallery,Carlsbad, CA, and San Diego Book Arts - Member Exhibit - Mar 26 - May 3, 2023
Peters Valley will be hosting this one-of-a-kind arts and crafts tour of Japan - May 21 - June 1, 2023 - view itinerary and registration packet
Save the dates for the Vermont Crafts Council Open Studios: Spring - May 27 & 28, 2023; Fall - Sep 30 & Oct 1, 2023
Fabriano 2023 - Paper, Print, Book Tour of Northern Italy May 27 - Jun 7, 2023 - more information
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA - Karen Kunc: Forms & Forces - Mar 10 - Jun 4, 2023
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA - Katazome Today: Migrations of a Japanese Art - now until Jun 11, 2023
[Sold out but consider joining them next year!] Kalamazoo Book Arts Center presents a travel study program to Italy - Book Arts in Venice - Jun 20 – July 1, 2023
The Queensland Bookbinders’ Guild Inc. - Bind23 - a 3 day bookbinding conference in Brisbane, Australia - Jul 7 - Jul 9, 2023
The San Francisco Art Book Fair - 6th year at Minnesota Street Project - Jul 14 - Jul 16, 2023
Minnesota Center for Book Arts Main Gallery, Minneapolis, MN - Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures - Apr 14 – Aug 12, 2023
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Los Angeles, CA) - Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair - Aug 10 - Aug 13, 2023
Sandia Heights Artists (Albuquerque, NM) - 20th annual Studio Tour - Sep 9 to Sep 10, 2023
2023 MBS Conference - Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2023
23 Sandy and the Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound - Dreams - at the Collins Memorial Library, Tacoma, Washington - on view Aug 20 — Nov 17, 2023
Call for artists/entries/proposals/submissions
Websites for calls for entries for all mediums and online juried shows:
- Call for entries management and jury system entrythingy.com
- Find calls https://www.callforentry.org/
- Online juried shows
- Colossal (international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines) opportunities
Calls for entry: Fiber Art Now 2023 - Paper Made - artwork must be made primarily from paper or a paper product or created using a paper-making process - deadline: Mar 31, 2023 - exhibition dates: Oct 14, 2023 - Feb 11, 2024
Call for submission: 2023 Puget Sound Book Artists' Annual Members' Exhibition - prospectus - deadline: Apr 7, 2023 - exhibit dates: Jun 5 - Jul 27, 2023
Call for entry: 2023/24 International Biennial for Paper Fibre Art - deadline: May 1, 2023 (midnight UTC) - exhibition dates: 3 Nov 2023 - 29 Mar 2024
Call for entry: presented by 23 Sandy and the Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound - Dreams - an International Juried Exhibition of Book Art - deadline: Jun 9, 2023 - on view at the Collins Memorial Library, Tacoma, Washington - Aug 20 — Nov 17, 2023
Call for submission: Westward Bound II - deadline: Jun 18, 2023 - exhibit at Sparks Gallery: Aug 17 - Sep 10, 2023.
Call for proposal: Craft Ontario 2024 Virtual Workshops - opportunity for Craft Ontario members - deadline: Nov 1, 2023 - become a member
Bits & bobs about paper/books/tips/trips/etc.
Newsletter for more book arts related events in the UK, EU, EEA and some USA - latest edition and back issues
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) - Artist's Books Unshelved: full play list here
John Neal Books - upcoming online calligraphy classes
I inadvertently signed up for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) when I registered for Cathryn Miller's (Byopia Press) talk on the role of a blog in her life and work but found a wealth of resources for in-person, on demand and online workshops
Tip: Unable to add or edit anything in your classroom/workshop Google suite? Do you already have an existing gmail email address? Signed up for your class with another email address? Have your teacher/instructor add your gmail email address to the slides or docs when they share access. For example, I normally sign up for classes with jsqcentral-workshop@yahoo.com but was unable to add any pictures or text until my gmail account - jadesquek@gmail.com - was addded for access to the slides.
Gina Pisello talk, Playing with Paper & Reimagining the Book, with BAG (Seattle) with a demo on how to make a half crane
I rarely go to the mall but when I do I will be looking out for these display windows
Continuing with folding paper stars/mandalas - fold these out of kite paper (glassine) or anything else translucent: Dahlia; TRNY designed by Tamaki @aosoraorigami from Japan; Pinwheel; Simple but beautiful star; Waldorf window star variation
Origami card holder and here is a variation to this - they call it a photo memo holder and has two tuck pockets. I believe Hedi Kyle has another multiple variation in her book, Art of the Fold
These paper ships atop paper wigs - delightful!
Even the intrusive sounds of a car alarm can be used as tempo/background for music!
I always knew that I danced to the beat of the drums and it is so much more than just keeping tempo. All these drumming levels telling the story and creating the mood - just wow!
Enjoy and be inspired by this interpretation of What is a book? - this book arts exhibit has passed but luckily is still available on line
Building life-sized paper effigies as offerings to the afterlife for Malaysia’s ghosts
This was in the beginning of the newsletter but will add it again here - participate in a community paper weaving project with Helen Hiebert
Sometimes I buy books just because they are beautiful but in this case I also love Matthew Shlian’s art and hope to explore the pieces in the book - Unfolding and a storefront art installation some time ago
This artist makes hand puppets that move so realistically that I forget the puppeteer is there - delightful!
Origami hexagon flower by Shuzo Fujimoto and a variation
Why do I like tatos so much? Probably for the same reason I like things with drawers and pockets - here is a tato to fold; and another; and another slightly different one
If you don't have a guillotine or cutter that cuts book board then try this
Shoot your art in a professional way with what you have or you could get your own little photographic studio - I have the Foldio1 which I should use to shoot the pictures for my Chinese Thread Book class ...
I am pretty sure I have featured this before but this is most mesmerizing - a murmuration of starlings
Paper sculptures by Lyndi Sales that I would love to put on my walls
Another color change variation to a masu for your Chinese Thread Book. It does end up about ¼ of the original paper size. Check out the other 2 in the January newsletter
Ingenious product designs - don’t mind some of the comments
Amazing work produced during Helen Hebert’s Weave Through the Winter online class
Byopia Press's Friday night flicks artist - Tauba Auerbach
Tip - Google search tips & tricks to give you better results | search engines you can use other than Google
I love! the Hedge book by Lizzie Brewer - Photo meta data translated to html printed out and made to look like old computer punch cards but then bound to look like jacquard loom weaving cards - what?!?
I am, of course, late to the party finding out about Ron Resch - artist, computer scientist, and applied geometrist revered for his work involving folding paper, Origami Tessellations and 3D Polyhedrons in the 60's and 70's - documentary about him: Paper and Stick Film
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Some of his work realized on YouTube: squares, dominos or triangles hooked corner to corner - square1; square2; domino; triangles
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Other videos: triangle system - a short; Ron Resch tessellation - another short; Eric Gjerde water bomb tessellation but you see this in the above documentary
Booklyn Education Manual - This book is part of the public domain (anti-copyrighted or copy-left). It is their hope that the manual will be photocopied for classroom use and further free distribution. The manual is available as a free PDF download on the Booklyn website. We encourage you to use and share this manual with the spirit of generosity and solidarity in which it was first produced
About the calendar
Link to the calendar
(If the link to the left is not working copy this URL - https://teamup.com/ksd9e12a80c3878ba5 - and paste to your browser)
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The time listed in each entry will be the listing organization's time zone - if a virtual/online workshop a time zone converter link will be listed in the description area - if in another country a currency converter will be included as well
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There is no difference between In-person1 (blue entries), In-person2 (red entries) and In-person (purple entries) or Online1 (orange entries), Online2 (light teal entries), Online3 (light purple entries) and Online4 (blue grey entries), just a way to visually separate workshops; pink entries are for festivals or conferences; yellow are public online meetings from various book arts guilds and museums
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To change views in the calendar: For laptop/PC/tablet locate the 3 bar or hamburger button (≡) upper right corner and select .. Day .. Week .. Month .. List; for smartphones select the 3 bar button and make your selection as above
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To move backwards or forwards in time in the calendar: For laptop/PC/tablet locate "Today" in the upper left corner and click on the single left facing arrow to back one time period (based on what view you have selected) and single right facing arrow to move one time period forward; for cellphone locate the ">>" button and to the right of that will be the single left & right facing arrow
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To search by keyword look for magnifying glass. If one class is sold out search for a unique word from that class to see if another is available, for example, "masu" or "Sheehy". Do use the organization's workshop calendar listed in each calendar entry to see other disciplines/mediums being offered
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The calendar is updated as I come across information and you have 24x7 access to it
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You can add any calendar entry to your own personal calendar to help you keep track of meetings and workshops you will be attending. On interested entry either right click or touch & hold down your finger on the selected entry for a couple of seconds, select Share then select which calendar (Google, iCal, Outlook) you wish to add to. Be sure to update the time to your local time zone
For more information:
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Video from NEBA mixer
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Video from PSBA meeting
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Video for calendar discussion with Sara Siggelkow NPBAF Education Manager - the 6-minute mark is where the discussion of the calendar begins
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Zoom session to discuss the ins and outs of the calendar? I would be happy to set one up with you - email me at jsqcentral-workshop@yahoo.com
Residency
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (Otis, OR) Fall/Winter 2023 or Winter/Spring 2024 residency due Apr 15, 2023
Women's Studio Workshop Studio Workspace Residency - an opportunity for artists to create work and immerse themselves in WSW’s unique environment. This residency gives artists the gift of time, an uninterrupted period to live and work away from the stresses of daily life - Deadline: May 15, 2023 - Apply here
Teaching Opportunities
Locate the teaching opportunities document in my dropbox account - Word or PDF format (close popup to view document)
The Book Arts Program at Virginia Center for the Book in Charlottesville, VA, are looking for instructors in all areas of the book arts throughout the year. Teaching artists who are interested, please send inquiries to Garrett Queen, Director of the Book Arts Program: gsqueen@virginia.edu
Philadelphia Center for the Book (PCB) and the Art Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP) are now accepting proposals for the 2022-2023 workshop season - deadline Sep 30, 2023. View their call for proposal and how to apply
Note: For list of other teaching opportunities please see below in Resource List section
Musings and Meanderings
So I rather enjoyed telling you my stories going backwards in time. That way I get more time to remember what it was I forgot! The snow that fell on Southern California these last 2 months - unfortunately all I got was rain but I could see the generous powdered sugar dusting on the hills that do not normally get snow - brought back some vivid memories.
My last beachcombing conference happened 6 years ago in March when we traveled to Maryland and North Carolina. We were the last to arrive at the rented house in Maryland and as all of us sat around the fire chatting away it started to snow. I had to go outside and catch a few snowflakes. I marveled at their elegant simplicity and beautiful 6-spoke symmetry before they melted off my forearms to continue their journey on the hydrologic cycle. It then occurred to me that I did not have a coat on and I had best get back inside to the warmth of the fire and company.
We visited friends in Colorado for Chinese New Year so they could meet Bill. It was cold but I don't remember it being that cold. Perhaps it feels less cold the further back in time you go? One of our outings involved looking for elk while driving around Estes Park. We started out with clear weather and very few elk. This progressed to light snow as we got higher and saw more elk. When the snow really started to come down the elk were everywhere. Every time we looked at the herd and every shot we took ended up being a ... well ... we were looking at their behinds. The snow started coming down sideways and our friend, Alan, decided to strip off his shirt and take a quick jog in the snow.
I used to travel to support 2 sites in Colorado. It had snowed overnight with my car parked outside at the hotel. Not being very snow savvy I tried clearing the windshield with my bare hands and a sympathetic hotel employee loaned me a snow scrapper (?). At the first traffic light I hit the brakes and the entire drift of snow that was on top of the car came crashing forward onto the hood. I had the windshield wiper working furiously so I could see again before the lights changed. A great sigh of relief as both windshield view and lights changed. However a mile down the road I encountered sleet and it froze to the windshield. The windshield wipers were absolutely useless as they just spread the frozen stuff all over. Eeek! In my panic I accidentally pulled on the windshield wiper lever and fluid miraculously shot at the windshield and the sweeping wipers cleared the frozen mess. Phew!
On another visit to Colorado my mind was swirling with thoughts while getting ready for bed. I thought a drive would help. I kept driving uphill and when I thought that was the highest I could go I pulled over and got out. I could see my breath as I opened the door. The snow creaked as I placed my left foot carefully before fully getting out of the car. The crisp air hurt as I took an unwilling breath when my face hit the cold air. The night was so still I felt like I could hear everything and the moon brought the birch trees I had parked under into stark relief. Every branch creaking under the weight of the snow made me look up thinking I was going to be doused in snow. Every crunchy footstep leaving an obvious hollow in the ground was my trail marker back to the car. I looked up at the extra bright stars until I could no longer stand the cold. Did the drive clear out the thoughts in my head? I don't remember what caused the swirly thoughts in my head but I certainly remember my time up on that mountain.
I did not see snow until I was 19. There was very little chance of that while living in a tropical country. The closest thing to snow was the frost I scrapped off the freezer with my cupped hand. I was invited on a ski trip and even though I did not ski I went along. We were at a pit stop when I saw my first snowflake and I was agog! I had seen pictures but this was other worldly! Then I taught myself how to ski on the bunny slopes after some perfunctory instructions from a friend, learned how to do a french braid on others and myself and enjoyed tarragon marinated crab (delicious). Oh, yes! Also survived a spinout on the way up. Wonder what other snow adventures I will have?
See you next month.
Resource List (maintained in my Dropbox account - close popup to view document). Documents are saved in Word format (.docx) but can be opened and saved as a PDF
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Organizations from where I gather my information
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Teaching opportunities
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On-demand workshops with pre-recorded videos and/or kits
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Favorite paper places (I am not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with any of the companies listed. I merely enjoy their products and fantasize about what I can buy)
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MFA programs in the US (updated annually) - due dates, points of contacts, programs offered and admission requirements
Housekeeping
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