John comes to JCBA as a letterpress printer, bookbinder and papermaker. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and of the MFA in the Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama, and is one half of the partnership that makes up Convivio Bookworks, a small press and book arts studio in nearby Lake Worth. His favorite book is The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving. He reads some Washington Irving every time he catches a cold.

Email: jcutrone@fau.edu
Image: Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times, 1936

Eric, a native born son of Florida, earned his B.A. right here at Florida Atlantic University. Web master for the Jaffe Center since 2014, he has helped to adapt the center's website to match both it's own creativity with the branding standards of Florida Atlantic University. He is always happy to bore you with historical facts regarding Roman Antiquity, Middle Age Islam, or early Irish Independence Movements. The book he found most enlightening, Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius.

Email: ebush3@fau.edu
Image: Clark Gable in After Office Hours, 1935

Daniel is a cataloger, both for the Jaffe Center and for Special Collections in general. He has degrees from Berklee College of Music and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and is very active in the Association of Jewish Libraries. If asked to pick a favorite book, he would most likely choose The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami and then spend the rest of the day second-guessing that choice. He's got two sides / and they're both friends.

Email: dscheide@fau.edu
Image: Bela Lugosi in Dracula, 1931

Jeanne Jaffe is a multi-disciplinary artist whose installations explore mythology, psychology, and history, many of the themes found in the books at the Jaffe Center. Jeanne comes to JCBA from the Fine Arts Department at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, where she is Professor Emeritus. She is also a visiting artist at Xian Academy of Fine Arts during the fall semester each year and is enthusiastic about the enrichment that develops from international exchange. Her favorite book is The Little Prince by St Exupery, with a close second being The Dream and the Underworld by James Hillman.

Email: jaffej@fau.edu
Image: Guiletta Massina in Nights of Cabiria, 1957

Daniel earned an Associate of Arts degree at Broward College and began studying at Florida Atlantic University in the Fall of 2018. Daniel produces drawings, zines, prints, and occasionally small comics, while majoring in Studio Art at FAU's College of Arts and Letters, with an anticipated graduate date of 2022. Favorite book? Big Kids by Michael DeForge.

Image: Conrad Veidt in The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, 1920

Judith writes most of the reviews of artists' books that you'll find on our website. She spends winters in Florida, which makes her a proverbial snowbird, but while most snowbirds spend their days playing golf, Judith is much more content researching artists' books and writing about them. And if we ever have a question about Shakespeare, we know who to ask. Judith's latest effort is writing a blog about her Wednesdays at the Jaffe: the weekly tours, the exhibits, the books, the memories. Favorite book? Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

Image: Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961