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Spring and Summer Highlights
Exhibitions and Events | | A short two-week exhibition May 4-18 features Eileen Hogan’s Poetry
Box project, a wonderful melding of art and poetry in a fascinating
form based on a 17th century Japanese card game.
|  | | | From May 25-July 27 we show outstanding student work in "Art of the Book
2007," our first student exhibition since 2001. Don’t miss the
May 25 opening reception, when we pay tribute to the teachers who inspire us all.
|  | | | On Friday, June 1, join us for an evening
with our 2007 artist in residence Nigel Poor, who will discuss her
book project The Relative Value of Things, in production this
summer in the Center’s studios.
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Summer Intensives These extended intensive workshps allow you to go deep, affording the time to explore and practice new skills and techniques, to master new materials and structures, to work closely with talented and experienced instructors, and to develop your own ideas and work under expert supervision. The complete
schedule is available here.
Printing Our
letterpress program continues strong as a new wave of talented printer/designers fills our
studio. Remember, after graduating from our introductory classes (I-III), you'll be qualified to
rent the presses for your own projects. It's exciting for us to see gorgeous prints lifted from
the rollers of our Vandercooks every day.
Other printing/printmaking classes:
| | Letterpress Out Loud, with Maya De Raat, takes advantage of the Center’s
extensive wood type collection to help you create colorful, large-format posters.
|  | | | Linoleum-Cut Printmaking, with Katherine Case, introduces you to an easy and
versatile printmaking process.
|  | | | Photopolymer Etching, with John Sullivan, brings together a combination of
traditional and cutting-edge techniques to give results similar to the much more difficult and
time-consuming process of photogravure.
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Bookbinding We insist on teaching solid fundamentals to start you off on the right foot. Bookbinding I and
II will build a foundation for more advanced classes – in both traditional or experimental
styles. We are happy to have bookbinding instructors Dominic Riley
and Michael Burke visiting again this summer from the UK.
Other bookbinding classes:
Related Arts This category, which we sometimes call "the creative heart of book making"
includes a variety of techniques and topics, classes that can't be easily
pegged.
Classes include:
| | Poetry in Three Dimensions, with Nikki Thompson, encourages participants to
experiment with poetry and concrete form, looking at how changing the dimensions of the page
transforms meaning and interpretation.
|  | | | Text to Form: Artists’ Books form the Inside Out, with Carrie Galbraith,
takes your artist’s book project from idea to physical model.
|  | | | Contemporary Stereo Cards, with Georgette Freeman, leads you through the process
of creating your own stereo images, with the irresistibly cool and retro form factor of an
antique stereoscope.
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Highlights
Summertime Fun for Teachers
Our 2nd annual Summer Bookmaking Intensive offers K-8 teachers 16 workshops that will give you inspiration for a whole year of imaginative teaching. Click here for details.
20th-Century Ghosts (and Otherwise) of Calligraphy: A Talk with Carl Rohrs
Friday May 23, 7-9pm Carl Rohrs' travels in Europe in the last few years have led to his discovery of original work by a large variety of wonderful lettering artists, both deceased and living. Their work has been gathered into an evening of slides for your edification, entertainment and the occasional odd surprise.
Looking to Buy or Sell Equipment?
Check out our
Equipment Exchange Bulletin Board
Introducing Teacher Features!
Please visit a new blog that’s part of our Youth Programs pages. It's called Teacher Features, and it's a great place for teachers, librarians, principals, arts educators and parents to air and share ideas about kids' bookmaking.
In the Austin/Burch Gallery: Livros do Cordel: Books on a String
May 9 - Aug 1 Named after their display on clotheslines by street vendors, Brazil's Livros do Cordel are a form of street literature with roots in Europe. Becoming a dying artform, these cheap pamphlets tell the news as only poets can.
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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