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  • A Radical Alteration: gallery walk thru with Maymanah Farhat

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    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curator Maymanah Farhat will be in SFCB’s gallery to discuss the exhibition A Radical Alteration, discuss some of her favorite pieces on display, and answer questions about her research at the Women’s Studio Workshop archive. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear about Maymanah’s process and how collaboration with a storied arts organization informed certain curatorial […]

  • Who Restores Books? How to Choose Wisely

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    Zoom CA, United States

    Join us on Saturday, March 30th at 11 am PST for: Who Restores Books? How to Choose Wisely with Sophia Bogle. Discover why not all book conservators are created equal and how to find the perfect match for your needs. Bogle will serve as a guide through the intricacies of selecting the right conservator, explain technical jargon, […]

  • The Past Inside the Future: Commercial Classics at Five

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    San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium

    Around the turn of the 19th century, a revolution left the world of typography utterly different from what it had been. The explosion of new type styles during this period—including the modern face, the fat face, the slab serif, and the sans serif—reflected new technologies and ways of thinking that set the stage for modern […]