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In the News
The Bay Area is a center for the thriving art of hand bookbinding
according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
In their annual Best Of issue,
SF Weekly has named us the Best Place to Take an Art Class!
See what they have to say.
There's more in our Press Room...
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Welcome to The San Francisco Center for the Book. We're a place where you can learn about the many arts and crafts of the book. Through workshops, exhibitions and public events, the SFCB promotes both knowledge of traditional book arts and exploration of experimental book forms. Have fun browsing our website.
To see what's going on at the SFCB day by day, check out our
Calendar. Or click on
Workshops to learn about classes
in Printing, Binding and Related Arts. Like looking at pictures? Click
Book Pix for an eye-popping visual
database of the books we teach. Learn more About Us by
clicking here. For driving
directions and public-transit suggestions,
click here. And, to find out more about
our renting time in our studio, click here.
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Our printing curriculum is designed to introduce the fundamentals of letterpress printing, get you printing on your own and present recent technologies and alternative techniques for producing images and text on paper.
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Highlights
SFCB Annual Silent Auction and Cocktail Party
View and purchase fine press, letterpress editions, artists’ books, posters and related objet d’art from over 100 artists at our Annual Silent Auction and Cocktail Party, Tuesday April 27 from 6-8:30 pm.
Early Bidder Preview from 6-7. Tickets are $75 in advance only (Puchase now)
General Admission from 7-8:30. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door (Puchase now)
Contact Nina Zeininger, Development Coordinator, at nina@sfcb.org or 415-565-0545x14 with questions.
Restless Dust: A Ghost Walk With Darwin
January 15 2010 through April 17 2010
This exhibition explores the making of “Restless Dust,” created during Gail Wight's one-year Imprint residency at the Center in 2009. The exhibtion also features previous works by Wight. The exhibition is open from 1/15 through 4/17.
Looking to Buy or Sell Equipment?
Check out our
Equipment Exchange Bulletin Board
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, by using this link to order, a portion of your purchase price will automatically go to the SFCB.
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