Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - November 26, 2022
Hello everyone,
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Congratulations to Judy B who was the first to answer my question about Madame Pele’s favorite tipple - gin - in the October newsletter. An honorable mention goes out to Yolanda A as well. They both received papers from my stash!
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FOBA is always looking for board members who can provide guidance and expertise in all aspects of planning and managing a conference. Get Involved with FOBA
Me ke aloha nui - Jade
Unfolding paper artist, information conduit & facilitator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, somewhat grudgingly tech savvy
Book & Paper Arts Calendar | Newsletter Archives
Sections below: Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area; Call for artists/ entries/ proposals/ submissions; Bits & bobs about paper/ books/ tips/ trips; About the calendar; Residency (sometimes includes new teaching opportunities, internships, etc.) opportunities; Musings and Meanderings; Resource list; Housekeeping
Things to see or do if you happen to be in the area
form & concept - virtual exhibit of Jacks McNamara: Ancestral Imagination, Wild Pigment Project and Tilke Elkins: Records of Being Held - hundreds of stunning images, stories from the artists & more - no end date
2022 PCB Members’ Exhibition - on view at the Art Department of Parkway Central, Free Library of Philadelphia (1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103) - view the online exhibition or in-person now until Dec 8, 2022
James Alan Rose Art Gallery @ Francis Parker School - Allied Craftsmen Artists exhibit: Unfolding: Glass, Clay, Fiber, Paper, Metal, Wood - now until Dec 9, 2022
Center for Book Arts NY - Books Revisited , now until Dec 10, 2022 and Abracadabra: Letterform, Technology now until Dec 10, 2022
Collins Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA - Changing the Conversation - now until Dec 14, 2022
Off the Shelf - Contemporary Book Arts in Colorado at The Gregory McAllister Museum of Art, in Fort Collins, Colorado - now until Dec 18, 2022
The City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department presents - Neon & Chrome: The Visual Vocabulary of Route 66 - At the Community Gallery, 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (inside the Convention Center) - now until Dec 26, 2022
American Bookbinders Museum (San Francisco, CA) - Ex Libris: The Art of Contemporary World Bookplates (extraordinary range of art in current bookplate design) - now until Dec 30, 2022
San Francisco Public Library - Skylight Gallery - hosting HBC50 - the 50th Annual Member’s Exhibition - now until Jan 8, 2023
San Francisco Center for the Book - Cognitive Distance: The Bookworks & Thoughtforms of Timothy C. Ely - Oct 22, 2022 - Jan 8, 2023
La Jolla Historical Society, La Jolla, CA - The Smallest Show on Earth: Paper Theaters Explored - now until Jan 22, 2023
Athenaeum Art Center - Robert and Catherine Palmer Gallery - Sibyl Rubottom: Visual Memoir 1962–2022 - now until Jan 28, 2023
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art - Shapes of Things to Come - now until Feb 15, 2023
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art - open book tours at the Shery Grove Gallery- reservations can be made on the 1st of each month for that month’s date - now until Feb 18, 2023
Anchorage Museum, AK - Alaska Biennial - includes in media including drawing, painting, mixed media, craft, jewelry, fiber art, visual art, metalsmithing, printmaking, encaustic, ceramic, book/paper arts, photography written work, sound art, and performance art - now until Mar 5, 2023
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center trip - Book Arts in Venice - June 20 – July 1, 2023
2023 MBS Conference - Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2023
Call for artists/entries/proposals/submissions
Websites for calls for entries for all mediums and online juried shows: entrythingy.com | https://www.callforentry.org/ | Online juried shows
The Morgan Conservatory - 11th Annual Juried Exhibition - deadline: Dec 16, 2023
SAQA and California Society of Printmakers call for entry - Printed and Stitched - deadline Dec 16, 2022
Abecedarian Artists’ Books is now accepting submissions for PhotoBookWorks 2023. This exhibit will be held at Denver’s Spark Gallery at MOP (Month of Photography) during March 2023. Submission deadline is Jan 12, 2023
Bits & bobs about paper/books/tips/trips/etc.
Newsletter for more book arts related events in the UK, EU, EEA and some US - latest edition and back issues
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) - Artist’s Books Unshelved: full play list here - delicious trailer for Season 2
John Neal Books - upcoming online calligraphy classes
If you are or will be in the Manchester, UK, area for 2023 you might be interested in a year-long printmaker or book artist course (TBD) with Hot Bed Press
Sarabande Writing Labs - Zine Lunch! - register for upcoming zine workshops and view recordings of past workshops - Interested in hosting a Zine Lunch! workshop?
Quick way to check on shortened URLs to see where you are being redirected - when generated from bit.ly (copy link to another browser page and add a + to the end of the URL); OR tinyurl (copy the URL to this page)
If you have been busy folding flower top boxes for your Zhen Xian Bao (Chinese Thread Book) and have a few leftover maybe you could use them to make this advent calendar or put it in a frame
Golden Lotus: A Conversation with Colette Fu - referencing a popular Chinese origin story of the custom of foot-binding, telling the history of the practice within a historical and personal context
Do you look up at the night sky as often as I do? I remember when NatGeo magazine came out with Hubble’s pictures of the Pillars of Creation. NASA has pictures in exquisite detail of these structures - lovely wallpaper for your PC/Mac/phone
How to make a bi-fold case and something to put in it - Byopia Press
Modular origami fireworks - I like their approach on how each module was put together without having to open up each module - no glue!
Here are some gift ideas cool craft supplies or bookbinding kits for yourself or those crafty people in your life
If you love pleats you will love Dario Zeruto who has a digital exhibit in absolutely luscious color (google translate in Italian came in handy for me) and his interview
Shizuo Fujimoto‘s 5 books, thanks to his heirs, are now public domain which means you can now copy, distribute, and use the contents of these books without any restrictions (certain limitations may still apply in some jurisdictions)
Here are a few videos (there are a few as you may prefer one teacher over another - see which one gels with you) on how to cut hexagons out of squares: s1; s2; s3; s4; or rectangles: r1; r2; r3
Intriguing, unique and historical dragon scale binding - short video and binding tutorial - since this book requires a number of pages it would have made more sense to create the pages glued to the hinge first and then glue them to the back board (you’ll see what I mean when you watch the video) - then maybe a jig might be useful to ensure that the folio and hinge are lined up
Another explosion box with some cool popups in it
Template for the eight-point spiral-fold star created by @annmadebooks - you can see more images of her art on Instagram - Byopia Press
Make your own book press without drilling any holes
How do you square up your corners when making a box? My old standby is to make a Lego jig (picture of mine in dropbox). Check out the different kinds of corner clamps from the iBookBindingStore or the new corner guides from We R Memory Keepers
Book Arts Guild online presentation - Every Detail Matters: Cataloging Artists’ Books with Mary Mathiason (I should have been a cataloger! :))
Now that the weather is getting colder I do enjoy a lovely masala chai as the cup warms my hands and I inhale the warms spices steeped in the tea
How to make a custom clamshell/solander box for your book
Peter Dahmen has outdone himself with his amazing trifold dream faire!
American Museum of Natural History - their Origami Holiday Tree is up
Something to hang up for the holidays or just because: origami chrysanthemum ball that could be serenely elegant in just one color or fold an octahedral diamond shaped ornament (and, yes, that is a platonic solid - thank you, Paula!)
Extraordinary on-edge paper quilling by Priyanka Sagar of Glimpse Craft
Repetitive movements even when we are doing something we love can cause a strain on our various joints
Gothic binding with some helpful tips along the way
How we make pencils
Origami envelope novelty purse or tato | origami bar envelope
Origami shirt money envelope - start with a piece of paper with 1:2 ratio - the 5000 rupiah note is equivalent to about US 32¢ | $1 origami shirt with tie - a crisp bill really helps
Ed Hutchins has a new book out - Star Gazer. Here’s a quick look at Star Gazer and an 8-minute tour of the production process
Another book by Ed - Twisted and who can’t resist another look at Cacophony
About the calendar
Link to the calendar
(If the link above 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 the time zone. If a virtual/online workshop a time zone converter link will be listed in the Description area
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There is no difference between In-person1 (blue entries) and In-person2 (red entries) or Online1 (orange entries), Online2 (light teal entries) and Online3 (purple 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 .. Agenda, List; for cellphone locate 3 bar button and select the down arrow button to the left of it 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 use the organization’s workshop calendar listed in each calendar entry to see 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 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 PSBA meeting
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Video for NPBAF calendar discussion - the 6-minute mark is where the discussion of the calendar begins
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Would you like 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
Teaching Opportunities
Would you like to teach for PaperWorks? PaperWorks is currently accepting proposals from experienced, as well as new, instructors who would like to teach workshops for PaperWorks. Please complete the this form online and submit it to them for consideration
Philadelphia Center for the Book (PCB) and the Art Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP) are now accepting proposals for the 2022-2033 workshop season. View their call for more information and how to apply
InterOcean Studio is interested in proposals for both future workshops as well as studio rental bookings
Note: For list of other teaching opportunities please see below in Resource List section
Internships
Pyramid Atlantic now offers a paid internship opportunity for college or post-college artists - apply now for spring and summer studio internships 2023 - deadline Nov 30, 2022, and Mar 8, 2023, respectively
Musings and Meanderings
Coming up to the holiday season has put me in an introspective mood. As part of this introspection I have been doing a little bit of organizing in the room where I tend to accumulate boxes both empty and unopened (yes, I am that person - sigh!). Some empty boxes have been used as a damper between the washer and dryer (they are rattling a bit more as they get older) and going through the unopened boxes has been like having several birthdays and Christmas all rolled into one! So win-win! All this organizing has actually freed up space for snacks in one of my drawers. Nice to have them in one place and within easy reach (maybe a little too tempting). Another win!
A memory was jogged when I was looking through a website and noticed their mission statement. I had written one for myself many years ago when I thought I was going to be laid off back in 2007 (shades of what is happening last quarter 2022). I even found a list of things I thought I could make & sell in the event I had to pivot so a mission statement seemed critical to focus on what the heck I was going to do!
So who was I if I was not Rose & Howard’s daughter, Andre & Paul’s sister, Bill’s fiancée, a member of the world wide server team, a technical writer, a departmental app developer? I went digging for that mission statement in my old inspiration and idea notebooks. I found that I went from “providing delight and enjoyment through the receiving and giving of uniquely designed and distinctive hand crafted cards using amazing papers and materials from all over the world” to what my signature block mentions in each newsletter since February 2021.
The idea of a signature block started in January and after a few iterations it debuted the next month. Strange but I thought I’d had it longer. I am still tweaking it as I find out more about myself (and confer with other people whose signature blocks I admire - thank you, Helen S). It is gratifying to know that I continue to adore all things paper thanks to my mother introducing me to origami as a child.
I have also reflected back on the past year and know how lucky I have been to have been able to share my joys and grief with you and being so thankful for the tremendous support you’ve given me in return. I am thankful for each and everyone of you and wish you tranquility and serenity this holiday season and beyond.
Resource List (maintained in my Dropbox account - close popup to view document)
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Organizations from where I gather my information - Word or PDF
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On-demand workshops with pre-recorded videos and/or kits but no release dates - Word or PDF
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My favorite paper places, both online and brick & mortar locations - Word or PDF (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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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.
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Online juried shows - https://www.onlinejuriedshows.com/preDefault.aspx
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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)
Housekeeping
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