Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - March 24, 2021
Hello everybody,
Flash - Registration for FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference will open on May 15, 2021! Woo hoo! Coincidentally your taxes for 2020 are due on May 15, 2021. Boo hoo!
I also found an online workshop from a bookbinder I admire in the Netherlands, Marja Wilgenkamp, about "Inventive Books" (please calendar entry for Apr 15, 2021). This is pretty rare as they have already opened up in-person workshops following Covid restrictions. Marja will let me know if the workshop will be a go when it has 6 or more attendees (10 max) registered. She will use UPS to send the class kit to the US for this workshop.
We just returned from a driving trip up to our favorite small town and while we were driving I was continually amazed at how bountiful California is at producing food for our table and I am grateful for the people who labor to do so. I am also grateful for the memories Bill and I have accumulated while living here. Maybe I will will expound on our trip in a later update but there were a lot of animals involved - one ginger cat (he ignored us), dogs (4 very sweet dogs), crows (one hung out with us and wanted to hitch a ride), ravens, red tail hawks (saw more them in pairs because it is spring and witnessed a courtship flight ), turkey vultures (graceful aerialists with the ability to change their attitude with a flick of a feather), elephant seals (flipping sand on themselves to stay cool as well as lifting their back flippers off the sand), sea otters (playful babies amongst a nursery raft with 2 adult nannies napping and, boy, do they nap hard!), a surprise sighting of zebras and elk (timing is everything), etc. This update would have gone out sooner but during the last part of our journey the internet was spotty at best at Ragged Point, CA, but it did give me the chance to re-read a favorite book of mine. It was like catching up with an old friend!
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 - poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown and Whiting Award Winner Aracelis Girmay. Stay tuned for more details.
Center for Book Arts, NY - Winter exhibitions, "Out of Sight, Beyond Touch" and "New Book Art: 2019 Artists in Residence" are now open for reserved in-person visits - now until Mar 28, 2021 - online opening and preview video
Wayne Art Center - Faculty Online Exhibition 2021 - now until Apr 2, 2021
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - Southwest Michigan Printmakers - online exhibition “Light and Dark” and “H2O.” - now until Apr 30, 2021
Minnesota Center for Book Arts - DROP DEAD GORGEOUS: Fine Bindings of La Prose du Transsibérien Re-creation exhibit - now until May 9, 2021. Artist demo is on Feb 25, 2021. Artist talk is on Mar 25, 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
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Gallery - 13th Annual Illustrated Accordion exhibition - in person and open to the public in a limited capacity - Exhibit dates: Apr 9 – Jun 18, 2021 - previous years entries
FOBA is going virtual - July 15 - 19, 2021. More information on the conference!
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 - new dates: Oct 8 - 10, 2021 and Oct 16 - 17, 2021. More information
Northwoods Book Arts Guild - Books As Art 3 - NBG members will present a wide spectrum of handcrafted book forms - Fairbanks Arts Association
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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 Spring 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
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: Apr 1 for Fall Workshops, Jul 1 for Winter Workshops, Oct 1 for Spring 2022 Workshops
* Marin MOCA - conVERGEnce (In a time of extraordinary flux, the exhibit will explore concepts of merging, verging and combining in shape, form, color, and meaning.) - Prospectus here - Deadline: Mar 25, 2021 - Exhibit dates: May 29 - Jul 18, 2021
Call for entry: Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - The Illustrated Accordion - Deadline: Mar 26, 2021 by 5pm (ET) - Entry information
* 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).
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 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
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Bits & bobs about paper/books/tips/trips/etc.
The Paper Year, Helen Hiebert's membership program, will reopen for registration April 1 - 10, 2021.
64 brilliant paper artists to follow on instagram
Square Dance by Cathryn Miller artist talk - The works are textile-inspired, and paper is transformed through a variety of processes such as cutting, folding, printing, painting, or stitching. The actual talk begins at 3:53, and the last fifteen minutes or so are a Q & A session
Contemporary paper artist Tara Lee Bennett creates intricately crafted creations of elaborate beds of paper flowers cultivated in a monochrome color scheme
Oddly satisfying video of a person drawing lines
BIMA Artist’s Book Unshelved - Mar 6 episode with Catherine Alice Michaelis - "Water Is ...". Look for past episodes here.
Bookbinding and embroidery
Want to develop and expand your writing to include in your book or just want to write? San Diego Book Arts February meeting had a writing workshop by Jane Sprague and she has very generously shared her handout for that exercise (please see calendar entry for Feb 10, 2021). Also some anti-social skills to improve your writing or check out Hemingway's rules for writing.
How about Stanza? Scotland's International Poetry Festival has just begun. Join in to adorn your home with spring metaphors
Here is the Stanford study to explain why Zoom meeting are so tiring
The Movable Book Society - A to Z: Marvels in Paper Engineering - Alphabet Pop-Up Collection - 26 paper engineers from around the world create the alphabet in an amazing pop-up collection
Make a triangle book
Cut the Craft is a podcast that brings stories of handcraft and its makers to you - Episode 021: Hedi Kyle (recorded Feb 1, 2021). Other episodes
The art of book restoration video
Here is Cathryn Miller of Byopia Press "Pocket Book Part Four" which link to a couple of other creative women I follow - Cheryl Moote and Tomoko Fuse. To catch earlier parts here are Part One, Part Two and Part Three.
Have you ever had to divide your paper into thirds, fifths, etc? Here is a video showing how to with making soap but applies nicely to paper as well (no need to go beyond 3:10)
Do you want to do citizen science? Classify the shape of a galaxy? Locate exoplanets?
Five ways to look at a city differently (even the you live/work in) from The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker
About 11% of the world's population does not have access to fresh water. Here is a water tower that may help.
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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.
- Mar 25: Screening & Artists Talk - Drop Dead Gorgeous - Kitty Maryatt
- Mar 25: From Flat Sheet to Folio with Stephanie Wolff
- Mar 25: Single Signature Sampler with Amanda D’Amico
- Mar 27: Print at Home: Craft Press Printmaking with Rebecca Chamlee
- Mar 27, 28, Apr 3: The Storage Book with Karen Hardy
- Mar 27: How to Make a Book with 4 Secret Flaps and 8 Pockets with Kit Davey
- Mar 29: French Link Binding on Accordion Pleats with Paula Krieg
- Mar 29: Laser Engraving Photographs on Book Cloth with Sarah Pike
- Mar 29: Pochoir Basics with Bettina Pauly
- Mar 27: How to Make a 5-Pocket Wallet Book with Kit Davey
- Mar 30, 31, Apr 1: Unfolding Narratives: Writing for Artist Books with Ellen Sheffield
- Mar 30, Apr 6, 13: Printmaking Without a Press Intermediate with Curt Labitzke
- Mar 31: Paper Case Series: Paper Case with Tuck-in End Sheets with Karen Hanmer
- Apr 2, 3: Book in a Box Mini with Nancy Akerly- Apr 2, 9: Creative Conversations - Creative Journaling with Carolyn Terry & Susan Callan
- Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7: Art Journaling: Sketching, Watercolor & Composition with Jane LaFazio
- Apr 3: How to Make Two Books in a Box with Kit Davey
- Apr 5: Stab Binding I with Charlotte Mauler Hayes
- Apr 5: Butterfly Book with Helen Hiebert
- Apr 6: Botanical Papercuts with Béatrice Coron
- Apr 6, 13, 20, 27: Ready, Set, Fold! with Karen Hardy
- Apr 7: Franklin Fold and Folded Slipcases with Michelle Wilson
- Apr 7, 14: BOX IT: Make Your Own Storage Enclosures with Milcah Bassel
- Apr 7, 14: Paired Station Coptic with Scott McCarney
- Apr 8: Tech’s Tactile Thursdays: Origami Constructible with Georgia Tech Library & Robert C Williams Paper Museum
- Apr 8: Make Your Own Botanical Papercut with Béatrice Coron
- Apr 8: PaperWorks - April 2021 Meeting
- Apr 8: Unusual Accordions with Stephanie Wolff
- Apr 10: Jacob's Ladder with Karen Hanmer
- Apr 10 - 11: OrigamiUSA FoldFest
- Apr 10 & 11: Japanese Wraparound Case with Amy Childress
- Apr 12: Stab Binding II with Charlotte Mauler Hayes
- Apr 14: San Diego Book Arts April Meeting
- Apr 15, 22, 29, May 6: Inventive books with Marja Wilgenkamp
- Apr 16: A "Satisfaction" of Movable Mechanisms with Shawn Sheehy
- Apr 17 & 18: Chinese Thread Book/Zhen Xian Bao with Nancy Akerly
- Apr 17, 24, May 1, 8: Fold-Fest! Magic with Folded Paper with Erin Sweeney
- Apr 18, 25, May 2: Introduction to Papercut Cityscapes with Rosa Leff
- Apr 18: A "Satisfaction" of Movable Mechanisms with Shawn Sheehy (Online)
- Apr 19: Papercut Jewelry with Béatrice Coron (Online)
- Apr 19: Stab Binding III with Charlotte Mauler Hayes
- Apr 20: Box Series with Erin Fletcher
- Apr 21: Paper Case Series: Dove Dale Paper Case with Karen Hanmer
- Apr 21, 28: Color as the Main Character with Roni Goss
- Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19: Books for Photographers and Printmakers with Andrew Huot
- Apr 24: Romance of Romanesque with Amy Spencer
- Apr 24, 25: A Satisfaction of Movable Mechanisms with Shawn Sheehy
- Apr 24, 25, May 1, 2: Gathering - A Book Art Retreat
- 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 5 - 6: Paper Weaving with Helen Hiebert
- May 6, 13, 20, 27: Roll-Up/Pop-Up Workshop with Shawn Sheehy
- May 8: Basic Treasure Box with Nancy Akerly
====================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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