Sunday, December 19, 2010

Call for Entries: Curriculum (Reminder)

Philadelphia Center for the Book is seeking member artists to participate in an exhibition of artist books entitled Curriculum at Springside School, an all-girls K-12 private school located in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, in the northwest section of Philadelphia. Curriculum will take place from the first week in February through mid-April, 2011. The exhibit will consist of large recessed wall cases with locking glass doors, located at the intersection of the main corridors of the school. The PCB Exhibitions Committee, in concert with the School's Art Department Director, Patricia Moss-Vreeland, will make selections. Due to the size of the cases, works shall be no larger than 12" deep x 21" wide x 48" high.

The theme of this exhibition is related to the basic building blocks of a secondary school curriculum, including, but not limited to, science, math, language arts, and history. PCB is looking for book works that explore the ideas of school subjects, to be exhibited within an educational institution.

PCB members are invited to submit new or existing work. Artists working in both traditional and non-traditional book arts are encouraged to apply. While submissions are open only to members of Philadelphia Center for the Book, anyone may become a member upon submission. There is no fee to
submit. For details please click here.

BOOKS MUST BE RECEIVED BETWEEN:
January 3 - 7, 2011 (If hand-delivered, they can be dropped off from 9 AM to 2:30 PM)

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Introduction to Book Arts at Fleisher Art Memorial

Thursdays, 6:30 to 9:30, January 13 - March 17, with Mary Tasillo
Registration opens Nov 29 and closes Dec 23 (www.fleisher.org).

You will work with both structure and content. You can view course description, along with work samples, on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/268onft, or view course and registration info at www.fleisher.org.

This class focuses on the various ways to bind books, including pamphlets, accordions, pop-ups, multi-signature and non-adhesive bindings. Students become familiar with the characteristics and handling qualities of archival materials. No prior experience necessary. Class size limited to 10 students.

Tuition: $200 (members), $225 (non-members); plus $45 fee for some
materials [Available for Act 48 credit]

UArts Book Party!

Please join the UArts Book Arts/Printmaking Department for this semester’s Book Party!

Books, prints, art, & craft will be for sale by undergraduate and graduate Book Arts students at The University of the Arts.

December 16th, Thursday
4 to 7
9th floor of Terra Hall
211 S. Broad St.

Donate a Blank Book

Natalie Bennett in Chicago volunteers with a group that supplies Books to Women in Prison. The organization is dreadfully low on blank books for journaling, and they get a LOT of requests for them. The women who request them appreciate the journals more than one could ever imagine.

She is asking for members of bookarts community to make a donation of handmade books to be used as journals. The only stipulation is: no hardcovers. Cereal box-weight cardboard is fine. If you send hardcovers-especially mass market ones that you might have handy-they will remove the cover and make a new paper cover.

You can send the books to:

Chicago Books to Women in Prison
c/o Beyondmedia Education
4001 N. Ravenswood Ave #204B
Chicago, IL 60613
cbwp4001 [at] gmail.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES

NEXUS CALL FOR ENTRIES: TRUTH OR DARE JURIED EXHIBITION
Deadline: December 27, 2010
Media Accepted: Books, digital media, drawing, installation, mixed media, painting, photography, prints, sculpture, works on paper
Click here for more details.

PHILADELPHIA CENTER FOR THE BOOK CALL FOR ENTRIES: CURRICULUM
Deadline (books must be received between the following dates): January 3-7, 2011
The theme of this exhibition is related to the basic building blocks of a secondary school curriculum, including, but not limited to, science, math, language arts, and history. PCB is looking for book works that explore the ideas of school subjects, to be exhibited within an educational institution.
Click here for more details.

SUSAN HENSEL GALLERY ANNUAL CALL FOR ART
A Reader's Art 11: URBAN/URBANE

Deadline: January 15, 2011
Reader's Art is a survey show of artists books with a slightly different focus each year.
Click here for more details.

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY CALL FOR ENTRIES
ONE BOOK, MANY INTERPRETATIONS: Second Edition

Deadline for completed Intent forms: January 17, 2011
Inaugurated for Chicago Book Week in the fall of 2001, the One Book, One Chicago program is launched each spring and fall to cultivate a culture of reading in Chicago by bringing our diverse city together around one outstanding book.

In the fall of 2011, Chicago will celebrate ten years of the One Book, One Chicago program. To commemorate this occasion, the Chicago Public Library is asking bookbinders to interpret the ten most recent One Book, One Chicago selections through the art of binding. You are cordially invited to participate in the One Book, Many Interpretations: Second Edition exhibition. This exhibition will open in August 2011 at the Chicago Public Library’s Special Collections Exhibit Hall with a Winter Garden reception.

• The exhibit will be juried to include the top bindings created for each title (maximum 50 books total). Monetary prizes will be awarded for the best binding submitted for each One Book title.

• The Chicago Public Library wishes to have all One Book selections represented by artistic bindings in the exhibition. In order to accomplish this, you will be asked to rank the books in order of preference for binding. Each binder’s rankings as well as the date each official Intent to Enter form is received will be used to assign titles to binders.

• The first 100 binders to submit the Intent to Enter will also receive a reading copy of the assigned book with their registration packets. The binder may choose to bind this edition or select another edition of the same book.

To receive an official Intent to Enter form, please send your name and mailing address to:
Lesa Dowd, Conservator
Special Collections and Preservation Division
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
400 South State Street
Chicago, IL 60605
Email: ldowd@chipublib.org

TRIPLE CANOPY CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 2011 COMMISSIONS PROGRAM
Deadline: February 14, 2011
Triple Canopy will be commissioning projects spanning the six areas outlined below—original research, new-media journalism, public programming, Internet-specific artwork and literature, and critical dialogues—to be published in the magazine and presented before live audiences between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012.
Click here for more details.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

CALL FOR ENTRIES: CURRICULUM

Philadelphia Center for the Book is seeking member artists to participate in an exhibition of artist books entitled Curriculum at Springside School, an all-girls K-12 private school located in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, in the northwest section of Philadelphia. Curriculum will take place from the first week in February through mid-April, 2011. The exhibit will consist of large recessed wall cases with locking glass doors, located at the intersection of the main corridors of the school. The PCB Exhibitions Committee, in concert with the School's Art Department Director, Patricia Moss-Vreeland, will make selections. Due to the size of the cases, works shall be no larger than 12" deep x 21" wide x 48" high.

The theme of this exhibition is related to the basic building blocks of a secondary school curriculum, including, but not limited to, science, math, language arts, and history. PCB is looking for book works that explore the ideas of school subjects, to be exhibited within an educational institution.

PCB members are invited to submit new or existing work. Artists working in both traditional and non-traditional book arts are encouraged to apply. While submissions are open only to members of Philadelphia Center for the Book, anyone may become a member upon submission. There is no fee to
submit. For details please click here.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF BOOKS:
January 3 - 7, 2011

Book Paper Scissors This Saturday!



Saturday, December 4, 2010
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street

The 4th Annual Book Paper Scissors Artists’ Book Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 4th from 10-4 at the Parkway Central Library. It's free and open to the public. This festive event features prints, artists’ books, handmade paper, zines, origami, blank books, paper sculpture, and jewelry. Free how-to workshops will be held in Room 108 at 11 am (single sheet folded book) and 1 pm (mini flag book).

Come and buy, or just be inspired! You will find many affordable and interesting gifts for everyone on your list (or yourself).