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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.

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.

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:
• 17th Century Paper and Bookbinding, with Drew Matott, includes a day of papermaking at Magnolia Editions in Oakland .

• Colorful Edges and Stylish Heads: Decorative Binding Techniques, with Kitty Maryatt, provides instruction for a number of elegant elements you can add to your bindings.

• Contemporary Coptic, with Rhiannon Alpers, takes the traditional Coptic binding into the 21st century world of plastics and digital media.

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.

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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