Oh fortunate man, I successfully lured my wife, Gay, into the august halls of New York City’s Grolier Club on our whirlwind two-day holiday trip to the city! The Grolier Club, with a clubhouse in midtown Manhattan, is one of America’s oldest associations of bibliophiles. It can never hope to compete with the blockbuster [...]
Look at the great classes coming this winter and spring. Instructors, dates, fees, listed below. Learn letterpress with wood, how to make an enclosed box for a book or other treasured item, and how to design with type. And be on the lookout for the return of our intensive bookbinding course. It will be, like [...]
This Saturday, January 7, 1pm – 4pm Start off the new year on Saturday Jan 7 at the VABC at 1pm. We will socialize a bit with a potluck lunch. Bring something to share, or check in to Foods of All Nations as you park your car… We will laugh a bit by having a [...]
Join us at the VABC from 11AM-4PM on Saturday, December 10 as we open up our catalog for show and sale for the Holiday Open House and Gift Bazaar. Broadsides, cards, and a keepsake holiday card straight off the press just for stopping by. Great limited-edition gifts for that hard-to-sh0p-for friend. Pop in if you’re [...]
Thanks to everyone who helped make our seventh Raucous Auction one louder and one better! We hit our fundraising goal and can keep the classes, projects, and workshops coming… We hope you’re enjoying your art already. We’ll arrange pickups for those of you who may have left a silent auction bid and were wondering. Contact [...]
Raucous Auction Friday, November 11 ELEVEN! ELEVEN!! ELEVEN!!! 5:30- 8PM Live auctions at 6 and 7, silent auction til 7:45 Suggested donation: $11 or purchase Virginia Arts of the Book Center 2125 Ivy Square Shopping Center (enter through the Art Box) It’s that time of year again–join us for the Raucous Auction as the members [...]
Use it or lose it? Postal systems are under attack. Many countries have never quite gotten one really off the ground. In the United States the USPS is a centuries-old institution…long revered and trusted since its creation by the Continental Congress in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster. Now snail mail seems to [...]
Art On Ivy Gallery July 01 – 31 11-4pm (excluding Sundays) Accessed through Creative Framing/The Art Box 2125 Ivy Square, Charlottesville The Virginia Arts of the Book Center welcomes The New World, an installation by The Printmakers Left, an international collective, working for ten years through the UVA art printshop on collaborative installations, portfolios and [...]
June 11 and June 18 (Two Saturdays, 12:00 noon-4:00pm) Instructor: Lana Lambert Cost: $150. members, $175. non-members Learn the basics of Moku Hanga or Japanese Woodblock Printing. In this two day workshop, students will learn how the Japanese pulled beautiful prints using only a block of wood, a bit of rice paste, and a bit [...]
Cost: $500 (tuition is UVa Educational Benefit eligible), $450 for members Instructors: Kristin Adolfson, Lindsey Mears 6 Thursdays, 5:30-8:30pm March 31 to May 12 (no class April 21) In this Intensive Bookbinding Certification course we will learn a series of bookbinding techniques. Starting with a simple pamphlet stitch binding, students will plan and create three [...]