Call For Submissions to exhibit and for entry to Artist’s Book Competition
Over £200 worth of prizes including Winsor & Newton Art Supplies and Fabriano paper
At The Temple Gallery
20 Dunkeld Street
Aberfeldy
Perthshire
PH15 2AA
Scotland
further details at www.thetemplegallery.co.uk or email temple.gallery@zen.co.uk
The Vail Daily profiles local bookbinder Helmut Fricker.
Check out Making Books with Children, newly redesigned and now with monthly projects.
In June, internationally renowned book artist Johanna Drucker will be
leading a week-long, hands-on seminar on the craft and critical concepts of
making artist’s books.
A second week focused on designing and producing your own letterpressed
poetry broadside will be held by Kevin McFadden.
Details on the two week-long sessions are online at the VABC website
The VABC is a sister-program of the Virginia Book Festival, both produced by
the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
*WEEK 1: June 9–13, 2008*
*Insight: Hands-On and Critical Concepts in Letterpress Artists’ Books *
*Instructor: Johanna Drucker*
Daily 9AM - 5PM
*WEEK 2: June 14–20, 2008*
*Printing for Poets: Creating a Broadside*
*Instructor: Kevin McFadden *
Daily 9AM - 5PM
Prospectuses, cost, and class-size info online:
If you’re interested in a place in either week’s seminar, or have questions,
contact kmcfadden@virginia.edu*
THE WOMEN’S STUDIO WORKSHOP WANTS TO GIVE YOU MONEY!
(or at least the next best thing to cold hard cash)
How about a SCHOLARSHIP for the Summer Arts Institute?
Our postmark deadline for scholarship applications is MAY 15. Scholarships are available for workshops in book arts, letterpress, printmaking, papermaking, and ceramics. WSW annually offers scholarships that cover up to 50% of your tuition for our Summer Arts classes, making attendance possible for established artists and emerging artists in need. There is still time left to fill out our application form and mail it away. Forms and instructions are available online at: http://www.wsworkshop.org/PDFs/scholarship.pdf
http://www.wsworkshop.org/_class/sai.htm
Also, we still have registration available in many of our workshops, call today before these openings disappear.
(845) 658.9133
Week of July 14
Cross Pollination: Monoprint and Encaustic with Laura Moriarty & Cynthia Winika
Sculptural Papermaking with Chris Petrone & Ellen Kucera
Alternative Photo Processes with Tatana Kellner
Week of July 21
Pulp Painting: Beyond the Squeeze Bottle with Shannon Brock
Variable Relief Monoprint with Kathleen Sherin
Fresh Cuttings (Paper Cutting) with Bèatrice Coron
Week of July 28
Cross Pollination: Papermaking and Encaustic with Chris Petrone & Laura Moriarty
Visible Language: Letterpress Printing with Kathy Walkup
Printing on Clay with Jen Rose
Week of August 4
Advanced Intaglio with Shelley Thorstensen
Asian Papermaking with Kate Carr
Bookbinding with Carolyn Chadwick
Week of August 11
Western Papermaking: Cotton, Flax Abaca & Non-Traditional Papers with Eugenie Barron
Photographer’s Artists’ Book with Nicole Dul & Olivia Antsis
Basic Screenprinting with Kyla Leudtke
Week of August 18
Cross Pollination: Trace Monoprint & Encaustic with Tana K. & Laura Moriarty
Silkscreen Monoprint with Roni Henning
Best,
Sandra Brown
SAI Program Coordinator
845.658.9133
CBAA Biennial Conference Call for Proposals: Due June 1, 2008
College Book Art Association
Biennial Conference
Art, Fact, and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place
January 8-10, 2009
Hosted by the University of Iowa Center for the Book
The art of the book has been at once visionary and documentary, imagining a future that has yet to exist while finding inspiration from the resources of the past. The first biennial conference of the College Book Art Association seeks to bridge the worlds of book art, book history, cultural criticism, and curatorial work through appreciation of the book as an aesthetic sensorium. Along with session programming, the conference agenda will include keynote speakers, exhibits, tours of facilities, open discussion time, and portfolio reviews.
For the conference program, the organizers invite submissions for individual presentations, pre-formed panels, and studio demonstrations.
Proposals Due June 1, 2008.
The UI Center for the Book encourages graduate student participation and has secured funding to assist students with conference expenses.
For details on the event and submitting proposals
The International Center for Calligraphic Arts organizes the course:
BOOKS BY HAND
FROM HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS TO CONTEMPORARY GESTURAL WRITING
with Monica Dengo and Cristina Balbiano
Arezzo, October 18 - 25, 2008
Books by Hand is a calligraphy and bookbinding workshop held in Arezzo, a beautiful medieval art city in
Tuscany, near Florence. This unique course offers students the opportunity to rethink the relation between
form and function. Having access to the historical sources, we will study directly from a manuscript written
in a clear Carolingian hand, kept at the Arezzo Public Library.
Invitation to the bel libro 2009
Prize for Innovation: centro del bel libro ascona
The centro del bel libro held numerous international bookbinding competitions in the past, all of which proved successful. In order to pursue a new direction, this was replaced by the bel libro competition in 2003.
The second international bel libro competition will now be held in 2009 and professional bookbinders worldwide are invited to participate. For the bel libro 2009, apprentices will not be allowed to participate, but may enter the international competition for apprentices, which will be held simultaneously. The competition will be organized by the Foundation for the sponsorship of Bookbinding (SfB). Both competitions take place in Ascona.
The bel libro competition wishes to present innovations, assuring the quality of design, technique and function, and to also show new directions in the field of hand bookbinding.
Set of criteria: innovative technique; innovative function; innovative design.
The book to be bound was chosen by the members of the bel libro organisation and specially printed for the 2009 competition. The work is by Rainer Maria Rilke, entitled “Cornet” and printed in three languages. It is a special edition published by Kranich. The text block comes in loose sections.
The fee for each book is 120.00 Euros. Payment is to be sent to:
Credit Suisse CH-8060 Zürich-Flughafen, account 0671-852267-12-3, Kontokorrent EUR “bel libro 2009”
IBAN: CH78 0483 5085 2267 1200 3
Bankclearing Nummer: 4835
SWIFT: CRESCHZZ80A
Included in the fee are a confirmation of participation for all the judged bindings, a diploma for every award winner as well as, insurance and the cost of returning the book.
A maximum of two books can be entered for judging. The ordered books will be sent after receipt of application and payment.
Assessment will be by an international jury under the supervision of Hans Burkhardt.
Prize for Innovation:
A total prize sum of CHF 15’000 is available. A maximum 5% of all entries will receive this award.
The award ceremony is planned for 13 June 2009 in Ascona.
All applications to be received by 30 August 2008, and must contain the following information:
Surname, name, date of birth, profession, address, telephone number, e-Mail, number of books ordered.
Books to be received no later than 1 February 2009.