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)
Sunday, December 19, 2010
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]
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.
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
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.
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
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).
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Call for Papers: The Art of the Book
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Art of the Book
A one-day symposium sponsored by the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College and the Office of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Location: Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts
In an age of Kindles, iBooks and internet services such as Google Books, electronic media challenges the very notion of the printed book. As useful as they are, electronic resources can neither replace the sensory engagement that comes with opening a book and viewing, reading, and turning its pages nor replicate the artistry and technical skill evident in a book's design, materials, printing, and binding. This one-day symposium aims to explore, and to celebrate, the materials, methods, and settings of books and the bookmakers' art.
They invite papers that will explore the workshops and presses, the bookbinders and booksellers, the readers, bibliophiles, and librarians who have made, traded in, and treasured books in New England and beyond. How have workshops and small presses contributed to the genre of the livre d'artiste established after WWII? What do homemade books such as scrapbooks, drawing books, and journals say about the experiences and aspirations of their makers and readers? How are illustrated books such as architectural and fashion design manuals, scientific and natural history books, children's books, comic books, and graphic novels designed to convey non-textual information? What was the physical experience of producing and distributing books? In short, how can we understand the material world of books from the perspective of their makers and users?
They invite papers that explore bookmaking from a variety of perspectives, considering the products not only of professional artists and trained artisans but also of students and hobbyists, worked in a variety of media.
Topics that focus on New England are particularly welcome.
Please submit 250-word proposals and a two-page c.v. via electronic mail to Josh Lane lane@historic-deerfield.org and Martha McNamara mmcnamar@wellesley.edu. Proposals should be theoretical or analytical in nature rather than descriptive and should include the title of the paper and the presenter's name.
For further information, please contact Josh Lane(lane@historic-deerfield.org) or Martha McNamara(mmcnamar@wellesley.edu).
The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2011.
The Art of the Book
A one-day symposium sponsored by the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College and the Office of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Location: Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts
In an age of Kindles, iBooks and internet services such as Google Books, electronic media challenges the very notion of the printed book. As useful as they are, electronic resources can neither replace the sensory engagement that comes with opening a book and viewing, reading, and turning its pages nor replicate the artistry and technical skill evident in a book's design, materials, printing, and binding. This one-day symposium aims to explore, and to celebrate, the materials, methods, and settings of books and the bookmakers' art.
They invite papers that will explore the workshops and presses, the bookbinders and booksellers, the readers, bibliophiles, and librarians who have made, traded in, and treasured books in New England and beyond. How have workshops and small presses contributed to the genre of the livre d'artiste established after WWII? What do homemade books such as scrapbooks, drawing books, and journals say about the experiences and aspirations of their makers and readers? How are illustrated books such as architectural and fashion design manuals, scientific and natural history books, children's books, comic books, and graphic novels designed to convey non-textual information? What was the physical experience of producing and distributing books? In short, how can we understand the material world of books from the perspective of their makers and users?
They invite papers that explore bookmaking from a variety of perspectives, considering the products not only of professional artists and trained artisans but also of students and hobbyists, worked in a variety of media.
Topics that focus on New England are particularly welcome.
Please submit 250-word proposals and a two-page c.v. via electronic mail to Josh Lane lane@historic-deerfield.org and Martha McNamara mmcnamar@wellesley.edu. Proposals should be theoretical or analytical in nature rather than descriptive and should include the title of the paper and the presenter's name.
For further information, please contact Josh Lane(lane@historic-deerfield.org) or Martha McNamara(mmcnamar@wellesley.edu).
The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2011.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
UArts Senior Printmaking W.I.P Show
Wednesday, November 17 · 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Hamilton Hall
320 S. Broad St
Philadelphia, PA
Seniors showcased in front lobby of Hamilton Hall:
Cerise Kacensky
Jiyeong Yoon
Jackie Barry
Courtney Brown
Jennifer Bernardin
Tommy Mancusi
Olivia Thornton
Geovanny Reynolds
Adam Brunell
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Form & Verse: Inge Bruggeman and Barbara Mauriello
Form & Verse: Inge Bruggeman and Barbara Mauriello
November 12 – 19, 2010
Printmaking Gallery, University of the Arts
University of the Arts
The Printmaking Gallery, Anderson Hall, Sixth Floor
333 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Hours: Weekdays, 9:00-5:00
Artists’ Reception: November 16, 5:30-7:30
The MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts is pleased to present “Form & Verse: Inge Bruggeman and Barbara Mauriello.” Bruggeman and Mauriello are this year's visiting artists to the Book Arts/Printmaking Program, and the show in the Printmaking Gallery features a range of their recent works.
Inge Bruggeman is a book artist and fine press printer working out of Portland, Oregon. She is the proprietor of Ink-A! Press, Textura Book Arts Studio, and is on the Book Arts Faculty of the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Her prints and books are widely noted for their exhaustive attention to craft and detail. Bruggeman's work explores the compelling connotations of the book as an object and investigates the relationships between text and image.
Barbara Mauriello is a book artist and conservator from Hoboken, New Jersey. She is on the faculty of The New York Center for the Book and the School of Visual Arts in New York, and has collaborated with artists such as Max Gimblett and William Kentridge. Her work is deeply engaged with materials, landscape, and pattern. She is particularly noted for her fine boxes, to which she often adds architectural elements to create new spaces.
Monday, November 1, 2010
85th Annual International Competition: Printmaking
The Print Center
Call for Entries: 85th Annual International Competition: Printmaking
Deadline: December 15, 2010
Jurors: Emi Eu, Director, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore Sarah Suzuki, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr., Assistant Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Awards + Prizes
Up to $3,000 in purchase, cash and material prizes, a solo exhibition at The Print Center, a two-year contract from The Print Center Gallery Store and a purchase award for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Apply: www.printcenter.org
Eligibility
The competition is open to all artists. All forms of art are acceptable as long as print is a critical component of the work. Work submitted must have been completed in the last two years. Submitted works cannot have been exhibited within 50 miles of Philadelphia or in any prior exhibition at The Print Center. Up to four images may be submitted and only one entry per person.
Entry Information
Entries are accepted online only. For guidelines and the application, go to: www.printcenter.org
Fees
Non-Members $45 ($60 outside US)
Current Members $5 processing fee
Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards are accepted.
If you are not already a member, your entry fee to the competition entitles you
to a one-year membership to The Print Center.
About the Competition
The Print Center's Annual International Competition is one of the most prestigious and oldest juried exhibitions in the United States. Alternating yearly between printmaking and photography, it provides a unique opportunity for local, national and international artists to compete in a forum which emphasizes individual talent and expressiveness rather than a specific exhibition topic.
Call for Entries: 85th Annual International Competition: Printmaking
Deadline: December 15, 2010
Jurors: Emi Eu, Director, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore Sarah Suzuki, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr., Assistant Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Awards + Prizes
Up to $3,000 in purchase, cash and material prizes, a solo exhibition at The Print Center, a two-year contract from The Print Center Gallery Store and a purchase award for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Apply: www.printcenter.org
Eligibility
The competition is open to all artists. All forms of art are acceptable as long as print is a critical component of the work. Work submitted must have been completed in the last two years. Submitted works cannot have been exhibited within 50 miles of Philadelphia or in any prior exhibition at The Print Center. Up to four images may be submitted and only one entry per person.
Entry Information
Entries are accepted online only. For guidelines and the application, go to: www.printcenter.org
Fees
Non-Members $45 ($60 outside US)
Current Members $5 processing fee
Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards are accepted.
If you are not already a member, your entry fee to the competition entitles you
to a one-year membership to The Print Center.
About the Competition
The Print Center's Annual International Competition is one of the most prestigious and oldest juried exhibitions in the United States. Alternating yearly between printmaking and photography, it provides a unique opportunity for local, national and international artists to compete in a forum which emphasizes individual talent and expressiveness rather than a specific exhibition topic.
Book Paper Scissors 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine Street
Don't miss Philadelphia Center for the Book's most successful annual event!
Book Paper Scissors is an artists' book fair, free and open to the public. This festive event features prints, artists' books, handmade paper, zines, origami, blank books, paper sculpture, and jewelry.
Registration is currently open. Click here to download the application.
Deadline: November 19, 2010.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
New Exhibits at The University of the Arts
Both or the Same: New work by Book Arts and Printmaking MFA II students at the University of the Arts
Dan Corrigan
Turner Hilliker
Becky Davies
Laura Beyer
Yuka Petz
Jody Arthur
Jamie Lynn Schilling
Sean Dyroff
Opening Reception:
Friday, October 29 · 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Hamilton/Arronson Galleries
The University of the Arts
320 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
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Mediterráneo
October 29 – November 6, 2010
Reception with the artists – Monday, November 1, 6 – 9pm
Gallery 224 and the Printmaking Gallery
Anderson Hall
The University of the Arts
333 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia
The Spanish artist collective Portales del Arte will be exhibiting prints, paintings, drawings, and sculpture in two galleries at the University of the Arts October 29 – November 6, 2010.
Portales del Arte is comprised of ten artists working in several mediums. With this, their first exhibition as a group in the United States, it’s fitting that their exhibition Mediterráneo praises and embraces the conceptual and expressive meeting points shared by artists and writers of various cultures working in many different mediums.
Mediterráneo is part of a travel/exhibition exchange between the Spanish collective Portales del Arte based in Lorca and the Printmaking/Book Arts community from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in the United States. Within the time period of the exhibitions the artists will travel to each other’s region to partake in a cultural exchange. Portales del Arte will be visiting Philadelphia October 30 – November 6 and they will be present for the reception at The University of the Arts on the evening of Monday, November 1.
Dan Corrigan
Turner Hilliker
Becky Davies
Laura Beyer
Yuka Petz
Jody Arthur
Jamie Lynn Schilling
Sean Dyroff
Opening Reception:
Friday, October 29 · 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Hamilton/Arronson Galleries
The University of the Arts
320 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
______________
Mediterráneo
October 29 – November 6, 2010
Reception with the artists – Monday, November 1, 6 – 9pm
Gallery 224 and the Printmaking Gallery
Anderson Hall
The University of the Arts
333 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia
The Spanish artist collective Portales del Arte will be exhibiting prints, paintings, drawings, and sculpture in two galleries at the University of the Arts October 29 – November 6, 2010.
Portales del Arte is comprised of ten artists working in several mediums. With this, their first exhibition as a group in the United States, it’s fitting that their exhibition Mediterráneo praises and embraces the conceptual and expressive meeting points shared by artists and writers of various cultures working in many different mediums.
Mediterráneo is part of a travel/exhibition exchange between the Spanish collective Portales del Arte based in Lorca and the Printmaking/Book Arts community from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in the United States. Within the time period of the exhibitions the artists will travel to each other’s region to partake in a cultural exchange. Portales del Arte will be visiting Philadelphia October 30 – November 6 and they will be present for the reception at The University of the Arts on the evening of Monday, November 1.
Talk by Julia Miller at The Library Company of Philadelphia
Early Book Structures and the Nag Hammadi Codices
Friday, October 29
Reception at 5:30 P.M.
Program at 6:00 P.M.
Julia Miller, former senior conservator on the staff of the University of Michigan conservation lab, will discuss the Nag Hammadi Codices. Ms. Miller will focus on the 1945 find along with related discoveries in terms of bookbinding history and materials.
Click here to RSVP to this event or call 215-546-3181.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Walking Sculpture with Michelangelo Pistoletto
The Philadelphia Center for the Book is a proud Community Partner with the Philadelphia Museum of Art for their exhibit Michelangelo Pistoletto: Cittadellarte (November 2, 2010 - January 16, 2011)
PCB is one part of many events that will be happening. To launch, Spiral Q Puppet Theater and students from the Curtis Institute of Music will take part in the following upcoming event:
Walking Sculpture with Michelangelo Pistoletto
Saturday, October 30, 1 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Join the procession as Michelangelo Pistoletto rolls a giant ball of newspapers made by Spiral Q Puppet Theater through Philadelphia, beginning at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s West Entrance—rain or shine! The artist will recreate his seminal action Walking Sculpture, first performed in 1967 on the streets of Turin. For more information, visit philamuseum.org.
Philadelphia Center for the Book will join with the PMA for the following:
"Can a Book Transform the World? Can a Book Transform a Life?”
Sustainable Bookmaking Workshops
Sunday, December 12, 2010 or Sunday, January 9, 2011
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. or 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Four half-day workshops are offered.
Register for one only.(Registration is through the PMA-for more information click here)
Instructors: Book artists from the Philadelphia Center for the Book
Location: Education Studios I and II
Paid reservations required
$40 ($32 members); includes Museum admission
Enrollment limited to 20 participants for each half-day workshop.
Learn to make handmade books using your own recycled material. Bring packaging of all kinds, leaflets, rubber stamps, and so on, and an inspiration, wish, or thought on how to transform the world (or even one life) to hand-letter as the text within. At the end of the workshop, we’ll visit the exhibition Michelangelo Pistoletto: Cittadellarte for a conversation about art and social transformation, using our handmade books as inspiration.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Marking Time at Lafayette College Library
Marking Time
Lafayette College, Easton, PA
September 5-October 25, 2010
710 Sullivan Road
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 18042-1797
Skillman Library’s Simon Room Gallery is hosting a traveling exhibition of the Guild of Book Workers, a national organization for book artists founded in 1906. The juried exhibit, "Marking Time," highlights the diverse talents of Guild members, who include bookbinders, conservators, and calligraphers.
The show includes nearly 50 works interpreting the theme of time, ranging from contemporary books of hours to considerations of the end of time. Leather bindings stand alongside contemporary bindings that have been dyed, collaged, or integrate photography. Text and imagery incorporate calligraphy, painting, woodcut, letterpress, and digital output as well as wooden constructions, hand-held toys, and other sculptural objects.
Exhibit curator is Karen Hanmer, who is a Chicago book and installation artist, whose work is included in the collections of the Tate Britain, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Library of Congress, Graceland, and a number of college and university libraries, including Lafayette.
For more information click here.
Two Weeks Left to See Space & Sequence!
To see more images from the opening reception click here.
Space & Sequence
September 14 to October 31, 2010
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia Center for the Book cleverly chose the title "Space and Sequence" because, like book art itself, those words have more than one meaning and represent a host of ideas....The selections included in the show reflect a variety of ways to interpret the topic.--Jae Jennifer Rossman
This PCB Members Exhibition features more than twenty cases containing innovative artist's books and prints by the following artists:
Alice Austin
Pat Badt
e Bond
Nicole Eiland/Sarah Pohlman
Donna Globus
Lara Henderson
Lesley Mitchell
Fran Ng
Nancy Nitzberg
Maddy Rosenberg
Miriam Schaer
Mary Tasillo
Susan Viguers
Thomas Parker Williams
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Material Translations
Material Translations:
Artists' Books from 1970 to Now
Exhibition dates: October 7 - November 24, 2010
Curated by Michael Joseph
Exhibiting artists: Rick Black, Asha Ganpat, Sue Gosin, Karen Guancione, Margaret K. Johnson, Hedi Kyle, Lore Lindenfeld, Chuck Miley, Lois Morrison, Rocco Scary, Mirian Schaer, Buzz Spector, Sarah K. Stengle, Amanda Thackray, Ulla Warchol, Debra Weier, Marcia S. Wilson
Artists' Panel Discussions
October 7, 4:00 - 5:30 pm (Opening Reception follows)
October 21, 7 - 8:30 pm
Arts Council of Princeton
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
102 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
For more information:
Tel: (609) 924-8777
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org
photo above: Guide de la Correspondance Amoureuse by Karen Guancione
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Pop-Up Workshops with Paul Johnson
There are still a few spaces available in both workshops! Deadline to apply is this Sunday.
The Enchanted Garden
Saturday, October 16, 2010 / 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
The Magic Tree House
Sunday, October 17, 2010 / 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Adrienne Theater Building
2030 Sansom Street, 3rd Floor
Fee: $120/one day; $200/two days ($100/$160 for members of Philadelphia Center for the Book)
Deadline to register: October 10, 2010
Enrollment is limited. To register click here to download the application form and send with your check to: Philadelphia Center for the Book, P.O Box 387, Philadelphia, PA 19105. For more information email: book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Paul Johnson creates amazing books from single sheets of paper that are architectural in structure with nothing added, nothing taken away, and no glue. He uses paper weaving techniques and interlocking, dove tail joints to make books that are like taking a reality tour through a building complex – a kind of paper Le Corbusier.
Paul Johnson is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in developing literacy through the book arts and as a book artist. He ran the Book Art Project from Manchester Metropolitan University and is the author of over fifteen titles including A Book of One's Own and Literacy Through the Book Arts. His work is in most of the major USA collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York and the Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
How Ink Is Made
The craftsmanship of making ink. This video is beautifully entertaining for you ink lovers.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Celebrate Books This Week!
If you love books (and, of course, you do!) this is your week. There is a lot to celebrate, and a lot to do:
* Join the Rosenbach Museum & Library (Thursday 9/30 - 6pm) for "Authors of Mischief", a reading of banned and censored books from their collection, including Don Quixote, Alice in Wonderland, Leaves of Grass, and more. (Mary Tasillo, Artist and Writer...and PCB board member will be reading a selection of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness)
* Explore the Collingswood Book Festival (Saturday 10/2 - 10am-4pm, where there will be nationally recognized authors/speakers for adults and children, as well as booksellers, storytellers, poetry readings, workshops, exhibitors, kid-friendly activities, and entertainment for all ages. All events are free. Stop by our PCB table to say hi and make some books!
* Venture to the Oak Knoll Book Fest (Saturday 10/2 - Sunday 10/3) No registration is required to attend the weekend events (Saturday and Sunday's talks and exhibition)
* If you haven't already, check out Space & Sequence (PCB's Members Exhibit) at the Free Library of Philadelphia. It will be on view until October 31.
* Join the Rosenbach Museum & Library (Thursday 9/30 - 6pm) for "Authors of Mischief", a reading of banned and censored books from their collection, including Don Quixote, Alice in Wonderland, Leaves of Grass, and more. (Mary Tasillo, Artist and Writer...and PCB board member will be reading a selection of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness)
* Explore the Collingswood Book Festival (Saturday 10/2 - 10am-4pm, where there will be nationally recognized authors/speakers for adults and children, as well as booksellers, storytellers, poetry readings, workshops, exhibitors, kid-friendly activities, and entertainment for all ages. All events are free. Stop by our PCB table to say hi and make some books!
* Venture to the Oak Knoll Book Fest (Saturday 10/2 - Sunday 10/3) No registration is required to attend the weekend events (Saturday and Sunday's talks and exhibition)
* If you haven't already, check out Space & Sequence (PCB's Members Exhibit) at the Free Library of Philadelphia. It will be on view until October 31.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Next Members & Friends Meeting
Wednesday, September 22 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA
6:00 Reception / 6:45 Artist Talk with Thomas Parker Williams & Pat Badt
Join us to celebrate the opening of the PCB Members Exhibition, Space & Sequence, featuring members' artist's books and prints, selected by guest juror Jae Jennifer Rossman, Assistant Director for Special Collections at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library (Yale University Library).
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Space & Sequence
September 14 to October 31, 2010
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia Center for the Book cleverly chose the title "Space and Sequence" because, like book art itself, those words have more than one meaning and represent a host of ideas....The selections included in the show reflect a variety of ways to interpret the topic.--Jae Jennifer Rossman
This PCB Members Exhibition features more than twenty cases containing innovative artist's books and prints by the following artists:
Alice Austin
Pat Badt
e Bond
Nicole Eiland/Sarah Pohlman
Donna Globus
Lara Henderson
Lesley Mitchell
Fran Ng
Nancy Nitzberg
Maddy Rosenberg
Miriam Schaer
Mary Tasillo
Susan Viguers
Thomas Parker Williams
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA
6:00 Reception / 6:45 Artist Talk with Thomas Parker Williams & Pat Badt
Join us to celebrate the opening of the PCB Members Exhibition, Space & Sequence, featuring members' artist's books and prints, selected by guest juror Jae Jennifer Rossman, Assistant Director for Special Collections at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library (Yale University Library).
***
Space & Sequence
September 14 to October 31, 2010
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia Center for the Book cleverly chose the title "Space and Sequence" because, like book art itself, those words have more than one meaning and represent a host of ideas....The selections included in the show reflect a variety of ways to interpret the topic.--Jae Jennifer Rossman
This PCB Members Exhibition features more than twenty cases containing innovative artist's books and prints by the following artists:
Alice Austin
Pat Badt
e Bond
Nicole Eiland/Sarah Pohlman
Donna Globus
Lara Henderson
Lesley Mitchell
Fran Ng
Nancy Nitzberg
Maddy Rosenberg
Miriam Schaer
Mary Tasillo
Susan Viguers
Thomas Parker Williams
Pop-up Workshops with Paul Johnson
The Enchanted Garden
Saturday, October 16, 2010 / 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
The Magic Tree House
Sunday, October 17, 2010 / 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Adrienne Theater Building
2030 Sansom Street, 3rd Floor
Fee: $120/one day; $200/two days ($100/$160 for members of Philadelphia Center for the Book)
Deadline to register: October 10, 2010
Enrollment is limited. To register click here to download the application form and send with your check to: Philadelphia Center for the Book, P.O Box 387, Philadelphia, PA 19105. For more information email: book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Paul Johnson creates amazing books from single sheets of paper that are architectural in structure with nothing added, nothing taken away, and no glue. He uses paper weaving techniques and interlocking, dove tail joints to make books that are like taking a reality tour through a building complex – a kind of paper Le Corbusier.
Paul Johnson is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in developing literacy through the book arts and as a book artist. He ran the Book Art Project from Manchester Metropolitan University and is the author of over fifteen titles including A Book of One's Own and Literacy Through the Book Arts. His work is in most of the major USA collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York and the Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Call for Volunteers for Fall Festivals
Philadelphia Center for the Book is looking forward to participating in a few festivals coming up this fall, with your help! We are looking for volunteers to assist us with any of the following days, for all or part of the day:
September 18, 11:00-7:00
Sisterly Love Block Party
7th & Fairmount
October 2, 10:00-4:00
Collingswood Book Festival
Collingswood, NJ
October 10, 12:00-6:00
Philly Zine Fest
The Rotunda
If you are interested, please contact Amanda D'Amico at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org by Thursday, September 16.
September 18, 11:00-7:00
Sisterly Love Block Party
7th & Fairmount
October 2, 10:00-4:00
Collingswood Book Festival
Collingswood, NJ
October 10, 12:00-6:00
Philly Zine Fest
The Rotunda
If you are interested, please contact Amanda D'Amico at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org by Thursday, September 16.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Artist Talk, Thursday September 9th
Join us for an artist talk with Valeria Kremser and Katy Matich, speaking on the theme of "Small Books."
Thursday, September 9th, 6-8pm
Thursday, September 9th, 6-8pm
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Origami Box Workshop August 29th
Origami Box
Sunday August 29th, 1-3pm
$5 materials fee
All ages: children to adult
Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, You will learn to create 2 models using 2sheets of special kind of paper. By the end of this workshop you'll have a multipurpose box waiting for a lovely photo and perfect to hold a treasure.
To register, please send an email to: store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Sunday August 29th, 1-3pm
$5 materials fee
All ages: children to adult
Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, You will learn to create 2 models using 2sheets of special kind of paper. By the end of this workshop you'll have a multipurpose box waiting for a lovely photo and perfect to hold a treasure.
To register, please send an email to: store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
4th Friday Reception August 27th, 6-9 pm
Join us for our last 4th Friday reception at PCB on South, August 27th, 6-9pm.
We will be celebrating "Work From the Workshops," an exhibit highlighting work created by participants, interns, and instructors from the workshops held at PCB on South.
Also on hand will be book artists demonstrating different book structur...es and techniques.
Come have fun on South Street!
We will be celebrating "Work From the Workshops," an exhibit highlighting work created by participants, interns, and instructors from the workshops held at PCB on South.
Also on hand will be book artists demonstrating different book structur...es and techniques.
Come have fun on South Street!
Poetry Reading August 26th, 6-8pm
Join us for an evening of poetry Thursday, August 26th, 6-8 pm, featuring the work of Scott Hammer, Leonar Gontarek, and Charles Carr.
Scott Hammer is most recently the author of Mock Draw. His poetry has appeared in magazines such as Poet Lore, Lungfull!, The Hamilton Stone Review, Inertia, Philadelphia Stories, and ...can we have our ball back. In 2003, he won first prize in the poetry award sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and The George Washington University.
He lives in Philadelphia and teaches English at Bodine High School for International Affairs. He is currently working on a novel and a collection of poems.
Leonard Gontarek is the author of St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris, Van Morrison Can't Find His Feet, Zen For Beginners, and Déjà Vu Diner. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Fence, Field, Pool, Poetry Northwest, Verse, Hanging Loose.
His work appears in the anthologies The Best American Poetry, Joyful Noise! American Spiritual Poetry, The Working Poet, Dwarf Stars Science Fiction Poetry Anthology.
He has been nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize and twice received Poetry Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council On The Arts. He has been a cabdriver, movie- projectionist, teacher and bookseller.
Join us for an evening of poetry Thursday, August 26th, 6-8 pm, featuring the work of Scott Hammer, Leonar Gontarek, and Charles Carr.
Scott Hammer is most recently the author of Mock Draw. His poetry has appeared in magazines such as Poet Lore, Lungfull!, The Hamilton Stone Review, Inertia, Philadelphia Stories, and ...can we have our ball back. In 2003, he won first prize in the poetry award sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and The George Washington University.
He lives in Philadelphia and teaches English at Bodine High School for International Affairs. He is currently working on a novel and a collection of poems.
Leonard Gontarek is the author of St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris, Van Morrison Can't Find His Feet, Zen For Beginners, and Déjà Vu Diner. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Fence, Field, Pool, Poetry Northwest, Verse, Hanging Loose.
His work appears in the anthologies The Best American Poetry, Joyful Noise! American Spiritual Poetry, The Working Poet, Dwarf Stars Science Fiction Poetry Anthology.
He has been nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize and twice received Poetry Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council On The Arts. He has been a cabdriver, movie- projectionist, teacher and bookseller.
Charles Carr is a native Philadelphian, born and raised in Southwest Germantown. Charles attended LaSalle College and Bryn Mawr College, and has a Master degree in American History.
For 35 years Charles has worked in social services, developing programs and advocating for the needs of abused and neglected children. Charles has also completed missions to Haiti and he is active in raising awareness and funds for Haiti. In 2009 Cradle Press of St. Louis published Charles's first book of poetry:paradise, pennsylvania.
Charles has been published in various local poetry reviews and is the 2008 First Prize Winner for the Mad Poets Review. Haitian Mud Pies, Charles's next collection of poems will be completed in December 2010. Charles is married and has one son. is a native Philadelphian, born and raised in Southwest Germantown. Charles attended LaSalle College and Bryn Mawr College, and has a Master degree in American History.
For 35 years Charles has worked in social services, developing programs and advocating for the needs of abused and neglected children. Charles has also completed missions to Haiti and he is active in raising awareness and funds for Haiti. In 2009 Cradle Press of St. Louis published Charles's first book of poetry:paradise, pennsylvania.
Charles has been published in various local poetry reviews and is the 2008 First Prize Winner for the Mad Poets Review. Haitian Mud Pies, Charles's next collection of poems will be completed in December 2010. Charles is married and has one son.
Scott Hammer is most recently the author of Mock Draw. His poetry has appeared in magazines such as Poet Lore, Lungfull!, The Hamilton Stone Review, Inertia, Philadelphia Stories, and ...can we have our ball back. In 2003, he won first prize in the poetry award sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and The George Washington University.
He lives in Philadelphia and teaches English at Bodine High School for International Affairs. He is currently working on a novel and a collection of poems.
Leonard Gontarek is the author of St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris, Van Morrison Can't Find His Feet, Zen For Beginners, and Déjà Vu Diner. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Fence, Field, Pool, Poetry Northwest, Verse, Hanging Loose.
His work appears in the anthologies The Best American Poetry, Joyful Noise! American Spiritual Poetry, The Working Poet, Dwarf Stars Science Fiction Poetry Anthology.
He has been nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize and twice received Poetry Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council On The Arts. He has been a cabdriver, movie- projectionist, teacher and bookseller.
Join us for an evening of poetry Thursday, August 26th, 6-8 pm, featuring the work of Scott Hammer, Leonar Gontarek, and Charles Carr.
Scott Hammer is most recently the author of Mock Draw. His poetry has appeared in magazines such as Poet Lore, Lungfull!, The Hamilton Stone Review, Inertia, Philadelphia Stories, and ...can we have our ball back. In 2003, he won first prize in the poetry award sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and The George Washington University.
He lives in Philadelphia and teaches English at Bodine High School for International Affairs. He is currently working on a novel and a collection of poems.
Leonard Gontarek is the author of St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris, Van Morrison Can't Find His Feet, Zen For Beginners, and Déjà Vu Diner. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Fence, Field, Pool, Poetry Northwest, Verse, Hanging Loose.
His work appears in the anthologies The Best American Poetry, Joyful Noise! American Spiritual Poetry, The Working Poet, Dwarf Stars Science Fiction Poetry Anthology.
He has been nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize and twice received Poetry Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council On The Arts. He has been a cabdriver, movie- projectionist, teacher and bookseller.
Charles Carr is a native Philadelphian, born and raised in Southwest Germantown. Charles attended LaSalle College and Bryn Mawr College, and has a Master degree in American History.
For 35 years Charles has worked in social services, developing programs and advocating for the needs of abused and neglected children. Charles has also completed missions to Haiti and he is active in raising awareness and funds for Haiti. In 2009 Cradle Press of St. Louis published Charles's first book of poetry:paradise, pennsylvania.
Charles has been published in various local poetry reviews and is the 2008 First Prize Winner for the Mad Poets Review. Haitian Mud Pies, Charles's next collection of poems will be completed in December 2010. Charles is married and has one son. is a native Philadelphian, born and raised in Southwest Germantown. Charles attended LaSalle College and Bryn Mawr College, and has a Master degree in American History.
For 35 years Charles has worked in social services, developing programs and advocating for the needs of abused and neglected children. Charles has also completed missions to Haiti and he is active in raising awareness and funds for Haiti. In 2009 Cradle Press of St. Louis published Charles's first book of poetry:paradise, pennsylvania.
Charles has been published in various local poetry reviews and is the 2008 First Prize Winner for the Mad Poets Review. Haitian Mud Pies, Charles's next collection of poems will be completed in December 2010. Charles is married and has one son.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Second session of "The Specimen Book" workshop added
Erin Sweeney will be teaching a second session of "The Specimen Book" on Sunday, August 22nd, 10-4pm. Space is limited, so register today!
The Specimen Book
Erin Sweeney
Section I - Saturday, August 21, 10-4 pm
Section II - Sunday, August 22, 10-4pm
$75 plus materials fee
Click here for a description of the workshop.
To register, please send an email to:
store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
The Specimen Book
Erin Sweeney
Section I - Saturday, August 21, 10-4 pm
Section II - Sunday, August 22, 10-4pm
$75 plus materials fee
Click here for a description of the workshop.
To register, please send an email to:
store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Featured Store Artists at PCB on South
As part of our Arts on South participation, we have two wonderful interns from the Philadelphia Youth Network working with us. Briana, 15, and Tanisha, 20, each selected two artists selling work in our store to feature on our blog and interviewed the artists on their process and inspirations. All work featured in the cooresponding photographs (taken by Briana and Tanisha) are available for sale in our store. This week, the featured artists are Thomas Parker Williams and Sandra Davis.
Thomas Parker Williams interviewed by Briana Davis
1. What
process was used when making Ocean Walk?
For the images I used what is known as block printing. You draw an image on a rubber block or other soft material and cut out the areas where you do not want color to be. This block is then inked with a roller and the paper is pressed on to the block. In this case I used two blocks for each image and let the colors overprint to produce texture. The cover was cut out with a saw. The sound work CD was recorded at the Venice Beach, CA Ocean Walk; I added the percussion later in the studio.
2. What was your inspiration behind Ocean Walk?
My wife and I visited the west coast in 2005 and when I saw the swirling mix of crowds, noise, jugglers, and acrobats I had to record the sounds and do a very bright book as my impression of it all.
3. How did you begin the project Ocean Wave? Were you inspired by the ocean directly?
Ocean Wave is based on earlier work but was inspired by the ocean, the Chesapeake Bay, and extreme weather. My wife Mary Agnes and I stayed several times at an inn on Smith Island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. To reach it you have to take a small ferry that is really a converted fishing boat for a twelve mile ride through some, at times, rough water. I started thinking about how to represent natural forces in paintings. I came up with a working method that uses computer aided design software to establish true perspective. The paintings are then done from memory. The series is called the “Constructed Elements” and can be seen at my website www.thomasparkerwilliams.com. In doing the research for this series I came across a book about the real structure of ocean waves and how to forecast them. The book “Ocean Wave” uses these techniques to actually construct a real scale model of a wave created by a 50 knot wind. Using the same method that I used in the “Constructed Elements” paintings series I created the Ocean Wave print as a visual repersentation of the paper model.
4. Did you always want to be an artist?
Yes – My mother was an amateur artist and taught me the basics when I was very young. The main thing that got me started, though, was visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art with my parents and seeing a Thomas Eakins retrospective when I was about 13 years old. After that, I made art on and off; however since the mid-1980's, making art has been my primary focus.
5. Does your wor
k ever cause you to travel? If so, where have you traveled to?
My wife and I enjoy traveling, and we are returning to Venice, Italy this coming spring. I do not travel especially to make art; however, several works have been inspired by our travels.
6. Have you done any collaboration with other artists? If so, who? What was the project?
Yes – I currently work with three other people. First, my wife, who is a pinhole photographer, and I collaborated on an artist book called “Forest” and are now planning other books together. I have also worked on several visual and music projects with Toe-Knee, a musician, magician and visual artist, including producing a funk album together (see www.definity.us). Third, Allan J. Moore is a writer that I collaborate with on a music website www.vinylhistory.com.
7. Do you fin
d inspiration in things you see or ideas that just come to you?
Both actually. Some ideas come from my wife's photography, some come from reading, and some just happen when I'm riding on the train.
Sandra Davis interviewed by Tanisha Washington
Thomas Parker Williams interviewed by Briana Davis
1. What
process was used when making Ocean Walk?For the images I used what is known as block printing. You draw an image on a rubber block or other soft material and cut out the areas where you do not want color to be. This block is then inked with a roller and the paper is pressed on to the block. In this case I used two blocks for each image and let the colors overprint to produce texture. The cover was cut out with a saw. The sound work CD was recorded at the Venice Beach, CA Ocean Walk; I added the percussion later in the studio.
2. What was your inspiration behind Ocean Walk?
My wife and I visited the west coast in 2005 and when I saw the swirling mix of crowds, noise, jugglers, and acrobats I had to record the sounds and do a very bright book as my impression of it all.
3. How did you begin the project Ocean Wave? Were you inspired by the ocean directly?
Ocean Wave is based on earlier work but was inspired by the ocean, the Chesapeake Bay, and extreme weather. My wife Mary Agnes and I stayed several times at an inn on Smith Island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. To reach it you have to take a small ferry that is really a converted fishing boat for a twelve mile ride through some, at times, rough water. I started thinking about how to represent natural forces in paintings. I came up with a working method that uses computer aided design software to establish true perspective. The paintings are then done from memory. The series is called the “Constructed Elements” and can be seen at my website www.thomasparkerwilliams.com. In doing the research for this series I came across a book about the real structure of ocean waves and how to forecast them. The book “Ocean Wave” uses these techniques to actually construct a real scale model of a wave created by a 50 knot wind. Using the same method that I used in the “Constructed Elements” paintings series I created the Ocean Wave print as a visual repersentation of the paper model.
4. Did you always want to be an artist?
Yes – My mother was an amateur artist and taught me the basics when I was very young. The main thing that got me started, though, was visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art with my parents and seeing a Thomas Eakins retrospective when I was about 13 years old. After that, I made art on and off; however since the mid-1980's, making art has been my primary focus.
5. Does your wor
k ever cause you to travel? If so, where have you traveled to?My wife and I enjoy traveling, and we are returning to Venice, Italy this coming spring. I do not travel especially to make art; however, several works have been inspired by our travels.
6. Have you done any collaboration with other artists? If so, who? What was the project?
Yes – I currently work with three other people. First, my wife, who is a pinhole photographer, and I collaborated on an artist book called “Forest” and are now planning other books together. I have also worked on several visual and music projects with Toe-Knee, a musician, magician and visual artist, including producing a funk album together (see www.definity.us). Third, Allan J. Moore is a writer that I collaborate with on a music website www.vinylhistory.com.
7. Do you fin
d inspiration in things you see or ideas that just come to you?Both actually. Some ideas come from my wife's photography, some come from reading, and some just happen when I'm riding on the train.
Sandra Davis interviewed by Tanisha Washington
1. What was the first book you created? 
Funny that you ask the question in that way. My first book is called “My First Amusement Park.”
2. From your personal experience what is the first thing you should do when making a book?
Have a good story to tell. A book is more successful when the story is compelling. Also the concept is stronger when the binding and structure relate to the subject.
3. Are there any types of companies or organizations you work with?
I teach at several universities and colleges. I am currently working with another photographer and book artist on an artist book for the photographer. I also enjoy the many non-profit organizations here in Philadelphia such as the Print Center, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, inLiquid, Philadelphia Center for the Book and The Photo Review. I support of them because I enjoy being part of the Phildelphia artist community.
4. What is the next piece of art work/book that you’re working on?
I have been photographing still lifes of my unusual collection and experimenting with printing and collage in gum bichromate.
5.Who or What inspired you to do art?
When I was growing up, my mother always encouraged me to be creative. She was a ceramicist.
6.Did you grow up in Willow Grove or any othe
r part of Pennsylvania?
Yes, I grew up in Willow Grove and continued to live there while I was in college.
7. What is your favorite memory from your childhood?
It’s hard to choose just one memory. My family vacationed in Avalon, NJ for two weeks every summer. I really enjoyed going on the amusement rides in Wildwood with my brothers.
Funny that you ask the question in that way. My first book is called “My First Amusement Park.”
2. From your personal experience what is the first thing you should do when making a book?
Have a good story to tell. A book is more successful when the story is compelling. Also the concept is stronger when the binding and structure relate to the subject.
3. Are there any types of companies or organizations you work with?
I teach at several universities and colleges. I am currently working with another photographer and book artist on an artist book for the photographer. I also enjoy the many non-profit organizations here in Philadelphia such as the Print Center, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, inLiquid, Philadelphia Center for the Book and The Photo Review. I support of them because I enjoy being part of the Phildelphia artist community.
4. What is the next piece of art work/book that you’re working on?
I have been photographing still lifes of my unusual collection and experimenting with printing and collage in gum bichromate.
5.Who or What inspired you to do art?
When I was growing up, my mother always encouraged me to be creative. She was a ceramicist.
6.Did you grow up in Willow Grove or any othe
r part of Pennsylvania?Yes, I grew up in Willow Grove and continued to live there while I was in college.
7. What is your favorite memory from your childhood?
It’s hard to choose just one memory. My family vacationed in Avalon, NJ for two weeks every summer. I really enjoyed going on the amusement rides in Wildwood with my brothers.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Banned Books Week Grants
Through its Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund, the Freedom to Read Foundation will provide two grants — one for $2,500 and one for $1,000 — to two organizations to support "Read-Outs" celebrating Banned Books Week 2010 (September 25 to October 2). A Banned Books Week Read-Out is an event during which people celebrate the freedom to read by gathering to read from books that have been banned or challenged over the years.
The grant program is the first announced project for the Judith Krug Memorial Fund, established after Krug's death in April 2009. Krug was the founding executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation, which was established in 1969 as a First Amendment legal defense organization affiliated with the American Library Association.
To apply for a grant, organizations are required to submit an event description, timeline, and budget with their application, as well as agree to provide a written report and video to FTRF following Banned Books Week.
Deadline: August 27
For more information: click here.
The grant program is the first announced project for the Judith Krug Memorial Fund, established after Krug's death in April 2009. Krug was the founding executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation, which was established in 1969 as a First Amendment legal defense organization affiliated with the American Library Association.
To apply for a grant, organizations are required to submit an event description, timeline, and budget with their application, as well as agree to provide a written report and video to FTRF following Banned Books Week.
Deadline: August 27
For more information: click here.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Artist Talk - Thursday, August 12th
Join us for an artist talk with PCB members Susan Viguers and Caroline Garcia Ziegler. Each artist will be speaking on the theme of "nonsense."
Thursday, August 12th, 6-8pm.
626 South Street.
Thursday, August 12th, 6-8pm.
626 South Street.
Friday, August 6, 2010
CALL FOR ENTRIES: BODIES OF TEXT
Philadelphia Center for the Book invites entries of artist's books for Bodies of Text, a series of performances and exhibitions tied to the book and its interdisciplinary interpretations. Running in conjunction with the 2011 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and its theme of Paris 1911, Bodies of Text is rooted in the idea of Art à la Rue, bringing Art to the Street in Philadelphia's Rive Gauche, West Philadelphia. Selected books will be interpreted by Philadelphia choreographers, culminating in a series of performances running from April to September 2011. Performances will be complemented by display of selected books. Submission of one to two artist's books, zines, altered books, one-of-a-kind or editioned, to be interpreted into dance performances, are due August 31. For details, download the complete call for entries, with Membership form: click here.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Specimen Book Workshop with Erin Sweeney
The Specimen Book
Erin Sweeney
Saturday, August 21, 10-4 pm
$75 plus materials fee
Historically, ‘Specimen Books’ were used to display various typeface examples. Taking the ideas of display and informational storage, we will construct a new form of specimen book. Using an accordion-folded spine, we will build pages with pockets and boxes to store and display items. Pages with room to write about each “specimen” will also be included. We will use Scratch-A-Prints to create simple background patterns for our pages, and spend some time writing brief stories about our displayed items. Bring a few things that you’d like to display! Keep them fairly small, and fairly flat.
Erin Sweeney is an artist living and working in New Hampshire, having just completed her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She holds a BFA in sculpture from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Her current work combines fibers, text, and the book form. She is interested in all forms of building, be it conceptual or physical. Her current work revolves around the concepts and processes of building community. Making handmade objects, manipulating space, and utilizing printmaking processes in non-traditional ways are all a part of Sweeney’s vocabulary. She continues to show work nationally, most recently at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ, Donna Seager Gallery in San Rafael, California, and at the Skybox at 2424 Studios in Philadelphia. Additionally, Sweeney is an instructor, teaching book arts workshops at her Lovely In The Home Press, 30 Main Street, Peterborough, NH.
$20 materials fee, payable to instructor.
Supply List:
bone folder
exacto knife
scissors
pencil
awl
*cutting mat
*materials to display/house within book, not too thick, not too big
To register, please send an email to:
store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Erin Sweeney
Saturday, August 21, 10-4 pm
$75 plus materials fee
Historically, ‘Specimen Books’ were used to display various typeface examples. Taking the ideas of display and informational storage, we will construct a new form of specimen book. Using an accordion-folded spine, we will build pages with pockets and boxes to store and display items. Pages with room to write about each “specimen” will also be included. We will use Scratch-A-Prints to create simple background patterns for our pages, and spend some time writing brief stories about our displayed items. Bring a few things that you’d like to display! Keep them fairly small, and fairly flat.
Erin Sweeney is an artist living and working in New Hampshire, having just completed her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She holds a BFA in sculpture from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Her current work combines fibers, text, and the book form. She is interested in all forms of building, be it conceptual or physical. Her current work revolves around the concepts and processes of building community. Making handmade objects, manipulating space, and utilizing printmaking processes in non-traditional ways are all a part of Sweeney’s vocabulary. She continues to show work nationally, most recently at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ, Donna Seager Gallery in San Rafael, California, and at the Skybox at 2424 Studios in Philadelphia. Additionally, Sweeney is an instructor, teaching book arts workshops at her Lovely In The Home Press, 30 Main Street, Peterborough, NH.
$20 materials fee, payable to instructor.
Supply List:
bone folder
exacto knife
scissors
pencil
awl
*cutting mat
*materials to display/house within book, not too thick, not too big
To register, please send an email to:
store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Japanese Paper Doll Workshop for Children
JAPANESE PAPER DOLL
Workshop for children with Alma Luz Castro
Sunday from 1PM to 3PM
August 1, 2010
Class size limited to 10
Materials fee: $5.00, doll kit
Payable to instructor at class
Kami-ningyo is Japanese for paper doll. These folk dolls have been made for centuries as playthings and decoration. They are fashioned from paper folded around a narrow cardboard base, and typically with small faces with no features so they can represent any one. Their Kimonos are usually made from hand screen printed washi paper (made from mulberry bark. You will make a simple Kami-ningyo and learn the basic parts of a traditional Japanese kimono.
There will be a display of dolls and other craft related items. Please bring your own scissors and a ruler.
ALMA LUZ CASTRO started costuming as a child and is now a versatile dollcrafter and a miniature costumer. She has won numerous ribbons and best of show in doll and costuming competitions. Alma received an award from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 2007. Her works have appeared in various publications for dolls and miniatures.
We are requiring that a parent or adult supervisor accompany each child.
To register, please send an email to: store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Workshop for children with Alma Luz Castro
Sunday from 1PM to 3PM
August 1, 2010
Class size limited to 10
Materials fee: $5.00, doll kit
Payable to instructor at class
Kami-ningyo is Japanese for paper doll. These folk dolls have been made for centuries as playthings and decoration. They are fashioned from paper folded around a narrow cardboard base, and typically with small faces with no features so they can represent any one. Their Kimonos are usually made from hand screen printed washi paper (made from mulberry bark. You will make a simple Kami-ningyo and learn the basic parts of a traditional Japanese kimono.
There will be a display of dolls and other craft related items. Please bring your own scissors and a ruler.
ALMA LUZ CASTRO started costuming as a child and is now a versatile dollcrafter and a miniature costumer. She has won numerous ribbons and best of show in doll and costuming competitions. Alma received an award from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 2007. Her works have appeared in various publications for dolls and miniatures.
We are requiring that a parent or adult supervisor accompany each child.
To register, please send an email to: store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Artist Talk - Thursday, July 29th
Please join us Thursday July 29th, 6-8 pm at PCB On South for an artist talk with member artists Thomas Parker Williams and Lara Henderson, speaking on the topic of structure.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Summer Workshops at PCB
| Please join us for two exciting workshops with artists Esther K. Smith and Carol Barton. Both workshops will be held in our storefront, located at 626 South Street, and are limited to 12 participants. To register, send an email to store@ | |
| LONGSTITCH WORKSHOP WITH ESTHER K. SMITH | |
| Cake Box Books & Soft Leather Longstitch-Esther K Smith Saturday, July 24, 10-4 pm $150 plus materials fee Limited to 12 participants You can bring your own bone folder, sharp scissors, the paper you most love to draw on--and/or old leather pants or the cover of an old hardback book to upcycle--and collage materials, rubber stamps, or color pencils if you'd like to make these into artist books. www.purgatorypiepress.com shop: www.etsy.com/shop/ To register, send an email to store@ | |
| POP-UP STRUCTURES WITH CAROL BARTON | |
| Pop-Up Paper Structures - Carol Barton Saturday, July 31, 10-4 pm $150 plus materials fee Limited to 12 participants A special kind of creative magic awaits you in this workshop. You will learn basic on-the-fold pop-up structures, then progress through a series of more complicated three dimensional glued constructions. Props, platforms, and V-fold pop-ups will be covered. Emphasis will on developing an understanding of the simple mechanics involved in this art of "paper engineering." A slide show on the history of pop-up and movable books will be included. This is an ideal class for artists, teachers, graphic designers, and anyone who loves to play with paper. No prerequisite. Supply List for Basic Pop-Up Class Materials Fee: $6 Supplied by students: Bone folder tool Glue stick X-acto knife and blades Self-healing cutting mat or other cutting surface Scissors Metal ruler Pencil Right angle triangle Scotch tape A few art materials such as markers, colored pencils, collage materials, rubber stamps, etc. Supplied by institution: Digital slide projector and screen Supplied by instructor: Photocopies of patterns ( 8 ½ x 11" copier paper, preferably bright colors, text weight (approx. 50 sheets per student) 8 ½ x 11" card stock (heavier) paper, bright colors or white (approx. 15 sheets per student) Slide show Sample books and other examples Carol Barton is a book artist, curator, and teacher who has published several editions and has organized both local and national shows of artists' books. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in numerous collections, including the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She served as curator for the Smithsonian Institution's exhibition Science and the Artist's Book. She has taught at elementary, high school, and university levels, as well as conducted adult workshops at art centers across the United States. She is on the faculty at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she teaches courses in bookbinding and book structures. She has had residencies at the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy and the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil. Her pop-ups were featured in National Geographic Magazine's July, 2005, article Zip Code 20812: It's Only A Paper Moon. Her most recent book, The Pocket Paper Engineer, is an artist's how-to book on paper engineering. Carol Barton | |
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Reminder: Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair
The 11th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference (November 5-7)presents an exciting weekend of events which will examine the evolution of the book as art and the latest innovations and interpretations of this versatile form.
For the first time, this year's Book Arts Fair will also include a contemporary print component which will examine the print form as an independent medium as well as its relationship to the book.
Calls for Presenters, Demonstrators, and Exhibitors are currently posted. Click here for details.
Application Deadline: July 12, 2010 (Midnight EST)
For the first time, this year's Book Arts Fair will also include a contemporary print component which will examine the print form as an independent medium as well as its relationship to the book.
Calls for Presenters, Demonstrators, and Exhibitors are currently posted. Click here for details.
Application Deadline: July 12, 2010 (Midnight EST)
Artist Talks
As part of the Philadelphia Center for the Book's exciting program for our Arts on South space, we are scheduling bi-monthly artist talks that drawon the strengths of our membership. Each talk will feature 2-3 artists, with each artist speaking for 15-20 minutes with time afterwards for questionsand discussions.
Our first talk will be Thursday, July 15 at 6pm. The theme of this talk is "home" and the artists chosen to speak on this topic are Alice Austin and Mandy Dunn Sampson.
Please join us for these talks at 626 South Street.
Our first talk will be Thursday, July 15 at 6pm. The theme of this talk is "home" and the artists chosen to speak on this topic are Alice Austin and Mandy Dunn Sampson.
Please join us for these talks at 626 South Street.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Member Potluck
Please join us Saturday, July 10 for a member’s potluck in our new storefront, located at 626 South Street. This will be a great opportunity to see the new space, learn about the exciting events we have planned for the upcoming months, sign up to volunteer in the space, and meet other members. We look forward to meeting everyone. Don’t forget to bring your favorite dish.
Where: 626 South Street
When: 4-7 pm, Saturday, July 10
Where: 626 South Street
When: 4-7 pm, Saturday, July 10
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
B.Y.O.T.Y II Book Fair
Little Berlin is now accepting reservations for their 2nd B.Y.O.T.Y. Book Fair. Cost for a space is $20. And if you have no idea what B.Y.O.T.Y. stands for, it’s bring your own table, yo. Last year they saw some pretty interesting set-ups via blankets, crates, found wood, etc. and would like to keep the bring your own table spirit alive in correlation with make your own literature.
Last year they asked all participants to donate a book to help them start their new collection. For the second annual book fair at little berlin they want to make a book. All participants are asked to bring one or two or three or four (you get it, however many) sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with whatever your heart desires to print, paint, glue onto them. At the start of the day they’ll collect the artwork and throughout the day they’ll bind a book.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 2010 noon-6pm
email: bethheinly@gmail.com to reserve a space.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Opportunities in Our New Storefront!
Philadelphia Center for the Book's Arts On South Space is pleased to announce exciting member opportunities at our storefront, located at 626 South Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Our hours will be:
July 5 - August 14
12-8 pm Monday-Sunday
August 15 - September
12-8 pm Wednesday-Sunday
CALL FOR ENTRY - MEMBER EXHIBITION
We are inviting all members to submit work to be included in the Member Exhibition, July 12-August 13, 2010. This exhibition will highlight member work within the PCB community and will be a great way to introduce the general public to PCB. Please consider donating your work for the exhibition opening's silent auction to ensure that we can keep extended open hours for showcasing your work, and to expand the range of events we can host in the space. Members can choose to donate exhibition work to the silent auction on the application form.
To submit work, please send 3-5 images of no more than 3 works to store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org along with the application by July 5. All accepted works must be delivered (in person) to the storefront by July 10.
CALL FOR ENTRY - SELL WORK IN OUR STORE
We are inviting all members to sell work in our store. The store area will showcase the broad range of talent within our membership and you are welcome to sell anything from books to T-shirts to prints and anything else made by your hand. There will be a price limit of $100 for anything sold in the store. Because member support and involvement is extremely important in this endeavor, we are asking that all work be sold on consignment at a percentage set by the artist between 25% and 50%. We are also asking that if you wish to sell in the store, you commit to volunteer for two 4 hour shifts during the 2.5 months we are open.
To submit work to sell in the store, please send 3 images along with a brief description of the type of work you would like to sell along with the consignment application to store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
What we are looking for:
* Cleaners, painters, carpenters to get the space ready
* Assistance in the gallery, store, and reading room, especially August 15 - September 15
* Assistance during events (exhibition receptions, film screenings, artist lectures)
* Instructors to teach free/low cost community workshops for children and adults
* Any other assistance you can provide to us
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jessica Hoffman at store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org.
CALL FOR DONATIONS
We are looking for generous donations and loans of the following furniture/materials for our Arts On South space.
Furniture (preferably available to us on loan):
* Long tables for workshops
* Folding chairs
* Loveseat
* Arm chairs
* Area rugs
* Fans
* Lighting for the gallery - clamp lights, spotlights, light stands, bulbs, etc.
* Digital projector for film screenings and artist lectures
Materials and supplies:
* Handling copies of artist books, zines, chapbooks, comics for the reading room
* Art books/magazines about book arts, printmaking, or art in general for the reading room
* Exhibition hanging supplies - drills, screwdrivers, hammers, etc.
* Supplies for community workshops - paper, scissors, crayons, pencils, paints, glue sticks, cutting mats, etc.
Please contact Jessica Hoffman at store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org if you have any of the materials and/or furniture listed above.
Our hours will be:
July 5 - August 14
12-8 pm Monday-Sunday
August 15 - September
12-8 pm Wednesday-Sunday
CALL FOR ENTRY - MEMBER EXHIBITION
We are inviting all members to submit work to be included in the Member Exhibition, July 12-August 13, 2010. This exhibition will highlight member work within the PCB community and will be a great way to introduce the general public to PCB. Please consider donating your work for the exhibition opening's silent auction to ensure that we can keep extended open hours for showcasing your work, and to expand the range of events we can host in the space. Members can choose to donate exhibition work to the silent auction on the application form.
To submit work, please send 3-5 images of no more than 3 works to store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org along with the application by July 5. All accepted works must be delivered (in person) to the storefront by July 10.
CALL FOR ENTRY - SELL WORK IN OUR STORE
We are inviting all members to sell work in our store. The store area will showcase the broad range of talent within our membership and you are welcome to sell anything from books to T-shirts to prints and anything else made by your hand. There will be a price limit of $100 for anything sold in the store. Because member support and involvement is extremely important in this endeavor, we are asking that all work be sold on consignment at a percentage set by the artist between 25% and 50%. We are also asking that if you wish to sell in the store, you commit to volunteer for two 4 hour shifts during the 2.5 months we are open.
To submit work to sell in the store, please send 3 images along with a brief description of the type of work you would like to sell along with the consignment application to store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
What we are looking for:
* Cleaners, painters, carpenters to get the space ready
* Assistance in the gallery, store, and reading room, especially August 15 - September 15
* Assistance during events (exhibition receptions, film screenings, artist lectures)
* Instructors to teach free/low cost community workshops for children and adults
* Any other assistance you can provide to us
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jessica Hoffman at store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org.
CALL FOR DONATIONS
We are looking for generous donations and loans of the following furniture/materials for our Arts On South space.
Furniture (preferably available to us on loan):
* Long tables for workshops
* Folding chairs
* Loveseat
* Arm chairs
* Area rugs
* Fans
* Lighting for the gallery - clamp lights, spotlights, light stands, bulbs, etc.
* Digital projector for film screenings and artist lectures
Materials and supplies:
* Handling copies of artist books, zines, chapbooks, comics for the reading room
* Art books/magazines about book arts, printmaking, or art in general for the reading room
* Exhibition hanging supplies - drills, screwdrivers, hammers, etc.
* Supplies for community workshops - paper, scissors, crayons, pencils, paints, glue sticks, cutting mats, etc.
Please contact Jessica Hoffman at store@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org if you have any of the materials and/or furniture listed above.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Open Call for Collaboration
THE ONE THING I LEARNED FROM CANCER: Lived Experience Stories from Survivors and Eye Witnesses of the big C...
Open call for poetry, writing, rants, words, line drawings, notes, jpegs of found objects, artifacts of process or other imagery that tells the story about the one thing and the big C and your lived experience.
THE BLACK HUT OFFER & OPEN CALL:
It's our guess that anyone who ever lived through Cancer or witnessed and accompanied a beloved who died from Cancer has a story to tell. And we have our own that need telling and sharing, too.
So...
The goal of our project is to issue this invitation for collaboration, and then to collect & combine our stories in ways that provide for the art and healing that comes from sharing our lived experience and felt sense of knowing with one another through creative means.
Selected works will be memorialized in a book. A celebration of lived experience stories will be held. An "altared book" exhibition will be offered following publication and the time to altar the books (yes, altar--meaning, to make the book into an altar for one's self or other beloveds who have learned through this profound teacher, Cancer).
Group Altaring sessions/classes/experiences will be offered in a studio environment at dates and locations TBD.
For publication consideration, send your creative offerings via e-mail to comeknowing@theblackhut.com before Midnight, July 4, 2010.
CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLABORATION:
Contributing to the book is free--offered and received freely without the promise of compensation of any kind. (of course, if we find money, create support streams, strike riches or make it big, we promise to share the wealth with all who contribute).
Contributing allows The Black Hut leeway to include, promote, accept (or reject) contributor offerings and to publish findings, blog entries, promotional material and documentation on its website, blog, facebook page, in the book and in books written about the book.
***
The Black Hut is a collaboration between transformative artists Raven Reyes and elizaBeth Benson. We work to support each other in making our work and bridging it into the world. We met in the circles held throughout JFKU’s Transformative Arts Master’s Degree program and we continue to bridge the distance between art and community, space and place, the sacred and profane. We continue to meet in the crossroads of art and life, show up as ourselves, do what we do, invite people to play, and be who we are in all the worlds we bridge….
Keep track of the progress of this project by becoming part of our facebook family: click here.
Open call for poetry, writing, rants, words, line drawings, notes, jpegs of found objects, artifacts of process or other imagery that tells the story about the one thing and the big C and your lived experience.
THE BLACK HUT OFFER & OPEN CALL:
It's our guess that anyone who ever lived through Cancer or witnessed and accompanied a beloved who died from Cancer has a story to tell. And we have our own that need telling and sharing, too.
So...
The goal of our project is to issue this invitation for collaboration, and then to collect & combine our stories in ways that provide for the art and healing that comes from sharing our lived experience and felt sense of knowing with one another through creative means.
Selected works will be memorialized in a book. A celebration of lived experience stories will be held. An "altared book" exhibition will be offered following publication and the time to altar the books (yes, altar--meaning, to make the book into an altar for one's self or other beloveds who have learned through this profound teacher, Cancer).
Group Altaring sessions/classes/experiences will be offered in a studio environment at dates and locations TBD.
For publication consideration, send your creative offerings via e-mail to comeknowing@theblackhut.com before Midnight, July 4, 2010.
CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLABORATION:
Contributing to the book is free--offered and received freely without the promise of compensation of any kind. (of course, if we find money, create support streams, strike riches or make it big, we promise to share the wealth with all who contribute).
Contributing allows The Black Hut leeway to include, promote, accept (or reject) contributor offerings and to publish findings, blog entries, promotional material and documentation on its website, blog, facebook page, in the book and in books written about the book.
***
The Black Hut is a collaboration between transformative artists Raven Reyes and elizaBeth Benson. We work to support each other in making our work and bridging it into the world. We met in the circles held throughout JFKU’s Transformative Arts Master’s Degree program and we continue to bridge the distance between art and community, space and place, the sacred and profane. We continue to meet in the crossroads of art and life, show up as ourselves, do what we do, invite people to play, and be who we are in all the worlds we bridge….
Keep track of the progress of this project by becoming part of our facebook family: click here.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS REMINDER
Philadelphia Center for the Book will be at the Fleisher Art Memorial's ARTspiration Festival, Saturday, June 26th from 10am-4pm. Join members of the PCB Board as we share the simple art of creating one page books! The event will be held at 719 Catherine Street, in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Philadelphia.
We are looking for volunteers for all or part of the day. If you are interested, please contact Amanda D'Amico at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org by Monday, June 21.
We are looking for volunteers for all or part of the day. If you are interested, please contact Amanda D'Amico at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org by Monday, June 21.
PROCEED AND BE BOLD! SCREENING
Please join Philadelphia Center for the Book and Space 1026 on Monday, June 21 at 7pm for a screening of the documentary Proceed and Be Bold!
We will also be raffling off two of Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.'s prints. Don't forget to tell your friends and bring them along!
From the filmmakers:
"At 40 years of age, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. abandoned the traditional American Dream to follow his own. Unsatisfied with his comfortable, middle-class life, Amos traded in his computer for a printing press and his white collar for a pair of overalls. Armed with life, liberty, peanuts, and a meager yearly income of $7,000, Amos cranked out a new, mutinous declaration of independence. Proceed and Be Bold! joins Amos for a titillating retelling of his story, while examining the pretensions and provisions of the art world...."
To view the trailer click here.
Space 1026 is located at 1026 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
PCB Announces Storefront on South Street
PCB is pleased to announce that we will have a storefront space on one of Philadelphia's liveliest, most visited streets this summer through the Arts on South program, which loans unrented retail stores on South Street for use as galleries and art spaces. We have been invited to participate by the Philadelphia Magic Gardens and South Street Head House District, who are administering the program.
From July 1 - September 15, we plan to host a variety of events and create a number of opportunities for both our members and the community at large. Our space will host a gallery, a retail store, a reading room, and a work area, to support exhibition openings, workshops for children and adults, artist talks, poetry and artist book readings, member's salons, and many more activities we are yet to plan. Our space, formerly EyeChic Boutique, will be located at 626 South Street, Philadelphia, PA. Please note: our mailing address, P.O. Box 387, has NOT changed. Do not send correspondence to the store address!
To undertake such an amazing task, we have hired Jessica Hoffman to be our gallery and store manager. Jessica recently completed her MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking at the University of the Arts, where her work took the form of artists' books, video, and installation. Jessica worked as a Studio Assistant and Workshop Coordinator for Project Basho, a community photography studio in Philadelphia. She has done conservation internships at both the Wagner Free Institute of Science and the American Philosophical Society, and she was instrumental in supporting the Hybrid Book Fair held last June. Jessica is talented, organized, enthusiastic, and has the full support of the PCB Board in carrying out this project.
As President of PCB, I would like to invite you all to a potluck on Saturday, July 10 from 4:00-7:00pm to view the space, meet Jessica, and mingle with other PCB members. A formal space is something PCB has never had, and something we would like to have in the near future. The Arts on South program allows us to experiment with programming and artist opportunities to see what works for our members and for the organization as a whole. For this experiment to work, we need your participation. Keep an eye out over the next two weeks for more bulletins detailing how you can get involved.
This is such an exciting time for PCB with events, exhibitions, and opportunities coming to us all the time. We appreciate the support and enthusiasm coming from all of our members and friends, and I look forward to speaking with all of you, in person, at our new storefront this summer. If you have any immediate questions, please feel free to contact me directly at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org.
Best wishes,
Amanda D'Amico
President, Philadelphia Center for the Book
From July 1 - September 15, we plan to host a variety of events and create a number of opportunities for both our members and the community at large. Our space will host a gallery, a retail store, a reading room, and a work area, to support exhibition openings, workshops for children and adults, artist talks, poetry and artist book readings, member's salons, and many more activities we are yet to plan. Our space, formerly EyeChic Boutique, will be located at 626 South Street, Philadelphia, PA. Please note: our mailing address, P.O. Box 387, has NOT changed. Do not send correspondence to the store address!
To undertake such an amazing task, we have hired Jessica Hoffman to be our gallery and store manager. Jessica recently completed her MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking at the University of the Arts, where her work took the form of artists' books, video, and installation. Jessica worked as a Studio Assistant and Workshop Coordinator for Project Basho, a community photography studio in Philadelphia. She has done conservation internships at both the Wagner Free Institute of Science and the American Philosophical Society, and she was instrumental in supporting the Hybrid Book Fair held last June. Jessica is talented, organized, enthusiastic, and has the full support of the PCB Board in carrying out this project.
As President of PCB, I would like to invite you all to a potluck on Saturday, July 10 from 4:00-7:00pm to view the space, meet Jessica, and mingle with other PCB members. A formal space is something PCB has never had, and something we would like to have in the near future. The Arts on South program allows us to experiment with programming and artist opportunities to see what works for our members and for the organization as a whole. For this experiment to work, we need your participation. Keep an eye out over the next two weeks for more bulletins detailing how you can get involved.
This is such an exciting time for PCB with events, exhibitions, and opportunities coming to us all the time. We appreciate the support and enthusiasm coming from all of our members and friends, and I look forward to speaking with all of you, in person, at our new storefront this summer. If you have any immediate questions, please feel free to contact me directly at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org.
Best wishes,
Amanda D'Amico
President, Philadelphia Center for the Book
Monday, June 14, 2010
PROCEED AND BE BOLD! SCREENING
Please join Philadelphia Center for the Book and Space 1026 on Monday, June 21 at 7pm for a screening of the documentary Proceed and Be Bold!
From the filmmakers:
"At 40 years of age, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. abandoned the traditional American Dream to follow his own. Unsatisfied with his comfortable, middle-class life, Amos traded in his computer for a printing press and his white collar for a pair of overalls. Armed with life, liberty, peanuts, and a meager yearly income of $7,000, Amos cranked out a new, mutinous declaration of independence. Proceed and Be Bold! joins Amos for a titillating retelling of his story, while examining the pretensions and provisions of the art world...."
To view the trailer click here.
Space 1026 is located at 1026 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
From the filmmakers:
"At 40 years of age, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. abandoned the traditional American Dream to follow his own. Unsatisfied with his comfortable, middle-class life, Amos traded in his computer for a printing press and his white collar for a pair of overalls. Armed with life, liberty, peanuts, and a meager yearly income of $7,000, Amos cranked out a new, mutinous declaration of independence. Proceed and Be Bold! joins Amos for a titillating retelling of his story, while examining the pretensions and provisions of the art world...."
To view the trailer click here.
Space 1026 is located at 1026 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Philadelphia Center for the Book will be at the Fleisher Art Memorial's ARTspiration Festival, Saturday, June 26th from 10am-4pm. Join members of the PCB Board as we share the simple art of creating one page books! The event will be held at 719 Catherine Street, in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Philadelphia.
We are looking for volunteers for all or part of the day. If you are interested, please contact Amanda D'Amico at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org by Monday, June 21.
We are looking for volunteers for all or part of the day. If you are interested, please contact Amanda D'Amico at book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org by Monday, June 21.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Creative Summer Classes
At Fleisher
Photographic Pop-Ups
W315
Tuition $125 (members); $145 (non-members)
Fee $30 lab fee for materials
Mondays, July 12 through August 16
6:30 to 9:30 PM
Instructor: Ms. Colette Fu
Only a few spaces remaining
Click here for details
At The University of the Arts
Platen Press: Printmaking
CE 5082C 01 Credit $570
CE 5082N 01 Non-credit $420
Fee $60
Tuesday + Thursday, June 22 through July 22
6:00 to 9:00PM
Instructor: Donna Globus
Click here for details
For full listings:
Click here for Fleisher's Summer Programs
Click here for The University of the Arts Continuing Education Summer Classes.
Photographic Pop-Ups
W315
Tuition $125 (members); $145 (non-members)
Fee $30 lab fee for materials
Mondays, July 12 through August 16
6:30 to 9:30 PM
Instructor: Ms. Colette Fu
Only a few spaces remaining
Click here for details
At The University of the Arts
Platen Press: Printmaking
CE 5082C 01 Credit $570
CE 5082N 01 Non-credit $420
Fee $60
Tuesday + Thursday, June 22 through July 22
6:00 to 9:00PM
Instructor: Donna Globus
Click here for details
For full listings:
Click here for Fleisher's Summer Programs
Click here for The University of the Arts Continuing Education Summer Classes.
Nights at the Circus Exhibition Opening
NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS
a collaboration of Beth Uzwiak & Elysa Voshell
June 11-July 3, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 11, 5:30-7:30pm
FREE & open to the public: Mon-Thurs 12:00-8:00; Fri 12:00-7:00; Sat 12:30-4:30
4226 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Call for Entry: Pop-Up Now!
Pop-Up Now! A National Juried Exhibition of Movable Books
Presented in Conjunction with The Movable Book Society's Biennial Conference
Exhibition dates: September 2-25, 2010
Location: 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
THEME: Pop-up books captivate and excite the child in all of us. They come
to life as three-dimensional works of art hidden inside the pages of a book.
Pop-Up Now! is looking for handmade artist books that pop-up, move, slide,
twirl, whirl, light up, or even sound off. This national, juried exhibition
of handmade movable artist books will be held at 23 Sandy Gallery in
conjunction with the biennial conference of the Movable Book Society to be
held in Portland, September 23-25, 2010.
According to Wikipedia, "The term pop-up book is often applied to any
three-dimensional or movable book, although properly the umbrella term
movable book covers pop-ups, transformations, tunnel books, volvelles,
flaps, pull-tabs, pop-outs, pull-downs, and more, each of which performs in
a different manner."
MEDIA: This exhibit is open to hand bound book arts related artworks
created as either edition or one-of-a-kind. Artist books, sculptural books,
book objects are all encouraged as long as the book has at least one
interactive, movable or pop-up element. Your books can employ any medium,
any style, or any size.
DEADLINE: Entries must be received by July 20, 2010.
For more information and a complete call for entries click here.
Presented in Conjunction with The Movable Book Society's Biennial Conference
Exhibition dates: September 2-25, 2010
Location: 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
THEME: Pop-up books captivate and excite the child in all of us. They come
to life as three-dimensional works of art hidden inside the pages of a book.
Pop-Up Now! is looking for handmade artist books that pop-up, move, slide,
twirl, whirl, light up, or even sound off. This national, juried exhibition
of handmade movable artist books will be held at 23 Sandy Gallery in
conjunction with the biennial conference of the Movable Book Society to be
held in Portland, September 23-25, 2010.
According to Wikipedia, "The term pop-up book is often applied to any
three-dimensional or movable book, although properly the umbrella term
movable book covers pop-ups, transformations, tunnel books, volvelles,
flaps, pull-tabs, pop-outs, pull-downs, and more, each of which performs in
a different manner."
MEDIA: This exhibit is open to hand bound book arts related artworks
created as either edition or one-of-a-kind. Artist books, sculptural books,
book objects are all encouraged as long as the book has at least one
interactive, movable or pop-up element. Your books can employ any medium,
any style, or any size.
DEADLINE: Entries must be received by July 20, 2010.
For more information and a complete call for entries click here.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Letterpress Summer Classes
At The University of the Arts
Letterpress Printmaking on the Platen Press
CE 5110C 1 CE Credit $278
CE 5110N Non-credit $228
Fee $50
Saturday + Sunday, Jun 5 + 6
10:00AM – 5:00PM
Instructor: Donna Globus
Click here for details
At the School of Visual Arts
An Introduction to Letterpress
FGC-2459-A
3.50 CEUs; $470.00
Additional Fees: $145.00
Tuesday, Jun 8 - Aug 10
6:00PM - 9:30PM
Instructor: Dikko Faust
Click here for details
Letterpress Printmaking on the Platen Press
CE 5110C 1 CE Credit $278
CE 5110N Non-credit $228
Fee $50
Saturday + Sunday, Jun 5 + 6
10:00AM – 5:00PM
Instructor: Donna Globus
Click here for details
At the School of Visual Arts
An Introduction to Letterpress
FGC-2459-A
3.50 CEUs; $470.00
Additional Fees: $145.00
Tuesday, Jun 8 - Aug 10
6:00PM - 9:30PM
Instructor: Dikko Faust
Click here for details
Congratulations to PCB Member Margaux Kent
Margaux Kent, of The Black Spot Books, was featured on the Philly blog UWishUNu.
Check out the article at:
Art For The Cash Poor Spotlight: Margaux Kent
Check out the article at:
Art For The Cash Poor Spotlight: Margaux Kent
Sunday, May 16, 2010
The Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair 2010
The 11th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference (November 5-7)presents an exciting weekend of events which will examine the evolution of the book as art and the latest innovations and interpretations of this versatile form.
For the first time, this year's Book Arts Fair will also include a contemporary print component which will examine the print form as an independent medium as well as its relationship to the book.
Calls for Presenters, Demonstrators, and Exhibitors are currently posted. Click here for details.
For the first time, this year's Book Arts Fair will also include a contemporary print component which will examine the print form as an independent medium as well as its relationship to the book.
Calls for Presenters, Demonstrators, and Exhibitors are currently posted. Click here for details.
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