Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - June 21, 2021
Hello everyone,
Timing is everything isn't it? I was in CA and missed the lunar eclipse in Hawaii and when I was in Hawaii I missed the annular solar eclipse in CA. The lava lake in Volcano National Park also stopped erupting and crusted over the day we got there. Only wisps of smoke to indicate there is still magma under that crust. Sigh! Still it was a lovely, chill trip and will be most happy to return knowing that there is still more to explore on the Big Island of Hawaii! I would love to spend more time on the south side of the island next time and satisfy the amateur volcanologist in me! The best compliment we got on the island? The locals thought we already lived there! Sigh! I learned to be the doorman for the cat, Luca. The cat always seemed to be on the wrong side of the door. I was merely the facilitator of his ingress and egress while speaking to him in as many languages and accents that I knew. Not sure who was more amused but I suspect I was!
With the emergence of the Brood X or Great Eastern Brood cicadas I had read a John Berger quote in one of my many newsletters - "Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to.” Now that is a LOT of unwritten poems! Chocolate covered cicadas, anyone?
With things opening up and more in-person workshops happening please be sure to check what the organizations requirements are for attending a workshop. From what I have seen most organizations will have their COVID-19 requirements front and center.
Hope you are staying safe, sane, well and creative!
Me ke aloha nui - Jade
Unfolding paper artist, information disseminator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, grudgingly tech savvy
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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 the original & other times listed in the Description area for online workshops and that location's time for in-person workshops
There is no difference between In-person1 (blue entries) and In-person2 (red entries), just a way to visually separate in-person workshops; Online1 (orange) and Online2 (light teal) are also visual separations for online workshop entries; 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; anything with ** are newly found calendar entries
You can do a search (look for magnifying glass on your screen) by state, town, instructor name, time zone, keyword, etc. If it is the calendar you can search on it. If one class is sold out search for a keyword from that class to see if another is available, for example, "masu" or "Sheehy". Do use the organizations workshop calendar listed in each calendar entry 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
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Agenda (list view from current day going forward) or List (list view for current week/month going forward)
The calendar is updated at least once a week and you have 24x7 access to it
Let me know about any other workshops to include in the calendar and any organizations whose newsletter I should be receiving for workshop monitoring.
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Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area (* new additions or reschedules)
* SFCB Blue Moon Speaker Series - Erik Spiekermann - thoughts on the nature of creating in our digital age, the collaborative aspects of book design, and why we, as humans, should be deeply concerned with design in general - Jun 25, 2021 — 12pm - 3pm (PT) - Purchase tickets here
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
* WNY Book Arts Center - Members' Show 2021 - now until Jun 26, 2021. The show is also be available for virtual viewing on the show website
Center for Book Arts, NY - Lights, Tunnels, Passages & Shadows - now until Jun 26, 2021 - examines the transcendent possibilities of peripheral spaces within museums
* Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Sherry Grover Gallery - Water Is… - over 50 works by different book artists meditating upon what water means to them personally—literally, figuratively, and symbolically - now until Jun 27, 2021. If unable to attend in person see Bits and Bobs below Artist's Books Unshelved
* Art Walk San Diego - Little Italy Summer Series and Annual Shows - Jun 27, July 11, Jul 25, Aug 7 & 8, Aug 22, Sep 5, Sep 19, Oct 2 & 3
* Santa Fe Book Arts Group - A Retrospective Show of Prints and Artist’s’ Books by BAG Member Ann Kresge - Remarque Gallery in Albuquerque (Nob Hill) - now until Jun 27, 2021
* Pyramid Atlantic - Mazes and Maps - In this eight-person exhibition, each artist has uniquely interpreted game maps through a balance of projection, labeling, and symbology. Some works are pure whimsy, but others are deeply reflective and socially acute - now until Jul 11, 2021
American Swedish Institute - Papier (watch here) - Bea Szenfeld’s spectacular sculptural paper-fashions with Stina Wirsén’s evocative illustrations - now until July 11, 2021
* The Morgan Conservatory - This Moment - The Morgan's 2019 Artist in Residence Exhibition is now open - View works by 13 artists - now until July 17 - Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10am - 4pm - View the virtual gallery
* Marin MOCA - Still by Lisa Rodondi - explores the concepts of fracture and mending, perseverance and hope, reconciliation and resilience, and states “I am still here” through a variety of mixed media techniques using tactile materials and methods including hand stitching, painting and joomchi - now until Jul 18, 2021
* Boston Athenaeum - 40 Years: Celebrating the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers - now until Aug 7, 2021 (in-person) - more about the works on display - Panel discussion: Meet the Makers (online) - Jul 8, 2021 — 6pm - 7:15pm (ET)
Phoenix Art Museum - The Violet Protest Exhibition - now until Sep 5, 2021
* Minnesota Center for Book Arts - SOLASTALGIA: Book Art and the Climate Crisis - view virtually from now until Oct 17, 2021. Be on the lookout for re-opening timeline at the end of July.
* Reclamation: Artist's Books on the Environment - at San Francisco Center for the Book: now until Sept 26, 2021; San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch: Jewett Gallery, Lower Level: now until Sep 5, 2021; Artist reception - Jul 2, 2021 - register here
23 Sandy and form & concept - UNSEEN "When imperceptible phenomena burst into view, revolutionary change may follow" - Exhibit at form & concept: Aug 11 - Nov 20, 2021
The Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) - The Book as Art v. 9.0: Muse - Nine: a number both sacred and profane - exhibit date: Aug 13 – Oct 1, 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 is open: early registration Jun 1 - 30, 2021; late registration Jul 1 - 15, 2021.
Northwoods Book Arts Guild - Books As Art 3 - NBG members will present a wide spectrum of handcrafted book forms - Fairbanks Arts Association - Nov 5 - 27, 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
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
OMA Artist Alliance is looking for artists to teach in-person classes/workshops in June. Email Julie Weaverling at jweaverling@frontporch.net with your teaching ideas. Include as many details as possible. Facilitated by Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Why teach with Pocosin Arts? Pocosin is currently accepting applications for instructors who wish to teach with us virtually in ceramics, metal, wood, digital media, writing, mixed media and papercraft. We seek strong educators and craftspeople who are excited about the opportunity to engage with students from all over the globe. We will accept applications on a rolling basis and review applicants monthly.
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
In Cahoots residency - next deadline is Oct 1, 2021 for Jun - Dec 2022 residencies (to be updated when information is available)
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)
* Jaffe Center for Book Arts - Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence Program - deadline: Jul 6, 2021 - residency has been retooled this year to offer flexibility in residency: you could be our next Salzberg Resident without leaving your home studio (wherever it may be)
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
* Arnold Grummer’s announces a Call to Artists for Paper On The River (formerly Paperfest). Artists working with handmade paper are invited to apply, and the submission deadline is August 20, 2021.
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
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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) - Artist's Books Unshelved:
Mix & Match Menageries - https://youtu.be/i6XsGLMNvj0
Camera's Eye - https://youtu.be/wKoSIfo6bTI
Watch Lori Sauer in an IBookBinding podcast discuss her project BINDING re:DEFINED and the importance of teaching and learning different bookbinding approaches and techniques
Call for participation for any gear or motor heads out there: An artists’ book project by Mad Mohre and Kyle Clark - the transformation of the automobile sound landscape as we shift towards electric vehicles to create an onomatopoeic-manual - to participate click on the link to the video survey: https://www.videoask.com/fi9ds8acx
Trish from the Foldfactory is working on a new series (other than her Fold of the Week on YouTube) called the Featured Format Spotlight, where every Friday she's choosing one format and sharing multiple examples of great ways to use it, plus creative ways to modify it.
Video of Calgary hand cut paper artist Sam Heidinger
I thought this would make a great tool box for your creating area or workshop travel kit - it folds up and stands up on its own. I don't need it but feel like I must get one!
Helen Hiebert's moon phase accordion book video and project template
Interested in popups? Kickstarter (a crowd funding platform for creative projects) has a campaign for "The Complexities of Pop-Up", a new publication by master paper engineers David A. Carter and James Diaz, published by Poposition Press.
Edible notepads? Disposable paper bento boxes? Chopsticks made from ocean plastic - weirdly beautiful (and also this organization recycling plastic in Hawaii)
Do you need to travel this summer? Do you need a rental car? Here may be some alternatives
I love all things Japanese - the paper, food, ceramics, furniture, obis, wedding kimonos, haoris, etc. Found this video on how they make obis from silver & gold leaf threads, mother of pearl and lapis lazuli threads (the cello piece playing for this obi seemed hopeful and sad at the same time and this was my favorite obi in this video)
Want to make a video of your book? Try this to document your book
Philadelphia Center for the Book - A virtual tour of highlights from the Art Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia from May 5, 2021
The videos from the Form and Function from Afar virtual conference are now posted on YouTube. Find them at http://www.youtube.com/bookpaperthread
Todd Davis, a bookbinder from Boston, MA, discusses how it was to survive the first lockdown and what new projects this past year have brought to him.
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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 or two ;)). Please check for registration close dates, if the workshop is full/closed/sold out or if it is virtual or in-person.
- Jun 22: Wearable Paper Cuts with Béatrice Coron
- Jun 22: Moving Circles: Volvelles with Stephanie Wolff
- Jun 22: My Favorite Book with Booklyn Inc - Colette Fu
- Jun 22, 24, 29, Jul 1: Variations on Single Signature Bindings with Erin Fletcher- Jun 22, 29: Pasta Machine Printing with Bettina Pauly
- Jun 23: Sewn Boards 1987 Prototype with Karen Hanmer
- Jun 23: Daemen College Speaker Series: Branding for Artists
- Jun 23: My Favorite Book with Booklyn Inc
- Jun 24: Glue-stick / Duck Tape / Staples with Scott McCarney- Jun 24: Woven Accordion Window Book with Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder
- Jun 24: Chain Stitch Leather Journal with WNY Book Arts Center
- Jun 24: Maps and Mazes: Virtual Artists Talk with Pyramid Atlantic
- Jun 24: My Favorite Book with Booklyn Inc
- Jun 24: Folded Surprises with Mary Leikvold
- Jun 25 - 28: OrigamiUSA Convention 2021
- Jun 26: Introduction to V-folding with Dario Zeruto
- Jun 26: The Jacob's Ladder with Karen Hanmer
- Jun 26: SAORI WOVEN JEWELRY with Brandy Godsil
- Jun 26: Contemporary Binders of La Prose du Transsibérien hosted by Kitty Maryatt
- Jun 26: How to Make a One-Page Book with Triangular Pages with Kit Davey
- Jun 27: Celebrating the history of William Morris's Kelmscott Press with William Morris Society US, PSBA and Book Club of Washington
- Jun 27: From the module to the folded structure with Dario Zeruto
- Jun 28: Poking Fun with Candace Hicks
- Jun 28: My Favorite Book with Booklyn Inc
- Jun 28: How to Make a Woven Accordion Book with Kit Davey
- Jun 28: Paper + Light 2021 with Helen Hiebert
- Jun 29: My Favorite Book with Booklyn Inc
- Jun 30: Make Your Own Botanical Papercut with Béatrice Coron- Jun 30, Jul 7: Book Basics with Free Software with with Mirko Velimirovic & Faride Mereb
- Jun 30, Jul 7: Fabric Meditation Books with Emma Freeman
- Jun 30: Freedom Pop-Up Card: A Free Make-Along Zoom Session with Helen Hiebert
- Jun 30: Virtual Gallery Talk - Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder: The Dusky Seaside Sparrow Project with JCBA
- Jul 2: Make & Fill your own Mixed Media Journal with Jane LaFazio - Jul 2: Fold and cut as warp and weft. Thinking of Anni Albers with Dario Zeruto
- Jul 3 - 10: Legacies III Lettering Arts Conference
- Jul 5, 12, 19 & 26: Paper + Light 2021 with Helen Hiebert
- Jul 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22: Caught in a Blizzard with Karen Hardy
- Jul 6, 13, 20 & 27: A Satisfaction of Movable Mechanisms Taught by Shawn Sheehy
- Jul 6: Binding Fundamentals: rounding, backing, and other engineering essentials with Karen Hanmer
- Jul 7: Jacob’s Ladder with Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
- Jul 7: ABCs of Lark’s Head Binding with Dorothy Yuki
- Jul 8, 15: Artist Books: Examples and Methods with Ben Denzer
- Jul 8, 15, 22: Dynamic Pop-Ups for Miniature Books, Volume 1 with Shawn Sheehy
- Jul 8: Unusual Accordion with Stephanie Wolff
- Jul 10: Designing Paper Flowers Workshop with Yuka Petz
- Jul 10: Pop-Up Basics: The Movable Book with Elissa Campbell
- Jul 10: Drum Leaf Binding with Karen Hanmer
- Jul 11, 18, 25: Quick Enclosures Series with Erin Fletcher
- Jul 12, 13: The Block Printed Journal with Elissa Campbell
- Jul 12, 14: Photo Pop-Ups: Make Your Images 3D with Shawn Sheehy
- Jul 13: Book Bags with Deb Eck
- Jul 13: One Sheet Books with Stephanie Wolff
- Jul 14, 21, 28: ONE CONCEPT/ THREE ARTIST’S BOOKS with Michele Burgess
- Jul 14, 21, 28, Aug 4: Fun Lettering: An Introduction to Calligraphy with Carrie Imai
- Jul 14: San Diego Book Arts July Meeting
- Jul 15: Copyright 101: Rights and Permissions for Artists with Suzanne Glémot
- Jul 15, 16, 17: Focus on Book Arts (FOBA) Virtual Conference - Where We Live
- Jul 17: Letterpress: Testing the Waters with Ellie Mathews and Carl Youngmann
- Jul 19: Masu Boxes and Storage Books with Amanda D'Amico
- Jul 19, 20, 21: Kakishibu and Washi with Linda Marshall
- Jul 20, 27: BOX IT: Make Your Own Storage Enclosures with Milcah Bassel
- Jul 20, 22, 27, 29: Box Series with Erin Fletcher
- Jul 22: Be There, Be Square with Susan Joy Share
- Jul 22: Zoom+Make: Why Knot? with Nathalie Ryan
- Jul 22: Refillable Hardcover Jotter Journal with WNY Book Arts Center
- Jul 22: Travel Journal Workshop with Elissa Campbell
- Jul 23, 30: Wearable Paper Cuts with Béatrice Coron
- Jul 23: Double-sided Nested Book Garden with Bhavna Mehta
- Jul 24: Carp-e Diem: Fish Skin Processing and Use in Bookbinding with Andrew Mancuso
- Jul 24: Atlas: A Book of Maps with Stephanie Wolff
- Jul 24: Introduction to V-folding with Dario Zeruto
- Jul 29: Design Your Own Stab Binding with Yuka Petz
- Jul 29, Aug 5, 12, 19: Roll-Up/Pop-Up Animated Animals with Shawn Sheehy
- Jul 31: How to Make an Accordion Book with Origami Frames with Kit Davey
- Jul 31, Aug 1, 2, 3: The Wonders of Hedi Kyle with Suzanne Schmollgruber
- Aug 3, 5, 10, 12: Introduction to Traditional French Pochoir with Kitty Maryatt
- Aug 3, 5, 10, 12: Box Series with Erin Fletcher
- Aug 3: Miniature Zines with Emily Poor
- Aug 5: Dos-a-Dos Journal with WNY Book Arts Center
- Aug 7: Japanese Bookbinding with Elissa Campbell
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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)
A list of my favorite paper places, both online and brick & mortar locations - Word or PDF - is maintained in my Dropbox account (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,)
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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