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Green Poems Broadside Finished!

Kevin McFadden — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:23:25 +0000

"Pesticidal" by Jnanam MacIsaac; image by Frank Riccio

Join us in celebrating the publication of the winner of the 2009 “Green Poems” broadside contest–Jnanam MacIsaac.

Click on the image to see what the collaboration with VABC Artist Frank Riccio yielded, a limited edition of 100 copies. (It’s even better in the pear-flesh.) Broadsides will be available for $45 ($35 for members). To order, contact Kevin McFadden, kmcfadden@virginia.edu.

Thanks to those who have entered our 2010 contest-”Chapter Verse.” In a year, this could be you!

Summer's Last Stand: Lemonade Fellowship

Kevin McFadden — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:54:38 +0000

Join us Sept. 20th, 1-5PM, for an open house as we celebrate our latest broadside–Jennifer Perrine’s “Life Gives You Lemons, Make”–and toast the equinox with lemonade. (Lavender lemonade while it lasts, also a $25 members price on the broadside.) Check in on the “Infinite Stakes” project, a publicity plan for the Nov 13th Raucous Auction, a tour of the new website, chat, type distributing…so long, summer.

Summer Seminars–Weeklong July Immersions

Kevin McFadden — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:42:53 +0000

You are invited to join the VABC for our Summer Seminar sessions, weeklong immersions in the book arts. Meet daily at the VABC for printing instruction and building familiarity with the book arts. See “Classes and Hours” in the tab above for the descriptions of “Loaded Words” with Lindsey Mears and “Works on Paper” with Stacey Evans.

Book Festival Pass

Kevin McFadden — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:20:02 +0000

Headline Event Pass

In 2009, the VABC helped out the Virginia Festival of the Book by designing and producing its “Headline Event” passes. This pass was designed on a computer, saved as a pdf, then sent to our friends at Boxcar Press who converted it to a reversed polymer image. We can then print with the polymer using our vintage Vandercook. This gives us more design flexibility with all of the sensory appeal of traditionally letterpressed ephemera. Maybe you bought one!

Creation

Kevin McFadden — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:43:42 +0000

Images from Creation, a portfolio of prints by the artists of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center, Charlottesville, 2005. All prints were inspired by the theme of creation, accomplished in various media including letterpress, block printing, and etching. No complete collections are available for sale; for inquiries about individual prints contact Kevin McFadden.

Luck's Shining Child

Kevin McFadden — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:44:52 +0000

Signed, letterpress print of the late George Garrett’s poem “Luck’s Shining Child.” Printed in black on natural paper with attractive, light-fast, black paper wrapper (Stonehenge paper) imprinted with silver lettering. Limited edition of 150 in honor of his Virginia Poet Laureateship during the 10th annual Virginia Festival of the Book.

Check the class schedule

Kevin McFadden — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:51:20 +0000

New classes have been announced. Check the schedule!

The Cautionary Tale

Kevin McFadden — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:18:38 +0000

Images from The Cautionary Tale, a group project by artists of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center, Charlottesville, 2006. Artists worked with pieces and turns of a story in “exquisite corpse” style collaboration. The collection was a limited edition of 30; some copies of The Cautionary Tale are available for $300 in a handsome, handmade portfolio. Contact Kevin McFadden for details.

One Volume Missing

Kevin McFadden — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:13:41 +0000

Beautiful, limited edition letterpress work signed by Rita Dove featuring the poem “One Volume Missing” from Dove’s Pulitzer Prize winning poetry collection, Thomas and Beulah, which traces the lives of her grandparents. Handset in Caslon types and printed on Stonehenge paper. A limited edition of 100.

A limited number of these broadsides are available for $50, purchased from the UVa Bookstore.