Thursday Evening, December 3, 2009                           
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
All levels.

Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Book Arts Gallery, Letterpress Studio 351H and Book Studio 350C

Tuition schedule: Self-determined.
(Tuition is by open donation to JCBA's Scholarship Fund––you choose what you’d like to give.)


Become a book artist for one evening though a three hour immersion in the Jaffe Center for Book Arts. We’ll begin with a screening of a 25- minute video about the Jaffe Center for Book Arts and the amazing collection of artists' books that is the core of JCBA. We’ll follow this with an in-depth viewing of some of the artists’ books in the collection––books that will entertain, inspire, and astound. And since we're approaching the holiday season, we'll be sure to find a few artists' books that have a definite wintery bent. Expect a holiday story or two, as well.

Afterwards, we’ll move on to the JCBA Letterpress Studio, where each participant will print a sheet of paper from handset wood type. These sheets will be the covers for the books we’ll make, a brief history of the book arts that we’ll bind by hand in the Single Signature Pamphlet stitch. You’ll go home with a book you made yourself––one that you can read as sleep calls later that night, as you reflect on the new outlook on books (and maybe even life) that you’ve found earlier that evening at JCBA. “For there is great joy in knowing how to do things.” All levels. No print experience necessary. Class
limit: 16.


TO REGISTER

Click the link to the left, which will open an email that you can send to John Cutrone, JCBA Programs Coordinator. Sending the email, with your contact information, will begin the registration process.

Please note that JCBA receives no funding for classes and workshops; they are supported by the people who attend them and we strive to make them as affordable as possible. Last minute cancellations can have a severe impact on our ability to maintain the delicate balance of sustainability of this mission.

INSTRUCTOR

John Cutrone, a graduate of the MFA Program in the Book Arts at the University of Alabama, is Programs Coordinator for JCBA. He is also a partner in Lake Worth's Convivio Bookworks, a book arts studio specializing in limited edition letterpress printed books and broadsides.
 

www.conviviobookworks.com

click here to visit The Convivio Book of Days