Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - November 21, 2020
Hello everybody,
We went to the desert to catch the Orionid meteor shower in late October. Before sunset we went to "catch" the metal sculptures at Galleta Meadows in Borrego Springs.The ocotillo surprised me with blooms of red at the tips of their branches giving a splash of color to the otherwise stark desert landscape. The cholla cactus were also blooming with tiny white flowers. I kept a respectful distance from them as I admired their needles. It is so dark in Borrego Springs that you can see the sword of Orion and that fuzzy spot in the sword - the Orion nebula! The coyotes howling and my alarm woke me up 2 hours before sunrise so we could go meteor hunting. Appropriately the first meteor I saw as we were leaving the hotel to go to a even darker spot streaked right through the Orion constellation. It was the longest and brightest that early morning. The buzz of electricity going through the power lines serenaded us as we watched for the Orionids - leftover debris from Halley's Comet. Venus rising in the east and Mars (2nd brightest object in the sky then after Venus) setting in the west directly opposite each other in the sky were also serene accompaniments. By the time we saw the ISS (International Space Station) 30 minutes before sunrise it was already difficult to make out the Orion constellation. Only Rigel (his foot) and Betelgeuse (his shoulder) were visible and by the time we could no longer see the ISS six minutes later the stars had all winked out in the beginning of a new day.
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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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
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Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area (* new additions or reschedules)
* [Temporarily closed from Nov 16, 2020, for at least four weeks] Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
* Guild of Book Workers - New England Chapter - 40th Anniversary Exhibit
* National Juried Exhibiton at the Morgan Conservatory - The artwork in this exhibition celebrates paper’s versatility as a medium and represents a selection of innovative and visually striking approaches by contemporary artists - now until Nov 28, 2020 -
open by appointment Thursday through Saturday from 11am to 4pm - 1754 East 47th Street, Cleveland, OH 44103 - Reserve a free ticket
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - 15th Anniversary Exhibition - From the beginning the KBAC has strived to act like an umbrella, supporting creative individuals working in all the disciplines that emerge from the history of the book: hand papermakers, fine printmakers, letterpress printers, bookbinders, and creative writers - now until Dec 2020
The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin is offering personal retreats from now until Dec 19, 2020. The retreats include lodging and meals. Meals are delivered to rooms. The options they are offering include 3, 4 and 5-night stays. Link for rates and registration - https://theclearing.org/wp/retreats/
* David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX - Michael Velliquette: Creations are Numberless, I Vow to Free Them exhibit - now until Dec 19, 2020 - Open by appointment, please email david@davidsheltongallery.com - to view individual works. His workshop in the calendar
Poetry Is Not a Luxury - San Francisco Center for the Book - now until Dec 20, 2020 (extended) - Don't forget to sign up for the SFCB newsletter to be informed about their Shelter in Studio tours.
Bolinas Museum - Marie Dern: The Art of Handmade Books - now - Dec 27, 2020 - date says pending on museum website
* Open Studio (Toronto, Canada) - Murmuration exhibit - Nov 20 - Dec 19, 2020; Wed - Sat 12pm - 5pm by appointment - email laura@openstudio.ca
25th Annual Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival has been rescheduled to Apr 16 - 18, 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
CODEX Book Fair and Symposium - has been moved to the first half of 2022. Registration will re-open summer 2021. For more information visit: http://www.codexfoundation.org
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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
Created in response to the overwhelming need for emergency financial assistance in the creative community resulting from the pandemic, national COVID-19 relief effort for artists to continue through December 2020
If you are a papermaker or know a papermaker who would like to be featured in Helen Hiebert's weekly Sunday Paper please fill out this form.
Call for teachers: Would you like to teach an online class at BARN (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network)? Please visit the Teach at BARN page for more information. Deadline: Ongoing!
The Morgan Conservancy - Do you have an idea for a digital workshop? They would love to hear from you! Download the workshop proposal form and submit by Nov 22, 2020
Call for submission: Pandemonium - Curated by Abecedarian Artists’ Books - Eligible are any hand-crafted book works, with content created during, or as a response to, chaotic times - Prospectus and more details - Submission period begins: Nov 1, 2020. Submission deadline: Dec 21, 2020 - Scheduled for display at the Tallyn's Reach Library Mar 1 - 31, 2021
* 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: 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.
Sign of the times and I hope good for a chuckle! Robot vacuum cleaner texts for help after getting tangled up in toilet paper. I call mine Poe Poe Mea and I think it means round thing in Hawaiian but I could be so very wrong! And he is so old that he does not text - he just gets stuck underneath counters, furniture and in corners and beeps for help!
The holidays are approaching and to help with that here is the ultimate gift roundup - kitchen, fitness, gaming, living room, general tech gifts, miscellaneous
What are physical books still for? "The Book Makers" documentary being streamed on PBS.org pulls back the curtain on the people who are keeping books alive in the 21st century - the remarkable resilience of books. Personally I love reading books - the whole turning of the page - the action and the sound, your own way of bookmarking whether dogeared or using a beautiful bookmark or whatever is available, the feel and smell of the page, the pause as you absorb the words or reread them again - it is a whole experience!
A nice read about the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center. I do adore their annual illustrated accordion exhibits. Their next one will be from Apr 2 - June 11, 2021. Watch for the call to exhibit in an upcoming update
Exploring Ed Ruscha's archives (thanks to the Getty Research Institute) about Sunset Blvd - choose different years, rides (the Vanagon rules!) and sides of the street
Postcard-perfect scenes - constructed from memory and scraps of paper - I knew there was a reason why I collected postcards and business cards from places and businesses I have visited
Did you want to try something different or maybe you know someone who might want to try something different? Here is a list of crafty projects to spark imagination
The Morgan Conservatory website now features introductory papermaking, letterpress, and bookbinding videos, as well as behind the scenes of our facilities. Stay tuned for more virtual classes coming soon
Quick and easy leather journal - https://www.facebook.com/vintagepagedesigns/videos/273406370659646/
Japanese artist Hiroku Saito creates incredible paper art called Kiri-e or Kirigami - staggeringly elaborate and beautiful!
Italian artist/designer/inventor Bruno Munari published his “Libro Illeggibile” in 1949. Watching the video about the seventh (7th) edition of Libro Illegibile and An Unreadable Quadat Print made me think about pages in quite a different way. The video for Libro Illegibile also includes instruction on how to make your own copy of this book!
Helen Hiebert's podcast episode with Susan Joy Share
Towards the end of every year I get excited about Helen Hiebert's upcoming calendar! She has produced wonderful calendars that I collect and also give away. This year she has announced that she will be going online with the Paper Year and I am looking forward to the online sessions to make fun creations with her and 4 guest paper/book artists. You will have a choice of 2 option to participate. Here is a video about her upcoming Paper Year
Another calendar - download and print a mini 2021 flower calendar - https://byopiapressdotcom1.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/2021-mini-flower-diy-calendar.pdf
To stand up your calendar on your desk - https://lifehacker.com/make-a-super-quick-phone-or-tablet-stand-out-of-cardboa-1512059509
Or origami it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW5M6cepIBI
Pyramid Atlantic letterpress calendar
Loved Deborah Sadler's virtual tour of her solo show at the Harrison Public Library, New York!
University of Puget Sound Collins Library artists book digital collectionI am a collector of words and found these beautiful ones. I can’t wait to sprinkle them surreptitiously into some of my conversations!
British Library’s entire George III Topographical Collection of maps and related images is now available on Flickr
FOBA - Focus on Book Arts website has a fresh new look. They invite you to share your news, tool tips, and upcoming events so we can stay connected virtually until we meet again. In upcoming newsletters, they look forward to featuring your tool tips and sharing member news. Please send them your tips and news via this form
Have a look see at the Alabama MFA Book Arts program (Big Jump Press) - 2 videos about 5 minutes long
Psaligraphy (an introduction) - originally silhouette paper cutting but much more now. You can look up workshops by Beatrice Coron and Bhavna Mehta in the calendar
A murmuration of starlings in exquisite flight. I played the video over some music I was listening to and it did not matter what I was listening the starlings seemed to move to it. From Søren Solkær’s ongoing project, BlackSun, documents one of nature’s most mesmerizing phenomena captured in the marshlands of southern Denmark
5 artists using origami to expand their art and creations (video)
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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 ;).
2020
- Nov 22: Puget Sound Book Artists Annual Membership Meeting
- Nov 22 - 23: Casement for Metal Edges: New and Improved with Margo Klass (Online)
- Nov 23: How to Make a Ruffled Sphere Book with Kit Davey (Online
- Nov 24: Papercutting Basics: Workshop with Béatrice Coron (Online)
- Nove 24: Moving Circles: Volvelles with Stephanie Wolff (Online)
- Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14: The Drum Leaf Binding & Its Precedents with Scott McCarney (Online)
- Dec 1: WrapLove with Rachel Hazell (Online)
- Dec 1: Cereal Box Mechanical Cards: Holiday Edition with Shawn Sheehy (Online)
- Dec 1, 8: How to write an artist statement and other promotional materials (Online)
- Dec 1, 3, 8, 10: Binding Fundamentals: rounding, backing, and other engineering essentials with Karen Hanmer (Online)
- Dec 1, 3, 8, 10: Cross Structure Binding with Erin Fletcher (Online)
- Dec 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17: Caught in a Blizzard with Karen Hardy (Online)
- Dec 2, 3, 9: Altered Treasure Book with Daniel Essig (Online)
- Dec 3: SFCB Shelter in Studio tour - Kitty Maryatt (Two Hands Press)
- Dec 3: Paper Gifts with Stephanie Wolff (Online)
- Dec 3, 7, 10: The Perfect Gift-A Symbol Of True Connection with Susan Callan (Online)
- Dec 5: Hinged Box with Nancy Akerly (Online)
- Dec 5, 6: Roll-Up/Pop-Up Book Workshop: Level 1 (Online)
- Dec 5, 6: Traditional Case Binding with Anne Covell (Online)
- Dec 5, 6: Crisscross Binding with Anne Covell (Online)
- Dec 5, 6, 12, 13: Medieval Cut-away with Karen Hanmer
- Dec 6: Luminaria: Designing with Light with Helen Hiebert (Online)
- Dec 7, 9: Secret Belgian Binding with Kevin Auer (Online)
- Dec 8: It’s All About ZINES! hosted by Collins Library (Online)
- Dec 9: San Diego Book Arts Meeting
- Dec 9: Printer At Play: Marie Dern and the Magic of Letterpress - SFCB & Bolinas Museum
- Dec 10: Wearable Paper Cuts with Béatrice Coron (Online)
- Dec 11: Papermaking at 13:00: Online Studio Visit & Demo with Helen Frederick (Online)
- Dec 11, 18: Cabinet of Paper Mechanical Curiosities (Online)
- Dec 12: How to Make a One-Page Book with Triangular Pages with Kit Davey (Online)
- Dec 14: How to Make an Envelope House Book with Kit Davey (Online)
2021
- Jan 4: Papercutting Experimentations with Béatrice Coron (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: Printmaking Without a Press with Curt Labitzke (Online)
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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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