Next Meeting:

Wednesday December 6, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Enter by side door: Punch in the code (contact us for code). When the green light glows, pull open the door.

$5 voluntary contribution to Burlington City Arts for their education programs. (Remember, if you write a check, it can be evidence for a tax deductible contribution.)

Pot Luck: Let’s celebrate the season and our excellent success this year with terrific pot luck for our December meeting. Last year’s dinner was a delicious assortment of appetizers, salads, main dishes, and desserts. Bring your best dish, bring your favorite dish, bring a traditional family dish, bring an ethnic dish and let’s enjoy a meal together. Plan to bring food that does not need to be reheated. Janet Ballantyne will bring plates etc.

Swap & Sale: After the good eats and conversation, we will set out displays for our Second Annual “Swap and Sale”. You are invited to bring in items that are a result of your own creativity and/or bring in materials that you no longer need, knowing that they will inspire someone else’s creativity, i.e.: art papers, fabric, art supplies, overstock items, book arts specialty, magazines, etc. Decide whether your offerings will be available for swapping for someone else’s goodies and make a sign so designating that. If you have items to sell, make a sign to display your name and the price/sales tax. It should be another fun evening!

You can view images from the meeting on the B.A.G. blog.

January’s Meeting: Sharing and Support:
Start thinking about what to bring to January’s meeting, such as projects (in process or completed), challenges, questions, resources (books, magazines, web sites, blogs.), favorite tools, sources of innovation, or anything else that inspires or connects you to the Book Arts. This has proven to be popular annual meeting. So come and share and be ready to go away with a wealth of new creative energy.

Exhibit in May:
The Guild has been invited to exhibit in a new gallery in May 2010, so start your creative endeavors while details are being worked out. Watch for news in a future “MailB.A.G.”!

*** Special Collections at Bailey/Howe Library, UVM:

“Medieval Manuscript History Detectives at Work”: Daniel Williman and Karen Corsano will discuss their discoveries on the Cronica of Guillaume de Nangis as well as commenting on medieval manuscripts in the Special Collections. Free; refreshments.

7:30 PM, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 in the Special Collections Reading Room.

*** Otter Pond Bindery with Susan Bonthron

Tunnel Book: December 5th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Bring your own postcards or photos printed on cardstock, or use materials provided to make a magical, amazing tunnel book in a windowed case.

Photo Album: December 12th, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Make a screwpost photo album using paste or marbled paper or gorgeous Yuzen Shi paper. Gold stamp your album with a name or date. Kits available. These make wonderful presents.

Personal Field Journal: Sunday, December 27th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Get over the post holiday blues by making your personal field journal. This book form celebrates your treasured place(s) and includes windows, pull outs and other surprises. Bring small flat objects/photos/pressed leaves etc. to include in this special book.

NOTE: If you’re from out of town and need a place to stay overnight, do check out Schoolhouse Number 10! Make a weekend of it with your family or friends. Classes run if enough sign up.

Susan Bonthron, Otter Pond Bindery
108 S. Belden Hill Rd.
Guilford, VT 05301
(802) 257-0003
www.otterpondbindery.com

*** Garage Annex School

Please join us at the Garage Annex School in Easthampton, MA, for the workshop Wooden-Leaf Books. You may view a gallery of images by going to Wooden-Leaf Books. Please register on our site using your MasterCard or Visa, or if you send a check email us to let us know. We’ll save you a spot. We hope you see you here!

Wooden-Leaf Books with Pam Spitzmueller December 5-6
Tuition: $225 plus materials: $40

Utilitarian book formats of multiple wooden leaves have been used throughout history as reusable tablets for notes, perpetual calendars, craftsmen pattern books, or permanent containers for writing.

Thin slices of wood are bound along one edge forming pocket-sized books. They are durable, portable, and ready to be consulted at a moment’s notice. These historical styles are ripe for interpretation by book artists.

Greta D. Sibley, Garage Annex School, Inc.
One Cottage Street #5, Room 5-03
Easthampton, MA 01027
(413) 529-0070, (413) 529-0071
Greta@GarageAnnexSchool.com

*** BAG member Megan Humphrey will have a 1st floor booth for her Sweet Basil Cards at the 20th annual Women’s Festival of Crafts at Burlington City Hall:

* 11/27/09: 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
* 11/28/09: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
* 11/29/09: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

*** Bonefolder Volume 5 is now available for download at http://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/. This is a marvelous online magazine with links to many book arts sites.

• Book Arts Guild of VT chat room: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookArtsGuildVT
• Book Arts Guild of VT blog: http://bookartsguildvt.wordpress.com

Next Meeting:

Wednesday November 7, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Enter by side door: Punch in the code (contact us for code). When the green light glows, pull open the door.

$5 voluntary contribution to Burlington City Arts for their education programs. (Remember, if you write a check, it can be evidence for a tax deductible contribution.)

Post-It Books: These nifty little books make excellent hostess gifts or little holiday gifts for every one at the office. The cool thing is that this is a re-usable blank book that will sit on everyone’s desk or by the phone for ever and be the ultimate usable gift. This little book model is easy to make and the supplies are easy to get. In fact this is a good place to use a “reject piece” of your original art work for the cover.

Materials to bring:

• 3 inch square post-it pad(s)
• Lovely decorative cover paper 5” by 9”
• 2 pieces double ply card board or mat board 3 5/8” square
• Card stock to match or compliment the cover
• Bonefolder
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Cutting mat
• Exacto knife or rolling blade
• Scissors
• Glue and brush
• Scrap paper for gluing

Also, bring the following but I’ll have extra on hand if you don’t:

• 2 sided tape
• Rounded corner punch
• Small piece of book cloth
• Small piece of tyvek mailing envelope

• December: Annual Ethnic Potluck with Swap and Sale
• January: Sharing: challenges, projects, resources and inspirations
• February: Personal Journey of a Book Artist by Nancy Stone
• March: Technology: Resources, Communication and Inspirations by Elissa Campbell
• April: Edible Books
• May: pending
• June/July: trip to Montreal

• Krista Ainsworth: krista33@gmail.com
• Fran Huntoon: cgfh@gmavt.net

*** BAG members Meta Strick and Elissa Campbell will be showing their work at Craft Vermont, Vermont Hand Crafters’ annual fine art and craft show. From November 19 – 22, you can find Elissa & Meta right next to each other in the Emerald Room at the Sheraton, 870 Williston Road in South Burlington. Click here to download a coupon for $1 off admission.

SECRETS…We all have them…hidden and held close to the heart…sometimes we open them to ourselves or unfold them to let someone else know about them…sometimes unbidden they whisper back to us…reminding us that they are there keeping silent but always with us…what secrets do you wish to unfold with us?

This is a women’s collaborative book using a square 3-inch by 3-inch ocular-opening envelope as the container for our secrets. All material and/or content/media is welcome; decorate any surface as the book will we sewn together at one fold. Writers, poets, artists are encouraged to submit. Inclusion in this project is juried by JUSTARIP Press, Phillipsburg, NJ. Envelopes exceeding the required dimensions, design or structure may not be included. All works must be signed with the artist’s full name, contact information and dated somewhere on the submitted work. Submission of the piece by the artist is an agreement to be part of the project. Any images of submitted works will be used for promotional purposes only and no profits will be made from reproduction of any images. The finished collaborative book will be submitted to the National Museum for Women in the Arts for inclusion in their Special Collections. Submission does not guarantee placement.

The finished collaborative book WILL BE DONATED and no proceeds will be realized by any participating artists or JUSTARIP Press, Phillipsburg, NJ.

The book will be exhibited at least once in the Phillipsburg-Easton area during National Women’s History Month in March of 2010. All submissions must be completed and mailed to: Maryann J. Riker, JUSTARIP Press, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865.

*** Val Hird (BAG member) has an exhibit at the Flynn Center for Performing Arts’ Tarrant Gallery October 2, 2009 – January 2, 2010. The exhibit also has the books on a laptop which allows you to open each page of each journal. The show is open to the public on Saturday afternoons as well as before each evening show and the intermission. www.maidenvoyagesproject.com.

*** Bailey/Howe Library, UVM Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the lobby: Two dozen books that were all inscribed and illuminated by hand on early paper, parchment and vellum.

*** Susan Bonthron: 12 YEARS AT OTTER POND, a retrospective of her book arts. Gallery 215 (a new gallery for book arts) Latchis Hotel, Brattleboro, VT, October 2 – 28, 2009. Gallery 215 is located on the second floor of the Latchis Hotel; it is a new space dedicated to book arts, works on paper and assemblage. Open on Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2-6PM, and by appointment on the weekends. Call or email Susan for an appointment – (802) 257-0003 www.otterpondbindery.com.

Susan Bonthron, Otter Pond Bindery
108 S. Belden Hill Rd.
Guilford, VT 05301
(802) 257-0003
www.otterpondbindery.com

*** Garage Annex School: A Book of One’s Own: Versatile Journal and Sketchbook Designs
Dates: November 7 – 8, 2009, Saturday – Sunday
Tuition: $220 plus $40 materials, enrollment limited to twelve.

We will construct a series of journal/sketchbook models, from simple to complex, considering features and adaptations that could make each form ideally suited for a specific use travel journal, sketchbook, field journal, annual diary, etc. The models will incorporate pockets, foldouts, maps, envelopes, closures, and various combinations of exterior and interior materials. Discussions on variations will consider compactness and portability, durability of materials, strength of binding, pages that open flat for writing and drawing, paper that is pleasing and works with a variety of writing and drawing tools, and built-in spaces for special needs. Our final model will be a personal journal for the coming year, 2010, with pre-printed calendar and note pages.

Greta D. Sibley, Garage Annex School, Inc.
One Cottage Street #5, Room 5-03
Easthampton, MA 01027
(413) 529-0070, (413) 529-0071
Greta@GarageAnnexSchool.com

• Book Arts Guild of VT chat room: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookArtsGuildVT
• Book Arts Guild of VT blog: http://bookartsguildvt.wordpress.com

Next Meeting:

Wednesday October 7, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Enter by side door: Punch in the code (contact us for code). When the green light glows, pull open the door.

$5 voluntary contribution to Burlington City Arts for their education programs. (Remember, if you write a check, it can be evidence for a tax deductible contribution.)

The premise for this month’s activity is that anything can become a book. To prove it, we will use junk box contents to make “anything goes” books. What to bring? This is your chance to get rid of some junk. (Ideally the pieces should be no larger than about the size of your hand.) Bring any junk you want to throw into the junk box. The following list is incomplete and inconclusive: buttons, bells, beads; keys, coins and bottle caps; old jewelry, watches and clock parts; pins, needles and spoons; broken glass and pottery; mirrors; wire of all kinds and colors; toy parts; gadget parts; electronics parts; game pieces and parts; window screen and metal foil; brads, rings and washers; feathers, pressed leaves, ferns and flowers, twigs, bark, pebbles and stones; yarn, cord and string; ribbon, lace and fabric scraps; wood scraps; postage stamps, playing cards and ticket stubs; old cards, old calendars, old magazines, old books, old maps; crayons, candy wrappers and candles.

You can bring scissors, needle and thread, pliers, glues, and your personal preferences as to papers, marking and coloring materials, and embellishments.

In addition to my junk box, which is about three-quarters full at the moment, I will bring scissors, needle and thread, wire and pliers, glues, miscellaneous papers, some acrylic paints and brushes, and a drill.

If you are a perfectionist, don’t bring that trait. Junk box books are spontaneous, imprecise, foolish and fun.

Meta Strick is a mixed media/multiple media artist, who “makes a lot of stuff.” For over 25 years she has taught a variety of studio art classes at Community College of Vermont. Meta participates in several art and fine craft shows in New England and Ohio, where she sells mixed media art dolls and ornaments, and paintings and calligraphy. You can see a few dolls and paintings at her website, www.metastrick.com.

ARTISTS’ BOOKS: A DISCUSSION with MILDRED BELTRÉ & JANE KENT

Printmakers, book artists, and University of Vermont professors Mildred Beltré and Jane Kent will talk about their work and share their perspectives on creating artists’ books. Refreshments will be served.

Date: September 22, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Special Collections Reading Room, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont. Parking is available at the visitor parking lot on College St.

For more information, call 656-2138 or Email uvmsc[at]uvm[dot]edu.

There is still time to sign up for this Saturday workshop: Four-Needle Book Binding Workshop with Amy Lapidow

Amy, of The Three Ring Binders in Somerville, MA, will present a four-needle bookbinding workshop. Participants will make 2 four-needle sewn historic structures: Japanese Butterfly Binding and four-needle Coptic book.

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Williston Federated Church, Fellowship Hall, Williston, VT
Meals: Bring your own bag lunch and drinks.
Cost: $65 ($55 Class Fee + $10 materials fee) Payment due in full with registration to reserve a spot!
Materials: Two kits (one for each binding) will be supplied by the instructor. Additional materials list will be supplied with registration confirmation.

For further information, please contact Jill Abilock at jabilock[at]japanlink-trans[dot]com or (802) 735-1443.

For more information call Marilyn Buhlmann at (802) 257-0098 or Susan Bonthron at (802) 257-0003

A message from B.A.G. member Susan Bonthron:

Dear Book arts fans,

I am beginning to put together a fall book arts class schedule, and would like to know what you’re interested in:

• paste paper
• marbled paper
• tunnel books
• photo albums
• coptic journals
• 3-section hardbound journals
• 3 single-section books
• portfolios
• pop-ups
• or something completely different

Susan can be contacted via Email: susan.bonthron[at]gmail[dot]com

Liz Kappel shared a collection of some of her books and amazed us all with her creative talent. She takes simple structures and transforms them with the use of beautiful materials and personal content. She taught us how to make two different structures that each come from a single sheet of paper. We folded and cut our papers then added cut outs for tunnels, sewn bindings and pockets. With time to play and explore everyone left with fun new ideas for creating our own art books.

Meta Strick wrote: “Liz’s presentation last night was great, and I was inspired.”

You can view images from the meeting on the B.A.G. blog.

BAG member Elissa Campbell is teaching two classes at Studio Place Arts in Barre this October. To enroll, please call the SPA office at (802) 479-7069.

Peek-a-Boo Journal:

Date: Thursday October 1 & 8
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

In this workshop, participants will create a journal with a double-needle coptic binding, an intricate stitch that will be visible on the spine of the book. Not only is the coptic binding beautiful, but it also allows books to remain flat when opened. The book covers will include a cut-out window, which offers many opportunities for personalization — photos, pressed flowers, theater tickets — if it’s flat, you can use it. Participants are encouraged to bring small photos, paper ephemera, and/or other flat items to both decorate the covers and include in the windows. Additional materials will be available for use during the class.

Each participant will leave class with a completed book and basic knowledge of bookbinding technique. Participants will receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials used. Some bookbinding or sewing experience is helpful, but not required. Materials: Please contact SPA for a materials list. In addition, there is a $15 fee to the instructor at the first class. Members $55/Non-Members $65

Strappy Journal (ages 14 – 18):

Date: Saturday, October 3
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Journals are great for so many things – exploring our creative selves, recording dreams and feelings, documenting travels, or preserving details of our daily lives. Why not make a journal of your own, just the way you want it – it’s easy! In this workshop, we will use a binding that allows the book to remain flat when opened, making it perfect for use as a sketchbook or journal. Participants are encouraged to bring collage materials to decorate the covers of your book. Additional materials will be available for use during the class.

In this workshop, each participant will leave class with a completed book and a basic knowledge of bookbinding technique. You will receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials we use. No previous experience necessary. This workshop is grant-funded and free of charge.

Carolyn Shattuck has some of her fine books in two venues this autumn: He Had No Words will be shown in a very exciting new venue for Book Arts called Central Booking in the DUMBO area of Brooklyn. The opening is September 17th at 111 Front Street, Gallery 214, Brooklyn, NY, (347) 731-6559. www.centralbookingnyc.com.

Book Arts Guild of VT blog: http://bookartsguildvt.wordpress.com

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Williston Federated Church, Fellowship Hall, Williston, VT
Directions: Located on Rte 2 in Williston village between Richmond and Williston’s Taft Corners. (It’s the white steeple seen from I-89.) Parking is behind the church and also across the street near the recreation path.
Cost: $65 ($55 Class Fee + $10 materials fee) Payment due in full with registration to reserve a spot!
Meals: Please bring your own bag lunch and drinks. (You can also bring optional afternoon snacks to share)
Materials: Two kits (one for each binding) will be supplied by the instructor. Additional materials list will be supplied with registration confirmation.

Amy Lapidow on Four-Need Book Binding :

We will make 2 four-needle sewn historic structures. In the morning, we’ll create a book with a Japanese Butterfly Binding. This q uick, easy, attractive, flexible book, opens flat and is great for journal keepers. In the afternoon we will build on the morning’s work and make a 4 needle Coptic book. This non-adhesive structure opens flat and has hard covers.

Registration form

Workshop flyer

For further information or to receive a hard copy registration form, please contact Jill Abilock: jabilock@japanlink-trans.com or (802) 735-1443

Next Meeting:

Wednesday Sepetmber 2, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Enter by side door: Punch in the code (contact us for code). When the green light glows, pull open the door.

$5 voluntary contribution to Burlington City Arts for their education programs. (Remember, if you write a check, it can be evidence for a tax deductible contribution.)

Liz will share her own unique books each created from a single sheet of paper. Her books will inspire us with her use of papers, stamps, embellishments, quotes and hidden surprises. Liz will lead us in a workshop on how to make the book structures and then we will have time to explore and create using this structure.

Materials to bring:

• Medium-weight paper
• Needle and thread
• Glue stick
• Bonefolder
• Scissors
• Ribbon and anything else that inspires you for embellishment

Luckily, our bubbling-over-with-enthusiasm Elissa Campbell prepared supplies for 24 people because, even on a hot summer evening, 23 people turned up! They probably knew that any class taught by Elissa is a rich experience! This was a workshop on the “Dowel Spine Portfolio” which she’d learned from a recent course by its inventor Peter Thomas at the Focus on Book Arts Conference You can see photos of all of us at work on the B.A.G. blog and learn more about the conference by going to Elissa’s blog http://blueroofdesigns.wordpress.com. It’s a fine site with a wealth of Elissa’s expertise and other resources as well; some members even learned of the VT Book Arts Guild by finding us on this site!

There are many sad goodbyes that we have to make, but saying goodbye to the Book Arts Guild is one of the saddest. I have so much enjoyed getting to know and to work with all of you.

All the best to you all,
Rebecca

On Thursday, August 27th, Jane Davies will be presenting her book Collage Journeys along with Judy Lake, who will be presenting her new book, The Lampshade Lady’s Guide to Lighting Up Your Life at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT.

Join us for an evening celebrating two noted local artists, as Judy Lake presents The Lampshade Lady’s Guide to Lighting Up Your Life and Jane Davies presents Collage Journeys. Judy Lake has been making lampshades for more than 20 years, and turning out distinctive handmade lampshades from her Pawlet, Vermont shop for more than 11 years. In The Lampshade Lady’s Guide to Lighting Up Your Life, Lake shows how to create lampshades that show off your personality. You’ll learn how easy it is to make unique lampshades using materials as varied as old cloth children’s books to antique postcards. Known for her bold use of color, Jane Davies designs tableware, fabric, paper goods, stationery and other products for prestigious manufacturers. In Collage Journeys: A Practical Guide to Creating Personal Artwork, the artist, designer and teacher shows how to take collage to the next level. The book presents a series of innovative workshop assignments, each designed to relate the technique and format of a collage to its subject, with stunning finished pieces to offer inspiration. She is also the author of A Glaze of Color and Collage with Color, and lives in Rupert, Vermont.

*** BAG member Gwen Morey, who knows her paper since she runs the “Stamp On It” store in Essex Junction, recommends this website for an amazing paper artist.  As she says, “don’t just look at the sculptures…..click on the other links on the top.”  http://www.jenstark.com/sculpture_01.html

*** BAG member Elissa Campbell is teaching two classes at Studio Place Arts in Barre this October. To enroll, please call the SPA office at (802) 479-7069.

Peek-a-Boo Journal: Thursday October 1 & 8, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
In this workshop, participants will create a journal with a double-needle coptic binding, an intricate stitch that will be visible on the spine of the book. Not only is the coptic binding beautiful, but it also allows books to remain flat when opened. The book covers will include a cut-out window, which offers many opportunities for personalization — photos, pressed flowers, theater tickets — if it’s flat, you can use it. Participants are encouraged to bring small photos, paper ephemera, and/or other flat items to both decorate the covers and include in the windows. Additional materials will be available for use during the class. Each participant will leave class with a completed book and basic knowledge of bookbinding technique. Participants will receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials used. Some bookbinding or sewing experience is helpful, but not required. Materials: Please contact SPA for a materials list. In addition, there is a $15 fee to the instructor at the first class. Members $55/Non-Members $65

Strappy Journal (ages 14 – 18): Saturday, October 3, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Journals are great for so many things – exploring our creative selves, recording dreams and feelings, documenting travels, or preserving details of our daily lives. Why not make a journal of your own, just the way you want it – it’s easy! In this workshop, we will use a binding that allows the book to remain flat when opened, making it perfect for use as a sketchbook or journal. Participants are encouraged to bring collage materials to decorate the covers of your book. Additional materials will be available for use during the class. In this workshop, each participant will leave class with a completed book and a basic knowledge of bookbinding technique. You will receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials we use. No previous experience necessary. This workshop is grant-funded and free of charge.

*** Garage Annex School: We are pleased to welcome Dea Sasso to GAS to teach for the first time as she offers her basic repairs class for beginners. Please visit our website in order to see images that go with this workshop description, and in order to see what else we are offering this fall.  You may register online, or send us a check. If you are sending a check, please email me so I know to put you on the enrollment list.

Book Repair and Restoration for Beginners
Dea Sasso
September 19–20, Saturday–Sunday, Tuition: $185, Materials: $25
Enrollment limited to twelve.
This class is a two-day book repair intensive for those who want hands-on experience and instruction in evaluating and correcting book problems and damage.

You will practice basic techniques, and through the use of “reveals” (examples of partially repaired/exposed books and paper) will experience a wide range of age, injury, structural and material defects in books.  Emphasis will be on practicing the skills necessary to complete basic repair techniques. You can expect to complete at least ten sample repairs during the two days of class. You will also learn about other resources for your continued study and practice of book repair and restoration.  No previous experience is required.

Greta D. Sibley
Garage Annex School, Inc.
One Cottage Street #5, Room 5-03
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-529-0070
413-529-0071
Greta@GarageAnnexSchool.com

*** The Center for Book Arts: Fall has always been the perfect time to explore new techniques or brush up on essential skills. We’ve got an exciting schedule of classes for artists, writers, and students new to books to expand their knowledge and immerse themselves in the book arts.

• Are you an artist looking for new options for presenting your work? Barbara Mauriello will help you translate your art into a book structure, learning the basics of bookmaking along the way in her perennially popular Bookbinding for Artists.
• Have some sewing experience but want to try something new? Under the expert guidance of Susan Mills, explore a variation on the longstitch structure, using handmade paper and leather straps.
• Katie Baldwin will join us to demonstrate her mastery of the woodcut. In multiple colors, with perfect registration, learn the secrets of reductive relief printing and work on a gorgeous collaborative poster.
• Have you always wanted to try letterpress but haven’t gotten around to it? Take that chance now and start with the basics in Letterpress I. Learn the ins and outs of inking and impression, set type by hand, see your words in print. There are several sections coming up this fall.

Check the classes page of The Center for Book Arts website to see a complete list of offerings, and register online from the course description page or by phone at (212) 481-0295. Hope to see you this fall!

Sincerely,
Sarah Nicholls
Programs Manager

2009 Sally R. Bishop Faculty Fellow: Each year the Center invites a luminary in the field to New York City to give a lecture, teach a workshop and present a body of work as a Featured Artist. The Center for Book Arts is honored to welcome Johanna Druckeras the 2009 Sally R. Bishop Faculty Fellow. The weekend of November 7-8 she will join us for What Makes a Book Work? A hands-on workshop exploring explore fundamental concepts of development, sequence, and intertextuality, this class provides some basic lessons that can be used for teaching or in one’s own practice. Students will work with scale, image, text, and content across a book’s spaces and hone their sensitivity to how the elements of a book relate to each other. Designed for advanced students, this class is application only; please contact the Center to register. A selection of her bookworks will be on display in the gallery through December 5th; Drucker will give a lecture on her work in conjunction with the exhibition on Friday, November 6th.

*** If you have a website and/or blog that showcases your creative work, we’d love to share it on the member links page of the B.A.G. blog. Send an Email with the details to Tech Schmoe Elissa Campbell: erscampbell[at]hotmail[dot]com.

Book Arts Guild of VT blog: http://bookartsguildvt.wordpress.com