Books & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - August 2025
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- I has the opportunity to meet and attend a workshop with Pietro Accardi in Newport, OR - get to know him as well during a PSBA lunchtime conversation on Sep 4, 2025 from 12pm - 1pm Pacific Time (get your local time here) and register here
- Will you be in the Colchester, UK, area in September? The British Origami Society (BOS) will be holding their Autumn 2025 Convention at the Essex Business School from Sep 12 - 14, 2025
- Are you interested in attending Helen Hiebert's Papermaking Master Class happening Sep 29 – Oct 3, 2025? There is one spot left as of Aug 17, 2025 | If you are interested in attending the Red Cliff Paper Retreat next year in 2026 express your interest here
- I found a paper store in ... Dublin, Ireland - Liberties Papers & Books - they have a number of book and paper arts workshops and lots of paper - I have it saved for when I visit Dublin in the future
- I found a new content creator on YouTube, HTX Studio, that builds interesting things like a one-handed keyboard, a trash can that catches your trash and empties itself and a robot that cleans your whiteboard (see Bits & Bobs below)
- I am also attempting to make the newsletter a little easier to read by putting in appropriate line breaks so that what you read in your emails looks like what is read online on the newsletter platform
Me ke aloha nui - Jade
Unfolding paper explorer, information conduit & facilitator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, somewhat grudgingly tech savvy
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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 | Workshop Calendar | Resource List | Housekeeping
Things To Do In The Area
American Bookbinders Museum: HBC53: Annual Members’ Exhibition - now until Aug 23, 2025
Cultural Center at Rocky Neck (Gloucester, MA): Boundless: The Art of the Book - now until Aug 24, 2025 and online
Colorado premiere of Woven Together at Hygge Life shares story of two brothers forever connected through art - now until Aug 30, 2025
Center for Book Arts (CBA), New York, NY - The Space Between Words: Other Ways of Reading - now until Aug 31, 2025
Gina Pisello has a display of artists' books and paper sculptures at the Bainbridge Island Public Library (1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110) - if you stop by, it is right at the entrance of the Library - now until Aug 31, 2025
Bower Ashton Library (UWE Bristol, UK) - Art Crossing Borders with Artists’ Books: Bristol welcoming Brazil - now until Sep 2, 2025
Mark Twain Library (Redding, CT): Building Books 3 New England Book Artists' Members Exhibition - now until Sep 2, 2025
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, CA), 4th floor - Ruth Asawa: Retrospective - now until Sep 2, 2025
Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking (Atlanta, GA) - Legacies in Paper with works from Nancy Cohen, Sara Garden Armstrong, & Helen Hiebert - Sep 4, 2025 - Jan 30, 2026 - opening reception: Sep 4, 2025 from 4pm - 7pm - virtual artist talk: Oct 15, 2025 | Paper & Architecture - Mar 2, 2026 - July 10, 2026 | The Craft of Paper: Contemporary Takes on Tradition - Aug 3, 2026 - Jan 15, 2027
University of Michigan Library, Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor (Ann Arbor, MI) - Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color - now until Sep 4, 2025
Art on Paper New York (Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan, New York, 10002) - Sep 4 - 7, 2025
Anchorage Museum - 2025 Alaska Triennial - now until Sep 7, 2025
New England Quilt Museum (Lowell, MA) - Susan Gaylord’s Spirit Books - Sep 9 - Dec 27, 2025
Printed Matter is pleased to announce the 2025 NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1 from Sep 11 – 14, 2025, with an opening night preview on Thursday, Sep 11, 2025 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM
The British Origami Society (BOS) will be holding their Autumn 2025 Convention at the Essex Business School from Sep 12 - 14, 2025
Association of Book Crafts (ABC) - BIND25, Auckland, New Zealand - Sep 12 - 14, 2025 - supporting events - workshops
Reed College - Studio Art - Feldenheimer Gallery (3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199): Forward Fold with Barbara Tetenbaum - now until Sep 15, 2025 (by appoinment only as a staff member has to let you in - please see who to contact on the webpage) - opening reception: Friday, Sep 5, 5:00pm - 7:00pm - gallery talk: Sunday, Sep 7, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
PSBA 2025 14th Annual Members' Exhibit - Field Work: Daniel J. Evans Library - The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington - Sep 29 - Dec 12, 2025
Visit Singapore Pavilion The Dream Sphere at Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan - now until Oct 13, 2025
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (Bainbridge Island, WA)) - Back to Nature - now until Sep 21, 2025
San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB, San Francisco, CA) - Mourning and Melancholy: Artists’ Books From the Arab World and Its Diaspora - now until Sep 21, 2025
A Kinetic Paper Mobile Retreat (Toronto, Canada) with Paula Hartmann - Where Paper Comes to Life - Sep 22 - 26, 2025
National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, DC) - A Radical Alteration: Women’s Studio Workshop as a Sustainable Model for Art Making - now until Sep 28, 2025
Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach, CA) - The California Effect (information forthcoming): New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers - Oct 3, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026
A Japanese stationery expo is coming to Los Angeles - Los Angeles Union Station - Oct 11 - 12, 2-25
The 2025 Tacoma Studio Tour is happening Saturday, Oct 11, and Sunday, Oct 12, 11:00am – 5:00pm both days
Central Library (330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101): Feminist Image Group (FIG) exhibition, In the Land of… - now until Oct 12, 2025
Expo 2025 Osaka - theme for the expo is Designing Future Society for Our Lives - now until Oct 13, 2025
The Michigan Association of Calligraphers presents Heart of the Hands , a Calligraphy, Bookbinding & Journaling Retreat with Anne Elser in Almont, MI - Oct 23 - 26, 2025
Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Paper Made II - currently not on the exhibitions page - on view Nov 8, 2025 - Feb 1, 2026 - juried selections will be featured in the fall 2025 issue of Fiber Art Now
Senate House Library, University of London (London, UK) - Introducing Spineless Wonders - publications that are stapled, sewn, folded or a single sheet - now until Nov 15, 2025
Jaffe Book Arts Gallery, Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library (Boca Raton, FL) - Stardust: 25 Years of the Jaffe Collection - now until Jan 6, 2026
Moody Memorial Library (Baylor University, Waco, TX) - Narrative Threads (information not currently on website) - Feb 9 - Apr 6, 2026
Book Arts and Culture tour in India led by Radha Pandey - Feb 16 - Mar 2, 2026 (tour is full but there is a waitlist)
State Library of NSW (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Paper Universe: The book as art - now untilMay 3, 2026
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Call for Artists/ Entries/ Proposals/ Submissions
Websites for calls for entries for all mediums and online juried shows:
- Call for entries management and jury system entrythingy.com
- Find calls https://www.callforentry.org/
- Colossal (international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines) opportunities
Note: On going calls below are listed in alphabetical order followed by calls by due date
Art in the Park residency OR Google “National parks artist in residence” - scroll down to the map of programs across the US map - each park has a different application, criteria, etc. explore the map and find a park that aligns with your goals for a residency - apply through that park’s unique site - artists of all mediums can apply…photographers, writers, composers and more - on going
Call for workshop proposals: Frederick Book Arts Center is settling into their new space and looking for teachers - if you have experience teaching bookbinding, letterpress, printmaking, photography or other skills related to book arts and are interested in working with us we are interested in hearing from you - please email: charlottemaulerhayes@fredbookartscenter.org - on going
Call for teachers: Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, HI, is looking for Youth Teaching Artists - more information - to apply for this position, please send a resume and sample art projects to: Michaela McGuire, Youth Programs Coordinator, michaela@huinoeau.com - on going
Call for Artists: The Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) Shop is seeking new artists interested in selling their work - on-going
Call for teachers: Pacific Ocean Paperfolders monthly virtual meeting - on going - contact Joel Stern
Call for Workshop Teachers: PaperWorks 2025-2026 Season - half day, full day and multiple day classes, in person or via Zoom - download proposal form and send completed form to education@paperworks.info - on going
Call for Submissions: Printed Matter, New York - Decolonisation, Resistance & Solidarity - is actively soliciting artists’ books, zines, and print ephemera that engage with ideas of decolonisation, resistance, and interconnected solidarity around the world - accepted submissions will be distributed online and in-store - this is an open, rolling call - there is no deadline for submissions - to view a selection of titles that speak to these themes - their submission guidelines
Call for workshop proposals: The Santa Fe Book Arts Group Program Committee extends an invitation to submit proposals for workshops in the coming months - more information - on going
Call for workshop proposals: Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - details - for winter/spring deadline is Oct 1, 2025
Call for entry: Printed Page V - more information - deadline: Oct 8, 2025 - on view in Denver, Colorado, during Spring 2026
Call for submission: Narrative Threads - more information - deadline: Nov 10, 2025 - on view at Moody Memorial Library on the Baylor University campus in Waco, TX, from Feb 9 - Apr 6, 2026
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Bits & Bobs About Paper/ Books/ Tips/ Trips
Note: If you want to inspect a hyperlink to see where it may take you, mouse over the link and in the lower left corner of your screen the status bar will show you where the hyperlink would take you. On smartphones or tablets long press on the link and a window will appear with that information
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 - will start up again in late September 2025
If you missed JCBA (Jaffe Center for Book Arts) Zoom Webinar 25 Years/25 Books (in 75 Minutes or Less), here is the link to the video
Even though this was back in 2023 this NEBA New England Book Artists) Show & Tell features Shawn Sheehy
Becky Johnson's Jacob's Ladder 2 - I also call it a hidden message book
Moving arm popup for moving wings
How to make a hardcover lay flat notebook
Interesting and cool use of reverse piano hinge binding and revisiting the Australian reverse piano hinge binding (Byopia Press) with a bonus about frottage rubbings (only ever tried it once in 2015 at OCAC
Star book tutorial with PDF download and here is another
Helen Musselwhite’s paper art brings nature to life
A robot to clean your whiteboard with HTX Studio
The Paper House is an actual house made from paper built by Elis F. Stenman, a mechanical engineer, who designed the machines that make paper clips, began building his Rockport summer home out of paper as a hobby in 1922
How to copy photos from your phone to a flash or drive - I do carry a tiny flash drive (about 1 5/8" or a little over 4cm in length) in my mini purse to backup photos after my last phone died from overheating too often (FYI the Samsung Galaxy S22 was prone to doing that). If I feel my current one feeling a tad bit warm I immediately back up the latest pictures to the flash drive - weirdly enough not all pictures are backed up to Google Photos!
This book has no words
English is awash in sailor's jargon
Making your own photo corners - when I remember I use them so that any cards I send can be passed along
Meet Mark Hoppman - PSBA member spotlight full interview here and if you'd like to visit his studio the next Tacoma (WA) Studio Tour is Oct 11 - 12, 2025
Photo (or text) collage popup page or card that can be opened 2 ways
Unusual double gatefold card
Another origami fireworks version
Introduction to Egyptian bookbinding with Islam Aly
How to use an AI chatbox like a pro
Lotus fold book with Becky Johnson, BIMA teaching artist
Book of Hours was designed and created by Julie Chen & Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder. This long-distance collaboration, between California and Texas, took place during the 2020-21 pandemic - be sure to watch the video to see the book in action
Origami pockets that can be used as pages
To continue with pockets - love anything with pockets - here is the tutorial - to download the tutorial search for an Instagram download app so you can puase and/or rewind the tutorial
Looking back in my archive of emails in an effort to clean it out I came across an email pointing the way to a video to fold an origami never ending card and here is the glued version
How to Create a flutter book with Rebecca Chamlee - Otis College of Art and Design
Visit your local library - you may find a seed library, Chihuly glass sculptures and cool reading rooms - some others to explore: https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/apartmentliving/most-unusual-libraries/;
https://uniquelibrary.com/nine-fantastic-and-unique-libraries-to-visit/; https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g28926-Activities-c60-t21-California.html
I use a QR code to help with subscriptions to my newsletter when I am at a workshop - how do QR codes work anyway?
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Musings and Meanderings
So where did I leave you last on the downstairs repairs? Let me take a look see at my July musings ... OK! I am back! I sent out the newsletter on July 27th and we were still waiting on the insurance company to send out someone to see what it would cost to make the repairs.
We finally got a visit August 11th and in the meantime we had been without a kitchen since the demolition of the downstairs dining & living room floors and kitchen cabinets happened - July 21st. However I had heard that you can ask to be reimbursed for your meals with receipts or accept a small perdiem. We were going stir crazy waiting on a whole lot of nothing going on. We checked that no work was going to happen on Friday and I planned a really quick getaway to Pismo Beach, CA. I usually avoid towns close to the beach on weekends as it gets really crazy especially during the summer but I figured that most kids were already back in school but it was still a little crazy.
However before I knew if we could get away, my phone stopped charging! Took it to a ubreak wefix place and they looked at the charging port - found corrosion under a mucroscope - which they cleaned as best they could. Started to charge wirelessly but did not like the fact that it got a little too warm when that happened. Had to remove my phone case each time I needed to wirelessly charge as well. Finally broke down and replaced my nightstand charging cable (I knew it was not working well but turning it over seemed to work for a bit until it didn't) and that seemed to do the trick. Also a good opportunity to dust and remove extraneous cables. The new cable was fancy - a 4 in 1 charging one - so I can recharge other things even an iPhone even though we are an Android family.
Then I had to troubleshoot Bill's issue of him not receiving an audio notification for his text messages or showing a bubble with the number of new messages received. Only way he knew about new messages was that the status bar in upper left corner would briefly display that a new message had been received. Tried everything - restarting the phone, clearing the cache, even going as far as clearing data after backing up the phone's apps data. Nothing worked until I continued reading the Reddit post that said clearing the messaging data would work but also suggested that certain bluetooth apps might be hijacking the notification. I thought, "Really?" So turned off bluetooth on his phone and, voila, it worked again! So in the house turn off bluetooth, outside turn on. He paid me my hourly technical support fee because I had to work on it for more than 15 minutes, almost an hour of research and troubleshooting.
So back to the trip - we usually pick up a boba milk tea from our favorite place before heading to the hotel but was most disappointed to find out that it had closed - a glimmer of fore shadowing to come (see next paragraph). We got to the hotel before check-in time and the room we had selected was not ready. No worries really as they got us into one that was ready. We had dinner at a farm to table place that had wood fired flatbreads in a truly spectacular oven. It was a joy to watch a smores marshmallow dessert melt to cover the brownie that was topped with ganache. We try not to have anything too sugary after dinner but may make an exception in the future for this one if we had another couple to share it with! The next day after breakfast, picking up an excellent latte steamed with sage and an anti inflammatory booster (turmeric, ginger, lemon, raw honey and chamomile tea) we took a walk on a boardwalk sandwiched between a golf course and sand dunes on the beach. Lots of interacting with people, dogs and exclamations about the beautiful weather. The marine layer had rolled back out to sea, it was sunny with just the right amount of breeze keeping the sweat away and not too much to bring on the sniffles. Am I allergic to fresh air? It was a marvelous walk!
Then around lunch time we got the call that the company that was supposed to do the repairs had closed its doors! Luckily our project manager (who was also laid off by that company) was able to pivot and partner with another contractor to come on board to do the repairs. Insurance folks were informed, checks were cancelled, hands were wrung. We are now working with the project manager and the new company to get repairs done as soon as possible but will still take another 2 - 3 weeks (update: Sep 1st start date). Realistically I suspect it will be more like 4 weeks (if the counters don't break when they are re-installed). To top it off we found out minutes after hanging up with our project manager that the lady we normally house sit for wanted us to be on the Big Island of Hawai'i Sep 3rd - Sep 22nd. I had to regretfully inform her that we could not do it. Sigh (or insert appropriate swear words here)!
But then dinner that night was amazingly delectable at our favorite seafood restaurant. Along with the wonderfully balanced dishes a stranger from Vancouver bought us dessert! We had chatted as we were waiting for the doors to open and had made some recommendations. As he left he wanted to let us know that he loved what he had eaten and had bought us dessert. What?!? We were shocked and barely had time to respond that, "we don't normally do dessert", before he was out the door. However, that vanilla cake with matcha mascarpone mousse topped with strawberry compote was heavenly - a great exception to our no dessert after dinner rule. The strawberry compote was beautifully fragrant balanced out by the mousse and cake and wonder of wonders it was not too sweet. Such lovely surprise being treated to dessert - that has never happened before!
That week of Aug 11th - 17th was truly a roller coaster ride. I cannot wait until I have my kitchen, dining and living room again. I keep telling myself, "patience, patience, p-a-t-i-e-n-c-e!" but the mantra is not really working anymore. That quick trip helped but we are back to a whole lot of waiting for checks to clear, materials to be purchased, maybe planning another quick getaway? I swear I want to jump on a plane to San Francisco (a little more than an hour away) to see the Ruth Arasawa retrospective at the SFMOMA (which closes Sep 2nd), visit the American Bookbinders Museum (before Aug 23rd - might be too late since it is already the 22nd), check out some fantastic beasts statuary at the Yerba Buena Gardens fortified by tacos from the Mission district - should be an easy day trip, don't you think? But the roller coaster continues as I found out that a friend, whom I have gone on several adventures with, just finished a 6-round course of chemo. She had been really quiet lately and one of her videos showed up on one of my feeds that confused me. I called her and left a message to see if she was ok and she updated me. She is using what energy she has to heal from chemo & regroup and as I write this I am sending her love and light. Larger sigh!
Will my hair has go completely white (too late! LOL!)? Will I take that day trip to San Francisco? Were the Mission tacos wroth it? Will the downstairs be done by the time the next newsletter comes out? Stay tuned for the September musings for the answers.
See you next month!
Resource List
(maintained in my Dropbox account - close popup to view document). Documents are saved in Word format (.docx). If you do not have Microsoft Word you can use Microsoft 365 to save a copy
- Organizations where I gather my workshop information
- Teaching opportunities (needs to be updated)
- On-demand workshops with pre-recorded videos and/or kits
- 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 might buy)
- Central place for artist residencies - all mediums
- MFA programs in the US (updated annually around early December) - due dates, points of contacts, programs offered and admission requirements
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Workshop Calendar
- Link to the calendar
- Best viewed on a large monitor (there is lots of information) and is searchable
- There is no difference between the colors you see, just a way to visually separate workshops but the more subdued colors are online workshops
- The calendar is updated as I come across information but you have 24x7 access to it
- If you add any calendar entry to your own personal calendar be sure to update the time to your local time zone - time zone converter
- For more information view this video
- Questions? Email me at jsqcentral-workshop@yahoo.com
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