Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - November 19, 2023
Hello everyone,
There have been a slew of subscriptions (woo hoo, thank you!) lately and I thought I would go through a few suggestions on how best to take advantage of the information provided in this newsletter. As always I am most appreciative of your interest in my little newsletter and welcome any suggestions and recommendations.
- This newsletter and calendar is not the be all and end all of book and paper arts but rather a jumping off point where you get to go explore and going down internet rabbit holes to check out different teachers, different organizations, new and different mediums, etc
- That being said please do subscribe to your favorite institutions and teachers - not every single workshop is listed in the calendar nor every exhibit in this newsletter - just a delectable sampling
- Instead of reading the newsletter in your inbox try reading it online on the newsletter platform - you can jump to your favorite sections and back to the top with the click of a link
In celebration of the exhibition Paper is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB), is pleased to offer full scholarships for two workshops for BIPOC-identifying (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students - application deadline: Nov 26, 2023
Paula Krieg is holding 30 minute mini-workshops on Seminole Patchwork with Paper - it started Nov 18, 2023, at 1pm ET (time zone converter) and will run for about 8 - 10 weeks - sessions are recorded - more information here
Me ke aloha nui - Jade
Unfolding paper explorer, information conduit & facilitator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, somewhat grudgingly tech savvy
Connecting talented people with people exploring their talents
Book & Paper Arts Calendar | Book & Paper Arts Newsletter
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Sections below:
Things to do in the area |
Call for artists/ entries/ proposals/ submissions |
Bits & bobs about paper/ books/ tips/ trips |
Musings and Meanderings |
About the calendar |
Resource List |
Housekeeping
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Paper Connection has opened their new Art Annex at Hope Artiste Village, Unit #109, Pawtucket, RI - join them at their drop-in clinics on Wednesdays
Yerba Buena Art and Makers Market, San Francisco, CA - first Sunday of every month - and if you are a creator they have a free booth for you
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA - Open Book Tours - Every Third Wednesday: 11:00am - register here
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan - TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR - 23 - 26 Nov 2023
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA - Artist in Residence: Colette Fu (renowned pop-up book artist) - MESA Gallery - now until Nov 30, 2023 (see the calendar for exhibit associated workshops)
Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA - Geometric Aljamia - now until Dec 6, 2023
PSBA Outreach and Exhibition Teams and The Evergreen State College Library - 12th Annual Members Exhibit at The Evergreen State College Library - now until Dec 15, 2023 - more information - directions
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY: Off-Register: Publishing Experiments by Women Artists in Latin America, 1960-1990 - now until 16 Dec 2023; Artists’ Books as Prompts for Discourse - now until Dec 16, 2023
Oracle Center for the Arts (Oracle, AZ) and PaperWorks Tucson - Stolen Time - now until Dec 20, 2023
San Francisco Center for the Book - Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures exhibit - now until Dec 22, 2023
Michael Good Gallery and Midcoast Maine Book Arts in Rockport, Maine - Structure & Narrative III exhibition of artist books - now until Dec 30, 2023
Kirkby Gallery, Knowsley, UK - CRAFTED - now until 6 Jan 2024
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Gallery - Erica Spitzer Rasmussen: BOOKS ABOUND - now until Jan 12, 2024
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID - Jacob Hashimoto: The Fractured Giant - now until Jan 21, 2024 - time lapse video of the installation process
Kala Art Institute & Gallery, Berkeley, CA - The Embodied Press: queer abstraction and the artist’s book - now until 9 Feb 2024
2023 Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale - now until Feb 27, 2024 - more information on the Paper Art Biennale - video
City Art Centre, Edinburgh, UK - Scottish Landscape Awards - 4 Nov 2023 – 3 Mar 2024
Spark Gallery in Denver’s Art District - Printed Page IV will be on view from Mar 28 – Apr 21, 2024
The Fabriano Paper/Print/Book Tour of Northern Italy led by Lynn Sures - Jun 3 - 14, 2024. Details and registration
Book Arts in Venice with Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - Jun 4 – Jun 15, 2024
Hiromi Paper, Culver City, CA - 2024 Conservation Washi Tour - Sep 7 - 14, 2024 - $3200/person ($500 deposit required to reserve a spot) - meet and observe Japanese papermakers, and experience the art of washi first hand by visiting various papermaking villages in Japan's countryside. Tour includes an itinerary of conservation focused papermaking studios, toolmakers, museums, and shops. Transportation, breakfast/dinner and 8-night accommodation included - please note, this is an intensive tour with daily visits to conservation-centric papermakers and is not a conventional sightseeing tour - contact Yuki at yuki@hiromipaper.com for more information - *Participants are responsible for their own round-trip flights - limited spots available
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Call for artists/ entries/ proposals/ submissions
Websites for calls for entries for all mediums and online juried shows:
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Call for entries management and jury system entrythingy.com
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Find calls https://www.callforentry.org/
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Colossal (international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines) opportunities
The Morgan is looking for Workshops Proposals for the 2024 Summer Season Workshop Line-Up - due Nov 30, 2023 by 4pm Eastern Standard Time - in-person workshop proposals - virtual workshop proposals - more information - please direct any questions to the Workshop Coordinator, Lysa, at lysa@morganconservatory.org
Printed Page IV - deadline: Feb 12, 2024
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Bits & Bobs about paper/ books/ tips/ trips
Sarah Bodman - Book Arts Newsletter - Impact Press at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK - 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
Paula Krieg is holding 30 minute mini-workshops on Seminole Patchwork with Paper - it started Nov 18, 2023, at 1pm ET (time zone converter) and will run for about 8 - 10 weeks - sessions are recorded - more information here
In celebration of the exhibition Paper is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB), is pleased to offer full scholarships for two workshops for BIPOC-identifying (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students - application deadline: Nov 26, 2023
Are you ready for the next step to up your origami game? Join Madonna Yoder of Gathering Folds and fold a mini tessellation every day from Dec 1 - 25, 2023 during the Advent of Tessllations. I believe these will also be recorded and I hope I can stick with it.
Insta360 Is making a smartphone stabilizer for a less shaky shot
Desk space may be more available due to technology but I can guarantee my paper mess will take over any freed up space :) I would prefer if my desk looked like Dario Zeruto's
Never ending flexagon - from one sheet of paper - template included - also makes for a great hand made card
I wonder if any of these boxes would help me organize my desks (yes I have 2 - one originally for work and now to work on my newsletter and the other for origami, making handmade cards and attending workshops)? Box 1 and box 2 (my important papers would be origami papers)
Mini book transforms into a house
I object to the title of this post on Instagram and would rather it be called "8 techniques for the unmotivated" but agree with the following 8 steps
Have you seen these colossal rubber duckies? One made an appearance at the Port of Los Angeles in 2014 along with a smaller version maybe 5 - 6 feet (about 2m) tall. And if you are lucky enough to stay at the Conrad in Singapore an appropriately sized one is provided for your ablutions in the bathtub - they do bring a smile to my face
Another cool book by Cathryn Miller (Byopia Press) and with links to download Claire Van Vliet's "Woven and Interlocking Book Structures" from the internet archive
If you missed the Boundless exhibit at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA, last year here is a video walkthrough on YouTube
I met Insiya Dhat at FOBA in 2019 when we sat next to each other in Elissa Campbell's workshop, Finding Closure. I was amazed and admired how quickly she picked up on everything and here I was breaking and bending needles! I have been following her art since then and here are some videos for you to get to know her too - Bay Area Bountiful, her Illusion Book, Made Here, BABA Featured Artist
An interesting variation to a flag book by AnnMadeBooks on Instgram - here is something somewhat similar - a birthday card - I made for a step-granddaughter
Why Is My Android phone so slow? Here are 10 ways to speed it up - also how to speed up a slow iPhone
Have you been annoyed at the number of ads that are showing up in your Instagram feed? Here's how to avoid ads and see only content from the people you follow or have favorited
When folding origami you are usually folding from a square or a square cut into half, thirds or fourths. Every once in a while you need to have a piece of paper in A4 proportions - here is how you transform a square into A4 proportions - if you have FaceBook/Meta here is a tutorial that uses these proportions to fold a mandala or a similar YouTube tutorial using a plain 'ole square
I'd love to have these lights for my stairwell
Look at the cool paper structures you can create without glue. There are videos galore to take a look at his creations in the article, a book as well as an online store! Shades of Paul Johnson without the color
Go to a random place on Atlas Obscura. Click on the green Random Place button. I did that once when I was looking through a brochure and saw a picture of a beach that I felt I just had to get to. In the end I found out out it was the Maldives and it is as beautiful as the picture if not more. The journey there was almost as fantastical as the stay
Do you have a favorite paper cutting tool? I remember the foldable scissors from when I was a child and I am looking at the scissors from Washi Arts
My 1st thought was if this instagrammer had attended Susan and Paula's ZXB workshop they would have made a masu box with lid that fit - all kidding aside I do admire her work - tutorial for making the infinity cubes - for a challenge fold the no-glue no-tape version
I love it when you have multiples of the same module so when paper quillers do it their way I am there - hello! shades of Hedi Kyle
Bowdoin Library - Popups - They're not just for kids
Can we talk about your stash? I know I am guilty of this!
Star Book 2023 or Pages Don’t Have To Be Rectangular
A different way of sculpting with paper and metal
John Cutrone of JAFFE Center talking about the Book of Jonah
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Good to be back from my 3 month break and it looks like my fingers can almost remember where the keys are as I type in my weird 7 finger way - self taught I'll have you know when I was a teen and editor for the school yearbook. I still am on a 6 month doctor's program to figure out what was going on with my fatigue issues. When I started at the end of July I had no idea how my body was going to react. I thought perhaps it would be better to take some time off and do more meditative things like folding mandalas and attend google meet or zoom sessions where I could work from my bed if I had to. Good news is that I am feeling better and was well enough to attend a Hedi Kyle workshop at the end of October. My takeaway from this - always sign up for the waitlist because you never know! This was a solo trip for me with a lot more activity than I was used to but lots of people were around to help me through this extraordinary time. See below for more details about my trip to upstate New York. I am not at 100% yet but I am noticing a difference in energy levels. Slow and steady!
I took down just about everything from my bulletin/inspiration board to track my progress on how much I was folding. The proof would be paper stars or mandalas being hung up. Truth be told these mandalas were piling up on my crafting desk so I had to either put them away or display them. In starting workshops with Falk Brito, my origami teacher from Brazil, at the beginning of July I was also invited to join his Whatsapp group called Desdobradores or The Unfolders where I could get notifications of his latest workshops (especially since I don't check Instagram all the time). This group has been warm, welcoming, generous and took me under their wing. Needless to say I am learning how to speak Brazilian Portuguese, can now read basic texts including all the shortcuts for words they use (some of which could be easily be misconstrued!), and getting the jokes that are tossed in for good measure. To help with the more difficult words I downloaded an app called Instant Translate that when started has a floating bubble that I can drag over to the text and it translates immediately. It appears to work with many apps like Instagram and many blogs. From joining this first group came an invite to join another - Quarta com Dobra or Wednesday with folds. This group offers free folding sessions every Wednesday (in fact Yol A. joined me while I was in Ithaca, NY - howzit, Yol!) while Falk's workshops are on Thursdays and/or Fridays. About once a month Falk will offer free interactive workshops. Being a part of Quatra com Dobra got me in touch with the Indonesia Origami Association (Asosiasi Origami Indonesia) - this has turned into quite the international adventure. My bulletin board is looking well stocked with paper stars/mandalas from my own explorations in Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube as well as from workshops in Brazil and Indonesia. I am hoping to post a picture of my slowly filling board on Instagram. Let me know if you'd like to join me in any of the workshops and try your hand at speaking Portuguese or Indonesian.
Now for the trip! Oh, the trip! I flew into Newark (less tired being on a direct flight) a week before Hedi's workshop and spent a wonderful time with many fantastic people and amazing places. The drive up from Newark to upstate New York was rainy and absolutely lovely passing through spectacular fall colors and through cozy hamlets. I amused myself by asking Google to tell me jokes and tell me about the tress whose leaves change colors. I learned that the birch tree usually displays the brightest yellow leaves. I used a particular word a lot while there because it was, well, it was just lovely! I spent a glorious time with Paula where I met half the town at a get together at Randy's (the entire town was invited!), had lunch with Jean (it was just lovely and so thoughtfully and beautifully put together), Marie and Paula, along with 2 mini-workshops in Jean's stupendous studio, and a studio tour and lunch with Ed Hutchins (yes, that Ed Hutchins - I almost dropped the phone when informed I was going to meet him). I loved that Ed and I walked up to the house from the studio arm in arm. Sigh! I was told by Ed that I am a storyteller (can I add that to my signature block?) during a leisurely lunch and I should tell my stories in an artist book. I am now expecting every time I visit that the fall colors and amazing food will always be available! LOL!
Wished I could have stayed longer as I learned so much while I was there but then it was on to Ithaca where the amazing fall colors continued and I got to absorb some college vibes from Cornell. Got to fit in 2 museums, a birding walk (I found out I am an amateur birder), drove through a covered bridge and the delicious food adventure continued (yummy grilled cheese with caramelized onions on artisanal bread anyone?). We also meet an amazing artist, Laurie Snyder, who had a connection with Susan Share Joy and Hedi Kyle. What a lovely small world! Then I had to say goodbye to much laughter and chats and bird watching with Yol A. to head to my next destination.
What can I say about Hedi's workshop? It sometimes feels like I don't have the right words to describe it but I will try. It started with dinner on Friday night for the majority of the class - lovely to see people whom I knew from Paula's workshops, meeting friends who knew me from this newsletter and making new friends because of our mutual adoration and awe of Hedi. To make things even better Paula was also there (woo hoo!) and Hedi surprised us all by dropping by before dinner came out. And the meal was delicious - all the flavors were well balanced and the service was outstanding. Definitely a place I would love to have dinner at again!
Saturday dawned a little overcast with a branch of yellow leaves tapping on my window. Since the workshop was at the lodge where most of us were staying the commute was a nice easy stroll down the hill for me. After a round of introductions we started on new Hedi structures that were not in her book, Art of the Fold. We were also taught an easier way to fold the fishbone book/fold as well as the very satisfying to open and close blizzard boxes. These last 2 are in Hedi's book on pages 108 and 77 respectively. We were fed lunch alfresco and dinner inside - again delicious with great views and fresh air. We were all ravenous from absorbing new knowledge and folding. Did I mention that there was a giant vase filled with Hedi's experiments and models that we could pick and keep? Wow! You also knew this was a great class from the squeals of delight, the smiles on our faces and the exhaled "Yes!" as we got the fold. It was a delight to be a part of this process.
The next day dawned with the pitter patter of rain on my window with the branch now drooping with a lot less leaves. It was time for the studio tour and brunch. I couldn't believe that this was my life on a rainy Sunday morning. Brunch has been delectably arranged on a giant board shear (who needs a sideboard anyway). Hedi's husband informed me she also used it to open letters with. I knew I liked her even more now! Before and after brunch we organically ended up dividing into 2 groups - the downstairs studio group with Hedi and the upstairs studio group. It was astounding to be able to look and marvel at Hedi's explorations. My favorite room? The bathroom upstairs with all her experiments and inspirations in this tiny space where she could do her "wet" work. All too soon we said and hugged our goodbyes. It is also my hope that it won't be another 7 years before I see Hedi again. I am always willing to travel for a workshop with Hedi along with all the lovely fall colors, amazing food and wonderful people along the way!
BTW - some of the best pizza I ever ate was had on this trip. And chocolate - some really good chocolate was enjoyed and shared during the workshop. And covered bridges in Ithaca, Hamden and Pine Hill and a soothing waterfall peeking through fall colors in Ithaca. It was also runny nose cold and I loved that I got to wear what I consider a heavy jacket to keep me warm and dressed in layers. This was a most memorable trip! Sigh!
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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), In-person4 (purple entries) and In-person 4 (green 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 check out that organization's workshop calendar for 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 any 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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Would you like to schedule a 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
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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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Central place for artist residencies - all mediums Pyramid Atlantic now offers a paid internship opportunity for college or post-college artists - Spring 2024 Studio Internship - Feb 14–May 8, 2024 - application deadline: Nov 30, 2023
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Organizations 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
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