The San Francisco Center for the Book

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In the News

Our next exhibition, Wings for Words, opens January 23, and presents bookworks from fourteen professional artists working in South Korea and Japan today.

In a first-time collaboration, SFCB and the African American Museum and Library at Oakland are presenting the exhibit Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship, opening August 15 in San Francisco and September 5 in Oakland.

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.

Letterpress printing, the technology of Gutenberg, has been enjoying an enormous revival. Come learn what it's all about in our array of letterpress classes, from introductory surveys to advanced techniques. After taking Letterpress I-III or the equivalents, you can rent time on the Center's presses. To schedule studio rental, email the studio manager. You can see all our letterpress offerings here.

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. And for driving directions and public-transit suggestions, click here.

Highlights

Winter 2009 Calendar
The Winter 2009 classes are now open for registration.

African American Writers and Censorship
Saturday Dec 6, 3-5pm
This panel discussion is one is a series of 4 discussions for our exhibit Banned and Recovered and takes place at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland . The panel is free and open to the public.

Book Release Party: Ala Ebtekar
Wednesday Dec 3, 7-9pm
Please join us in launching Ala Ebtekar's artist's book edition The Art of Stepping Through Time -- part of our Imprint series.

Book Arts Salon
Tuesday Dec 2, 7-9pm
Well-known calligrapher Thomas Ingmire will present tonight. The Book Arts Salon (formerly the Bookarts Users Group, or BUG) is an informal gathering for local artists and writers to convene and converse. Free and everyone is welcome.

Holiday Fair
Friday Dec 12, 6-8pm and Saturday Dec 13 12-5pm
Do your holiday shopping at the Center. We'll have gifts for sale by a wide variety of printers, bookbinders, book artists, and other craftspeople, as well as 2009 calendars from members of the Pacific Center for the Book Arts.

Looking to Buy or Sell Equipment?
Check out our Equipment Exchange Bulletin Board

Visit Bookmaking for Kids
The Teacher Features blog has a new name and a new location. Please click Bookmaking with Kids to explore this resource for finding book projects to make with kids—in the classroom, at home, in libraries and at community events.

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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