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 Volunteer Eric Holub helps keep the Center's presses in great shape.
Steamroller Prints
Check out these photos and video clips. You'll get a glimpse
of the fun the SFCB community had at our annual fundraiser, pulling
prints from giant linoleum-cut blocks using a steamroller!
Take a look at the prints from
2006.
A selection of 2004-2005 prints from our
Steamroller Prints
fundraiser.
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The San Francisco Center for the Book is a 501(C)3 nonprofit educational organization that depends on the involvement and generosity of individuals and on contributions from foundations and government agenices including the
National Endowment for the Arts to provide many of its education initiatives, public events and book-arts programming.
There are four ways you can help support the activities at the SFCB:
Our Donor Program: Support our 2008 Mid-Year Campaign!
The Center relies on individuals and corporate sponsors for help in
supporting our many programs and activities. Cherished members of the SFCB
community, donors enjoy special keepsakes, invitation-only events and more.
Donate your gift of $250 or more by April 30, 2008 and receive a special keepsake print from our past Roadworks events — plus an invitation to the donor preview for Livros do Cordel: Book on a String on May 8th.
You can become a
donor online
or by contacting Executive Director Dyana Curreri-Ermatinger
at
dyana@sfcb.org or by phone 415-565-0545.
Donate Now
using our secure
online donor form.
Support the SFCB When You Shop On Amazon
Did you know that you can help the Center when you shop at
Amazon.com? It's easy. Just go to Amazon by clicking the logo to the
left, and a portion of your purchase price will automatically go to
the SFCB.
Our In-Kind Donation Program
Contributions of services and products are essential to many SFCB activities and resources, including exhibitions, events, public relations, our print studio, bindery and library. We welcome donations of graphic design, advertising space, computer services, paper, printing. metal and wooden type, printing and bindery equipment, books and catalogs and more. To discuss in-kind donations, please contact Dyana Curreri-Ermatinger at dyana@sfcb.org or phone 415-565-0545, Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm.
Our Wish List
Print Studio: air filter (floor model), pica rulers with point sizes,
composing sticks, high speed quoins and keys, metal type (please ask
Katherine about specific typefaces), any wood type, Photopolymer Platemaker
(with an exposure area of 11x17 or greater), fine printmaking papers
(Johannot, Somerset, Rives BFK), old kitchen knives (for cutting paper),
fatigue mats.
Bindery: Electric guillotine with a 30" blade, different size bits for the
corner rounder, new spring for the perforator, spiral binding machine,
spirals for spiral binder, book cloth, self healing cutting mats, pressing
boards, backing hammers, teflon bone folders, awls, linen thread (unwaxed
20, 25, and 30 weight), paper, bookbinder's needles , sewing keys,
scissors, metal rulers, utility knives with snap blades, wheat starch
paste, methyl cellulose, leather Scraps, pail tipper, board shear
Office:
Newer Apple computers, laser printer (call for specs), photocopier (capable
of collating, double sided copying), heavy duty shelving, lateral filing
cabinets with locks and keys, ergonomic office chairs
Gallery:
book cradles for display, archival board, oversized self-healing cutting
mat (larger than 32x40 inches), locking display cases, bookshelf with
locking hinged doors (inquire for more details).
Thanks to our recent
corporate and organizational donors:
The San Francisco Foundation ·
Walter & Elise Haas Fund ·
Grants for the Arts ·
Kahle/Austin Foundation ·
The Reva and David Logan Foundation ·
The Book Club of California ·
The Hobson Family Foundation ·
Feigenbaum-Nii Foundation ·
The Raymond Family Foundation ·
Tin Man Fund
Support for the ABC Initiative
The San Francisco Center for the Book is proud to offer an innovative free
program that supports children's literacy through the book arts. Called
The ABC Initiative, or the
Art of
the Book in the Classroom, it brings book artists into qualifying
public-school classrooms to teach students in kindergarten through 8th
grade a range of bookmaking projects. Thanks to grants from
The San Francisco Foundation and the
Miranda Lux Foundation,
this program is now entering its third year. The SFCB is deeply
gratefully to these organizations for their generous support.
The ABC Initiative
was launched in 2004-2005 with support from the National
Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great
art. The SFCB is grateful to the NEA, as well as to the Raymond Family
Foundation and the Tin Man Fund for their generosity in providing matching
funds for the Center's NEA grant. The Center would also like to thanks its
grantmakers for the ABC Initiative in 2005-2006,
The San Francisco Foundation
and
the
Walter & Elise Haas Fund.
Our Volunteer Program
Helping out at the Center is a wonderful way to learn more about the book arts, make friends, earn free classes and more. We have a wealth of volunteer activities — from answering phones, staffing events, helping with publicity, setting up exhibitions, proof-reading, designing workshop flyers, to printing letterpress invitations and much more. We welcome volunteers on weekdays, evenings and weekends. If you are interested in contributing your time and energy to the Center, contact Volunteer Coordinator Katherine Case at katherine@sfcb.org or 415-565-0545 between 10 am and 5 pm. She'll help make a match between your talents and interests and our current volunteer projects.
Thanks to our dedicated volunteers this past trimester
Liz Acord ·
Desne Ahlers ·
Rhiannon Alpers ·
Susan Angebranndt ·
Kelly Barrett ·
Jessica Iris Benson ·
Brandon Bussolini ·
Gyll Christensen ·
Lise Currie ·
Janice Deitner ·
Pam De Luco ·
Katherine Emery ·
Maggie Engebretson ·
Vera Edelson ·
Melissa
Fine ·
Jessica Fleischman ·
Paula Gloisten ·
Kate Godfrey ·
Besha Grey ·
Alison Hathaway ·
Randi Hansen ·
Catherine Helfer ·
Sabina Holber ·
Willow
Horne ·
Irvin C. Hubler ·
Jayme Jamison ·
Melissa Kaup-Augustine ·
Riya Lerner ·
Annie Leuenberger ·
Natalie Marsh ·
Leigh McLellan ·
Liz Merolla ·
Erica Mohar ·
Bernadette Montez ·
Gloria Morales ·
Laura Morgan ·
Julie Nelson-Gal ·
Ernest Regua ·
Edith Reiner ·
Jamie Riley ·
Claudia Reyes ·
Brad Robinson ·
Katrina Rodabaugh ·
Marsha Shaw ·
Niki Savage ·
Suzanne Shaffer ·
Zac C. S. Smith ·
Joanna Steinhardt ·
Katherine West ·
Carolee Gilligan Wheeler ·
Jessica
Wickens ·
Katherine Wong ·
Rosanna Yau ·
Angela Zusman
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