Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Reminder: Upcoming Workshops and Call for Entries


PCB Workshops

The University of the Arts
333 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Each PCB workshop is $75/Members, $95/Non-Members. Material fees for Paste Paper and Secret Belgian Binding are paid to the Teaching Artist on the day of the workshop. Click here for the registration form.

Paste Paper, $75/Members, $95/Non-Members, $40 Materials fee
Instructor: Mary Elizabeth Nelson, Website
Saturday, July 21, 2012
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Deadline 7/16
 
Secret Belgian Binding, $75/Members, $95/Non-Members, $20 Materials fee
Instructor: Lucía Farías, Website
Saturday, August 4, 2012
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Deadline 7/28

Call for Entries: Artists' Books: Creative Structures

IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions due: August 1, 2012
Selection notification via email: August 17, 2012
Art Due: August 31, 2012
Show opens: September 8, 2012
Saturday Night Gallery Cocktail Reception: September 22, 2012
Closing Reception: October 26, 2012

Questions:
Please email exhibitions@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
For the complete prospectus and entry form, please click here.

Monday, July 16, 2012

MEMBERS & FRIENDS MEETING AT THE GERMAN SOCIETY


Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 6:00 to 8:00pm, at The German Society of Pennsylvania. The German Society of Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization devoted to furthering the understanding of German and German-American contributions to the growth of American history and culture from the past to the present, and into the future. 

Officially founded on December 26, 1764, The German Society of Pennsylvania is the oldest German organization of its kind in the United States.

We will visit the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library.  The library is both a lending library and a research facility, housed in an original 1888 reading room built for that purpose and recently restored by the Society.  The library houses more than 60,000 volumes, three-quarters are in German.  It is considered the largest private collection of German books in the United States (outside of universities).


German Society of Pennsylvania
611 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA  19123


Please enter through the basement door facing the parking lot. There will be a sign.
RSVP at events@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Asian Arts Initiative Presents Paper Play


For a limited time (now through August 17) you can check out an amazing paper arts exhibit at the Asian Arts Initiative.

Asian Arts Initiative presents new large-scale paper works by artists Jeonghan Yun and Choonhyang Yun. Creating striking two and three-dimensional paper compositions whose exuberant colors and rich textures can be attributed to a unique blend of traditional and contemporary Asian and Western techniques, the Yuns express their rich cultural identities and traverse the border between Korean and American cultures by fusing diverse papermaking traditions.

Asian Arts Iniative
1219 Vine St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Out of Town Events in July

Looking for an excuse for a weekend away? Here are a few events taking place nearby that are worth the drive:

713 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
585 - 244 -1730

Get your feet wet and your hands dirty! Pick a Saturday workshop for a taste of letterpress printing. You will design, typeset and print your card. All materials and envelopes are supplied.
Saturday, July 14 -OR- 21 / 10 am - 1 pm
Member Price: $40; Non-Member Price: $50

Presented by Renate Mesmer and the Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers
July 14 & 15
9 AM – 5 PM
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

Renate Mesmer is the Head of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the former Director of the Book and Paper Conservation Program at the Centro del bel Libro in Ascona, Switzerland. She has a Masters in bookbinding from the Chamber of Crafts of Palatinate in Germany and gained experience in conservation during ten years of work as head of the conservation department at the Speyer’s State Archives in Germany.

Friday, July 20, 2012 | 6:00-11:00 p.m. | Free
The Ludington Building
1104 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL

The Printers' Ball celebrates literary culture by offering thousands of magazines, books, and broadsides free of charge; showcasing live music, readings, and other performances; demonstrating letterpress and offset printing, papermaking, and bookbinding; providing other activities, entertainment, food, and drink—free! 

Join 3,000+ readers, writers, editors, and artists for the greatest literary party in the galaxy, presented by Poetry magazine, Columbia College Chicago’s Silver Tongue Reading Series, Columbia College Chicago’s Center for Book and Paper Arts, the Read/Write Library, MAKE magazine, and over 200 other literary arts organizations. The full schedule of events will be announced soon! 

For more information on participating or attending Printers' Ball 2012, visit the official Printers' Ball website, or contact April Sheridan at asheridan@colum.edu.

468 Washington Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 348-1430
Saturday, July 28 / 10-5pm at WNYBAC

On Saturday, July 28, 2012 The Western New York Book Arts Center will host Buffalo BookFest, a day-long festival dedicated to printing and the book arts. The festival will feature an artist’s market and a complete schedule of outdoor adult and kid-friendly hands-on demonstrations of the book arts, including steamroller printmaking!

This event is free and open to the public. Buffalo BookFest artist’s market will highlight Western New York’s most talented writers, artisans, and crafts people. Patrons will have the opportunity to purchase locally handmade goods including hand-bound books, letterpress prints, small press publications, and loads of handmade crafty items! The market will be held on the ground floor of the Western New York Book Arts Center.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Summer Books Arts Workshop Series


Philadelphia Center for the Book is pleased to present our Summer Book Arts Workshop Series with book artists Mary Elizabeth Nelson and Lucía Farías.  We are also pleased to announce a workshop series in collaboration with Second State Press, with artists Mary Tasillo, Lauren Abshire and Amanda D'Amico.  The entire workshop series runs from July 21 to September 9, 2012 - details below!


PCB Workshops
The University of the Arts
333 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 

Each PCB workshop is $75/Members, $95/Non-Members. Material fees for Paste Paper and Secret Belgian Binding are paid to the Teaching Artist on the day of the workshop. Click here for the registration form.

Paste Paper, $75/Members, $95/Non-Members, $40 Materials fee

Saturday, July 21, 2012
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Deadline 7/16
   
Secret Belgian Binding, $75/Members, $95/Non-Members, $20 Materials fee

Instructor: Lucía FaríasWebsite
Saturday, August 4, 2012
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Deadline 7/28


PCB with Second State Press Workshops
Crane Arts Building
1400 N. American Street, B103
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Each PCB and SSP workshop is $75/Members, $95/Non-Members. To register, visit  http://secondstatepress.org/classes (material fees are included at checkout when purchasing through this site).

Join us for all three workshops to create a book from start to finish or join us for one to learn some skills.

Tactile Writing: Text, the Image, and Graphics, $75/Members, $95/Non-Members, $5 Materials fee

Instructor: Mary TasilloWebsite
Sunday, August 12, 2012
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM<br />
Class size: 12


Polyester Plate Printing for Quick and Easy Editions
, $75/Members, $95/Non-Members, $40 Materials fee      

Instructor: Lauren AbshireWebsite

Sunday, August 26, 2012 
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Class size: 8


Simple Sewn Book Structures
, $75/Members, $95/Non-Members, $15 Materials fee

Instructor: Amanda D'AmicoWebsite
Sunday, September 9, 2012 
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Class size: 12 


For full workshop details, please click here.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Call for Entries - Artists Books: Creative Structures


Philadelphia Center for the Book is seeking member artists to participate in Artists' Books: Creative Structures, an exhibition at Allens Lane Art Center. This exhibition will take place from September 8 - October 26, 2012.

Members are invited to submit work, old and new, that celebrates the exhibition's theme of book structure. Applicants are encouraged to submit traditional and non-traditional books that explore this varied and open-ended concept. Some suggested formats are accordion, single-sheet, jacob's ladder, tunnel book, pop-ups, flag books, flexagons, wallbound pieces, etc. This gallery is open to the public and unmonitored. While some accepted pieces will be displayed in cases, artists are encouraged to also submit pieces that are made to be read, held, and explored. 

HOW TO MAKE BOOKS author Esther K Smith of Purgatory Pie Press in New York, NY will select work from submissions. There is no fee for members to submit, and, while submissions are open only to members of Philadelphia Center for the Book, anyone may become a member with submission. 

Click here for application forms. If you are not a current member and would like to submit work for consideration, a membership form is attached to the application.  Membership levels and rates can also be found here.


IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions due: August 1, 2012
Selection notification via email: August 17, 2012
Art Due: August 31, 2012
Show opens: September 8, 2012
Saturday Night Gallery Cocktail Reception: September 22, 2012
Closing Reception: October 26, 2012

Questions: