You’re invited to the APHA NorCal chapter’s Annual Membership Meeting and program. We will be reviewing 2021, electing officers, and discussing goals for 2022. A presentation by special guest Ben Blount will follow the business meeting and is free and open to the general public. When: December 15th. Business meeting starts at 4 p.m. Blount’s presentation begins at 5 […]
The creative career of Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora (1876-1947) was both compelling and diverse. In addition to being a painter, muralist, sculptor, building designer, cartographer, actor, set designer, cowboy, and husband and father, Mora was very involved with work on paper. It is his work as an illustrator, cartoonist, printer, and author that so closely […]
PubWest and the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia invite you to a joint roundtable discussion on Thursday, April 13th, from 11:00-12:00pm PT. This roundtable will offer an opportunity for PubWest and ABPBC members to connect. As well, the roundtable will provide a forum to discuss overlapping industry issues: Successes and challenges accessing US […]
Join us April 14 for KRAZY KRAFTS DAY FOR KIDS at the Printing Museum, a creative day of printing and crafts for the whole family. All are welcome, whether you are a kid or a kid at heart that just loves to make stuff! Activities throughout the day include letterpress printing cards, bookmarks, keepsakes, fun […]
Call for Submissions: CBAA Meeting at Rollins College, 2024 In conjunction with the 2024 meeting of CBAA The Association for Book Art Education, the Rollins Museum of Art is presenting an exhibition examining the concept of critical reading. This exhibition will feature text-based contemporary works from the Rollins Book Arts Collection, the Alfond Collection of […]
Australia has a long history of fine printing, which is mostly unknown outside of the country itself. ‘Printing is like religion’, acclaimed Australian book artist Alec Bolton once said, ‘We live in sin, but with the hope of perfection before us.’ And while his life circled around books and writing generally, it was his private […]
About the Festival: The San Francisco Center for the Book's annual Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival is an all-day public printmaking and book arts extravaganza that includes free hands-on printmaking and book arts activities, demonstrations, vendors, open house, and more. About Steamroller Printing: With roots going back hundreds of years, relief printing -- a process where […]
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 artist and printer Mary Bruno of Bruno Press in St. Joseph, Minnesota. For 20 years, Mary […]
Let's talk about new ways to do our jobs more effectively. Keith Riegert of Ulysses Press will be on hand to talk about Perfect Bound - an online two-sided marketplace (think AirBNB) that connects independent book publishers with printers around the world. On Perfect Bound, publishers can quickly build out their project specs (from paperbacks […]
In The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), Marshall McLuhan argued that significant changes in technology would generate massive cultural transformations that will permanently alter the form and function of the book. Fundamentals of bookmaking have not changed much since the contributions of Gutenberg, but the cultural environments in which they have been grounded, expanded, and received certainly […]
Join us for a KRAZY KRAFTS DAY at the Printing Museum, a creative day of printing and crafts for the whole family. All are welcome, whether you are a kid or a kid at heart that just loves to make stuff! Activities throughout the day include letterpress printing cards, bookmarks and keepsakes. Participants will be […]
Join us on Saturday, April 13, 2024 for KRAZY KRAFTS DAY at the Printing Museum, a creative day of printing and crafts for the whole family. During this special event we will be offering themed activities throughout the day. These include letterpress printing cards, bookmarks, keepsakes, colorful paper marbling, typing on vintage typewriters, screen printing t-shirts, […]