Dean Dass will be presenting a slideshow and leading a discussion related to some of the seminal ideas and imagery of our project, included will be a perspective on works of Goya and “sin.” You won’t want to miss this. We’ll also be reviewing project specs and schedule.
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, [...]
Photopolymer plates are created from digital files, enabling you to print virtually anything on letterpress that you can create on a computer (within specific guidelines). In this class you will learn the entire photopolymer process: how to conceptualize and design for photopolymer plates, how to prepare your digital files for plate creation and ordering, and [...]
Saturday, March 27, 2:00-4:00 pm: Workshop Fee: $15 members / $30 non-members (materials are included) A workshop on making basic accordion structures, with models and instructions for designing and making a whole book, plus time to create one accordion book and, depending on your speed and enthusiasm, perhaps a second one. The workshop will include… Demo and [...]
Sun. March 21st, 2010 – 12:00 to 4:00 PM Drop in from Noon to 4 PM in Central Virginia’s open book arts studio for a look at current work by local members. Cards, prints, and broadsides available that make great gifts for book lovers.
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, [...]
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 [...]
This is the winner of the 2007 “Belle Letters” contest….Jeanette Marie Sayers’s “L, O, V, E, and the Other Twenty-two” is a whimsical and romantic exploration of the alphabet, the winner of the Belle Letters contest from the Virginia Arts of the Book Center, letterpress printed in Charlottesville, 2008. Each letter has a story, and [...]