Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - November 25, 2019
Hello everybody,
I have been seeing more and more calls for entries as I look through all the newsletters I subscribe to and some folks have mentioned an interest in it. So I thought I would test out a new section called "Call for entries/artist opportunities/residencies". Hope you like it!
Helen Hiebert is curating a gallery section in the book she is writing (tentatively "One Sheet Wonders") to show off the potential of paper (featuring artwork, graphic design, fashion design and other wonders created from one sheet of handmade or machine-made papers). Fill out this form if you have something to share, and feel free to pass it along to other paper artists. Although she can't promise that your image will make the cut (there are so many factors involved), she'd like to start showing off a variety of One-Sheet-Wonders on her blog leading up to the book's publication (in 2021).
Have a wonderful holiday season that won't drive you too crazy. If it does go check out something listed below!
Hope to see you in a future workshop - Jade
Sections below: Things to see or do/If you happen to be in the area; Call for entries/participation/artist opportunities/residencies; All things paper/books/tips/trips; Upcoming classes (usually west coast or online); Newly found workshops; Housekeeping.
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Things to see or do/If you happen to be in the area (* new additions)
* Artists Book Cornucopia X - Art Gym Denver - 1460 Leyden St, Denver, CO 80220 - now until November 29, 2019. Online catalog here.
Variations of the Artist Book: Philadelphia Center for the Book Member Exhibition - NE Corner, 2nd Floor, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA - now until Nov 29, 2019
Following the Thread (in conjunction with All Stitched Up)- Sherry Grover Gallery, BIMA, Bainbridge Island, WA - now until Nov 30, 2019
Once Upon a Book - Children's Literature Research Collection, Room 17, Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 - now until Nov 30, 2019
Book Smart: Learning to Break the Rules - American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco, CA - now until Nov 30, 2019
The Book as Art: Highlights from the Book Arts Collection - Print and Picture Collection, Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103 - now until Dec 1, 2019
Unbound: The Art of Deterioration - de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA - now until December 6, 2019
* Books and Beyond: Celebrating the Creative Life and Work of Lynne McElhaney - Western New York Book Arts Center - 468 Washington St, Buffalo, NY 14203 - now until Dec 7, 2019
* Elemental Iceland - FSU Museum of Fine Arts - 530 West Call Street, 250 Fine Arts Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306 - now until Dec 7, 2019
All Stitched Up - Puget Sound Book Artists - University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, Collins Library - now until Dec 11, 2019
Exploding the Codex: Book Arts in Special Collections - Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA - now until Dec 13, 2019.
* Walt Whitman's Words: Inspiring Artists Today - The Center for Book Arts - 28 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001 - now until Dec 14, 2019. A roundtable discussion focused on Whitman and Photography will be held on December 12th. Reservations are recommended.
Tomes - Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA - now until Dec 15, 2019
* Bookworks - Tufts University Art Galleries, Aidekman Arts Center - 40 Talbots Ave. Medford, MA 02155 - now until Dec 15, 2019
Word | Image | Object 2019 - Gates Western History Reading Room (5th Floor), Central Library, Denver, CO - now until Dec 31, 2019. Online catalog here if you can't make it
* Bound and Unbound V - University of South Dakota - 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069 - now until 3rd January 2020
* Not book related but if you love all things Japanese - Japan 47 Artisans - 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 - now until Jan 5, 2020
Drop Dead Gorgeous: Fine Bindings of La Prose du Transsibérien Re-creation - UCLA Special Collections - Young Research Library, Los Angeles, CA - now until Jan 5, 2020; North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA - Feb 15 - Apr 30, 2020; Minnesota Center for the Book, Minneapolis, MN - Sep 3 - Oct 18, 2020
* Lost and Found - Barn Gallery, Triangle L Ranch - 2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd, Oracle, AZ 85623 - now until Jan 5, 2020
* Outside the Box - Carriage House Gallery, Triangle L Ranch - 2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd, Oracle, AZ 85623 - now until Jan 5, 2020
The Artful Book - California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers - Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA - now until Jan 5, 2020. Free admission after 3 p.m. on Thursdays and half price admission all day Friday
* OOF Books Pop-Up Store - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA - 152 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - now until Jan 6, 2020
Dimensions of Form: Tamayo and Mixografia - Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA - now until Jan 19, 2020
Joint exhibit for San Diego Book Arts' "Postmark, San Diego" with the Sonoran Collective for Paper & Book Artists' "What I Love About Tucson" - Postal History Foundation Library, Tucson, AZ - now until Feb 28, 2020.
* Open Studios - Studio West End - 241/F 49 Station Road, Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, QLD 4105, Australia - Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2019
* London Centre for Book Arts 2nd Annual Book Fair - Britannia Works, 56 Dace Rd, London E3 2NQ, UK - Dec 1, 2019 - 11am to 6pm
* Annual Paper Sale - Hiromi Paper - 9469 Jefferson Blvd, Ste 117, Culver City, CA 90232 - Online Dec 1, 2019; In-store Dec 2 - 31, 2019
* S.C.R.A.P.: Santa Cruz Recycled Art Program - R. Blitzer Gallery - 2801 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 - Dec 6th - 28, 2019; Opening Reception: Friday, Dec 6, 5pm to 9pm; Artists' Gallery Talk: Sunday, Dec 8, 2pm to 4pm
* BookArts LA 6th Holiday Sale - 11720 Washington Place, Los Angeles, CA 90066 - December 7, 2019 - 10am to 5pm (if interested in being a vendor there are some places left)
Book Paper Scissors Artists’ Book Fair - Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia, PA - Dec 7, 2019 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. You can also locate their free workshops in the calendar.
* SFCB Holiday Fair - San Francisco Center for the Book - 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA - Dec 7, 2019 - 10am to 5pm
* Book Paper Scissors Artists' Book Fair - Philadelphia Center for the Book - 333 S Broad St, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 - Dec 7, 2019 - 10 am to 4pm
Artist's Book Tours - Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA - Dec 7, Dec 14 - 11am - 12pm
* Dickens Holiday Celebration - International Printing Museum - 315 W. Torrance Blvd., Carson, CA 90745 - Dec 14, 2019 - 10am to 4pm
Picasso and Paper - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK - Jan 25 - Apr 13, 2020
* The LA Book Arts Fair - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA - 152 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - Apr 3 -5, 2020. More info to follow
* Save the date - The Red Cliff Paper Retreat wtith Helen Hiebert - Red Cliff, CO - Aug 29 - Sep 2, 2020 - more info to come
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Call for entries/participation/artist opportunities/residencies
* 2020 Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History - due Dec 5, 2019 - an annual award of up to $2,000 for research in any area of the history of printing in all its forms, including all the arts and technologies relevant to printing, the book arts, and letter forms.
* Poetry Chapbook Contest - The Center for Book Arts, New York - Poets are invited to submit a series of poems or one long poem for publication in May 2020 of a letterpress, limited edition chapbook - Submit by Dec 15, 2019 - Apply here.
* Provocation of Place - Intimate nature, heaven on earth, conversations with the wild, a seed, an insect, growth, weather, birds, a heart place, species within our environment; Application by Jan. 5, 2020. Location: Light Art Space, Silver City, NM. Exhibit dates: Mar 13 - Apr 26, 2020.
* Reclamation: Artists’ Books on the Environment; Deadline: 1st September 2020; Location: San Francisco Center for the Book; Exhibition June 2021 – September 2021; Application: https://www.sfcb.org/reclamation
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All things paper/books/tips/trips
Travel to Japan with Peters Valley School of Craft - May 23 to Jun 3, 2020 - deposit due Dec 16, 2020. Itinerary and registration here,
Graham Patten Bookbinding - Continuously Convoluting Carousel - new book form or variation on the Jacob's Ladder? Still - wow! He is a little busy currently but he can be reached at graham.patten@gmail.com for a future workshop. I am also crazy about his "Call Me Trimtab" book.
Interested in traditional gold tooling? Trevor Lloyd (Ludlow, UK) has produced a 2-hour DVD about it. Trailer is here as well as a link to purchase.
If you ever need to look up something in the yellow pages (remember those?) the Library of Congress has digitized telephone books from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the city of Chicago.
How to Make Pop Ups for Cards or Books - Tutorials for Basic Forms
Tutorial - Wraparound concertina book - Rachel Hazell
Audubon has made 435 prints from Birds of America free to download
Best Way to Avoid Stress and Stay Calm - The Pre-Mortem Technique
The Joy of Making Books with Susan Gaylord
Hopefully something to reduce stress with deep breathing exercises
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Upcoming classes (newly found ones are marked with an *) on the calendar in the WA, OR, CA, AZ and NM (it could be a day-long adventure, make a weekend or whole vacation out of it!) and online in the next 30 - 60 days. Whether you have 2 hours or a whole week to do these classes I highly encourage you to just go!
- Dec 1: [Waitlist] Paper Marbling (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Dec 15: Paper Marbling - Intermediate/Advanced (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Dec 19: Book Arts: Decorative Design Papers (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Jan 3 - Feb 7: Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style (Online) - Fridays
- Jan 7 - 9 : Madeleine’s Paste Papers & Pocket Fold Booklet (Tucson, AZ)
- Jan 18 - 19: Book Artist as Naturalist (San Francisco, CA)
- Jan 18, 25: Distressed Wooden Boards Binding (San Francisco, CA) - 2 Saturdays
- Jan 19: Altered Books - Transforming the Familiar (San Diego, CA)
- Jan 25: [Waitlist] Durham Paste Paper Technique – Session A (Fallbrook, CA)
- Jan 25: Lark's Head Binding (San Francisco, CA)
- Jan 26: [Waitlist] Durham Paste Paper Technique – Session B (Fallbrook, CA)
- Feb 12 - 14: ARTMYTHOS: Telling Our Stories Thru Book Making and Gelli Printing (Green Valley, AZ)
- Feb 13 - 15: WABI SABI: The Spirit of Collage (Tucson, AZ)
- Feb 15: Miniature Exposed-Spine Bindings (San Francisco, CA)
- Feb 22: Washi Workshop: Modern Paste Papers (Blaine, WA)
- Feb 23: Articulated Binding (San Francisco, CA)
- Feb 23: Washi Workshop: Modern Paste Papers (Blaine, WA)
- Feb 24 - Mar 9: BookLove (Online)
- Feb 29: Sewn Boards Binding (San Francisco, CA)
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Newly found workshops are below and are light green entries in the calendar. To search for new entries look for the double asterisks (**). They may be happening tomorrow, within a week, or 11 months out! I encourage everyone to use the links in the calendar entries as a jumping off point to look for other workshops offered by that organization. If you wish to see a list of organizations from where I pull my information please click here to access the document in my Dropbox account. This list is always being updated as I find new organizations and instructors.
[Waitlist] Paper Marbling (Bainbridge Island, WA)
When:Sun Dec 1, 2019 9:00 - 15:30
Paper Marbling - Intermediate/Advanced (Bainbridge Island, WA)
When:Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:00 - 15:30
Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style (Online)
When:6 Fridays from Jan 3, 2020
Binders Wallet (Beechingstoke, Pewsey, UK)
When:Wed Feb 12, 2020 - Thu Feb 13, 2020
WABI SABI: The Spirit of Collage (Tucson, AZ)
When:Thu Feb 13, 2020 - Sat Feb 15, 2020
Washi Workshop: Modern Paste Papers (Blaine, WA)
When:Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:00 - 16:00
The Elbum (Blokker, The Netherlands)
When:Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:00 - 17:00
The Shrigley (Blokker, The Netherlands)
When:Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:00 - 17:00
Washi Workshop: Modern Paste Papers (Blaine, WA)
When:Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:00 - 16:00
Articulated Binding (San Francisco, CA)
When:Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:30 - 17:30
BookLove (Online)
When:Mondays Feb 24 - Mar 9, 2020
Sewn Boards Binding (San Francisco, CA)
When:Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:00 - 17:00
Stub Binding (Blokker, The Netherlands)
When:Thu Mar 5, 2020 - Sat Mar 7, 2020
Folded Not Sewn / Variations on the Accordion Book (Blaine, WA)
When:Sat Mar 14, 2020 - Sun Mar 15, 2020
Decorative Box Making :: Box with Drawers (San Francisco, CA)
When:Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:30 - 17:30
Buttonhole Books (San Francisco, CA)
When:Sat Mar 28, 2020 13:00 - 17:00
Key Structures :: Accordion Book Experiments (San Francisco, CA)
When:Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:00 - 18:00
Box Making Core :: Lift-Top Box (San Francisco, CA)
When:April 18 - 19, 2020, 9:30 - 17:30
Korean Paper Magic :: Bark, Thread, Weave & Color (San Francisco, CA)
When:Mon Apr 20, 2020 - Fri Apr 24, 2020
PaperLove (Online)
When:Mondays Jun 15 - Jul 19, 2020
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