BookWorks!

BookWorks 2011 is a celebration of the book arts, a tribute to the vision and work of eighty-two artists from around the country, who are dedicated to advancing and interpreting the book as a dynamic contemporary art form. From the traditional to the experimental--utilizing letterpress and digital printing, photography, papermaking, calligraphy, printmaking, xerography, bookbinding, illustration and methods of conservation--the show features work from members of the Pacific Center for the Book Arts. Two awards are given to coincide with PCBA’s Bookworks: The Steven P. Corey Award for an emerging artist, and the Alastair Johnston Fine Press Award for an outstanding fine press book.

The exhibition opens on Saturday, June 18 and continues through August 7. BookWorks is sponsored by the Marjorie G. & Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center.


Related programs:
Book Artists Speak: BookWorks participants talk
about their ideas and techniques
Saturday, July 9, 2-3:30pm, Skylight Gallery, Sixth Floor

Hand Printing in Digital Times: Panel discussion
on traditions and innovations in the book arts
Saturday, July 23, 2-3:30pm, Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room,
Lower Level

Founded in 1980, PCBA is a membership organization dedicated to providing support for the development of its members in the field of book arts; to provide social activities for the member community; to encourage the development of professional practices through exhibitions and educational programs; to create opportunities that promote the work of our members in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. PCBA publishes a quarterly journal, Ampersand.

For more information about BookWorks and other events at the Library, see the monthly newsletter, At the Library.