HOSTED BY THE ART AND EXHIBITS COMMITTEE, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA JANUARY 9, 2023 – MARCH 6, 2023 Call for entries APRIL 3, 2023 Juror notification sent JUNE 12 - JUNE 30, 2023 Works delivered to University Libraries AUGUST 21, 2023 - JANUARY 3, 2024 Bound and Unbound 7: Altered Book Exhibition JANUARY 10, 2024 Works returned SUBMISSION Entry […]
San Francisco Center for the Book and San Francisco Public Library join forces to present a retrospective look at the role the color copier played in avant-garde art movements in the Bay Area. Positively Charged: Copier Art in the Bay Area Since the 1960s comprises a single exhibition across two venues that explores the histories […]
May 15, 2023: Deadline for receipt of entry form and fees. June 20-24, 2023: E-mailing of judges’ results – accepted or declined August 7, 2023: Deadline for receipt of accepted work via mail or in person. Work not delivered during scheduled times will not be included in the exhibition. September 18, 2023: Show opens, TBD: Reception, Award Ceremony […]
Lowell Thing, author of “Cover Treasure – The Life and Art of Margaret Armstrong,” describes how, beginning on the lawn of a library book sale, he began to discover and collect books from the “Golden Age” of American trade publishers’ decorated cloth bindings (1890-1915), especially those of one of its best-known artists. Over the next […]
Join BAWiP for a virtual event with Carice Anderson Harvard MBA, author, learning and organizational development leader, facilitator, and corporate vet When Carice Anderson was beginning her career, she found that her education and intellect weren’t enough to thrive as a Black professional in the corporate world. So she developed a breakthrough strategy to […]
Welcome to From the Bench, SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what you'll learn about from these amazing artists. This month we'll chat with book artist, educator and designer Jocelyn Bergen. After decades in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jocelyn […]
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Google Play all run on algorithms, but each of them is different. Each provides their own tools to authors to help them become more visible to the right readers. But how is an author or small press to know what works best where? And how do you even […]
The year 2021 marked the bicentennial of the Cherokee syllabary, the writing system for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah. Today, it remains integral to the culture and identity of the Cherokee people and is, like the language itself, in the midst of concentrated revitalization efforts. Join type designer and Cherokee Nation citizen Chris Skillern […]
The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. It includes thousands of attendees, hundreds of events and bookfair exhibitors, and four days of essential literary conversation and celebration. The AWP Conference & Bookfair has always been a place of connection, reunion, and joy, […]
WhyTalks welcomes Mark Andrews, as he speaks with us about his distinguished and brilliant career as an animator and filmmaker. Mark is currently at ReelFX, where he’s recently released a Netflix original series in the summer of 2022 called Super Giant Robot Brothers, the first CG animated series final pixel render in Unreal Engine. His […]
For freelancers and professionals in the book publishing industry. Though networking may seem like an unwieldy, overwhelming task, this presentation will show that building the network you need and want is completely within your power. We’ll help you plan your steps to create a network that is uniquely yours, based on your goals and networking […]
Fashion journalist and author Alyssa Hardy has revealed the social and environmental impacts of “fast fashion” in Worn Out: How Our Clothes Cover Up Fashion’s Sins. For those of us who are fanatical about fashion, Hardy’s “scorching exposé” (Publishers Weekly) might be a real wake-up call—but Hardy also offers sustainable solutions that enable us to pursue our passion ethically […]
The late 19th century has been labelled the “Baedeker Era” after the famous series of compact, bright-red travel guides published simultaneously in German, English, and French. The Baedeker guides’ trademark characteristics – systematic, impersonal, regularly updated, in a portable format packed with practical information and complementary maps – have served as a template for all […]
In this Letterform Lecture, we will taste the visual power of a lost calligraphic tradition through one artist’s immersion in the early Arabic scripts broadly labelled as “Kufic." Joumana Medlej uses examples from her work to illustrate the respective qualities of the two great strands of this family, and how she harnesses its visual language […]
InDesign has a rich toolset for adding a wide variety of interactivity to your documents. But to use these interactive features well, sometimes you need to think a little differently. In this session, we will dig into the "how-to” to produce a series of interactive effects; hyperlinks, pop-ups, rollovers, multi-state objects, slideshows, buttons and more. […]
Black writers on tour promotes literacy awareness, gives exposure to African-American authors and writers, and motivates and develops aspiring new writers and authors. The event also showcases Black Businesses by providing exposure and increasing their sales.
I am happy to announce two antiquarian book fairs in Sacramento this year. The 2023 Spring Antiquarian Book Fair will be held March 25th and the 2023 Fall Antiquarian Book Fair will be September 8th. Admission to the fairs is only $5.00. Both fairs will be held will be held at the Scottish Rite Temple, […]
Join us for a virtual lecture! Whether you have a priceless first edition or your high school scrapbook, books have intrinsic value beyond the words on the page. Get tips, tricks, and advice from professional book conservators. Emilie van der Hoorn and Michelle C. Smith of the San Francisco Public Library will share their expertise […]
The creative career of Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora (1876-1947) was both compelling and diverse. A painter, muralist, sculptor, building designer, cartographer, actor, set designer, cowboy, and husband and father, Mora’s art work sprang from his interests in numerous subjects including Native Americans and cowboys, the American landscape, California history and its missions, the classics of […]
Take a journey through the locations and architectural details in Buenos Aires that inspired a typographic textile. Since 2018, Muk Monsalve has been hosting and curating type walks around Buenos Aires with her art and business partner, Lucía Soto. This project, called Letra Capital, allows them to highlight and share the love they feel while […]
Dig into overlooked design history and get a sneak peek at Letterform Archive’s forthcoming research hub on women in metal type. Ever wonder who originally designed your favorite typefaces? Many of the fonts we use today (such as Futura, Helvetica, Baskerville) originated in the metal type era (late 1800s to 1950s) when hot metal typesetting […]