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Five Treasures: The SFCB Peer Recognition Event & Benefit
Area: General
Category: related arts
Sat Nov 21 6pm-9pm
Purchase tickets
- Book Art & Design:
Bob Aufuldish (Aufuldish & Warinner)- best known for his typography and graphic design, Aufuldish has worked for clients like Chronicle Books, CCA, SF MoMA, and Warner Bros. Records among others. He has also taught at CCA and started fontBoy, a digital type foundry.
- Bookbinding:
Eleanor Ramsey- an internationally exhibited book artist who studied book binding under Dr. Harry Green, Barbara Fallon Hiller and Stella Patri. She has taught at Mills College, UC Santa Cruz, Scripps College, the Ah Haa School of Art and the Guild of Book Workers Standards of Excellence Conference. Her work has won several awards including the Jury Prize for Design in the Helen Ward DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and the Book Club of California’s Oscar Lewis Award for outstanding contribution in the field of book arts.
- Creative Writing:
Brenda Hillman- is the co-editor of The Grand Permission: New Writings on Poetics and Motherhood, and is the editor of a collection of Emily Dickinson's poems. She has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America. She currently holds the Olivia Filippi Chair in Poetry at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California.
- Fine Printing:
Mary Laird (Quelquefois Press)- a teacher, printer, bookbinder and artist who received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She has taught at San Francisco State University, Naropa University, the San Francisco Center for the Book and has been letterpress printing as Quelquefois Press since 1969.
- Publishing:
Dave Eggers (826 Valencia/Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Review)- well known for founding the independent publishing house, McSweeney’s, Eggers started his career writing for Salon.com. In 2002 he co-founded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit in San Francisco dedicated to improving literacy among children ages 6-18. He has also authored several books including A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and, recently, he has co-written the screenplays Away We Go and Where the Wild Thing Are.
Five Treasures: The SFCB Peer Recognition Event
Saturday, November 21, 2009
6-9 pm
Preface Cocktail Party: $125 buy now
Ticket includes the Preface Cocktail Party and Signature Event 6-9pm. Purchase tickets by Nov 13th
Signature Creative Recognition Event: $30 buy now
Ticket includes the Signature Event only 7-9pm. Purchase tickets by Nov 20th
Discount available for SFCB students and teachers for Signature Event only! $20 - email Nina for details
Featuring music by Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert
6-7 pm Preface Cocktail Party
Enter at 545 Powell Street
7-9 pm Signature Creative Recognition Event
Enter at 701 Bush Street
Handicapped entrance at 545 Powell Street
Location: The Family, a private club at 545 Powell Street
2009 Honorees
Book Design: Bob Aufuldish will be introduced by Tom Ingalls (Sr. Adjunct Professor, Industrial and Graphic Design, CCA)
Bookbinding: Eleanore Ramsey will be introduced by Julie Chen (book artist/founder, Flying Fish Press)
Creative Writing: Brenda Hillman will be introduced by Janet Weil of Code Pink
Fine Printing: Mary Laird will be introduced by Asa Peavy, San Francisco Public Library, Special Collections Librarian
Publishing: Dave Eggers
Lifetime Achievement Awards: will be introduced by Michael Bartalos (artist/illustrator/environmental activist; SFCB Board Member)
Betsy Davids presented by Charles Hobson (SFAI Professor/ Publisher, Pacific Editions
Jack Stauffacher presented by Peter Rutledge Koch (Peter Koch Printers/Board of Directors, CODEX Foundation)
See bios of honorees below.
Living Treasure: a title awarded in several countries that denotes a person who embodies intangible national cultural values as a living human treasures. Just as places or things of great cultural value are designated as national treasures (Japan) or les maitres d’art (France), the Five Treasures nominee is a master of exceptional techniques and know-how. The nominee is recognized by peers for their cumulative experience, expertise and educational competences. They must be capable of passing on their knowledge and skill through teaching, speaking and demonstration.
Many individuals have contributed to the rich history of San Francisco fine printing, bookbinding, type and book design, creative writing and publishing. Their work has transformed our community and our country. We wish to honor five individuals from these five fields in a truly bohemian evening with friends, family, colleagues, students and admirers in attendance!
For our inaugural event, over 50 individuals representing the five areas of recognition for 2009 (Book Art & Design, Fine Printing, Publishing, Bookbinding, Creative Writing) were asked to nominate peers who prove that innovation and creativity have no limits. The nominees were considered by a 9 person selection committee of outstanding professionals representing all nomination fields, who selected the final award winners.
All proceeds benefit the San Francisco Center for the Book. Honorees will speak about their work, while their Nominators will speak to the importance of their contribution to the field. The event will be videotaped for inclusion in the SFCB Five Treasures archive, which will be available online to inspire the students, practitioners and the public. The winners may also participate in a public program or class at the Center, highlighting their work, in 2010.
Getting there:
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Parking is available at the Sutter|Stockton Garage.
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