This in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Thursdays, June 6th – 27th from 6PM to 8PM ET. Thursday, June 6th, from 6PM to 8PM ET Thursday, June 13th, from 6PM to 8PM ET Thursday, June 20th, from 6PM to 8PM ET Thursday, June 27th, from 6PM to 8PM ET Please note that registration for this workshop will close at 11:59pm on May 23rd. About this Workshop Have you been wondering how to make the typography in your project sing? Then come and join me in this inquisitive and collaborative workshop that will offer you a supportive place to expand your skills when designing with type (digital or not ..read more

This virtual workshop will take place on zoom: Sunday, July 28th, 11:00am–1:00pm ET Please note that registration for this workshop will close at 11:59pm on July 14th. About this Workshop In this two-hour workshop with Elaine G. Chu, learn this easy yet stunning method of creating monoprints, using leaves from trees, bushes or houseplants. In addition to a brief history of printing (both Eastern and Western), watch a live demo of gel plate printing and receive pro tips on how to make the most of your materials. Learn how to make silhouette prints and create detailed ghost impressions with a ..read more

This two-day, in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Saturday and Sunday, June 8th – 9th, from 10am to 4pm ET. Saturday, June 8th, 10am to 4pm ET Sunday, June 9th, 10am to 4pm ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on May 25th, at 11:59 pm. About the Workshop: This in-person class at Center for Book Arts is taught by instructor Carolyn Chadwick. Boxmaking is an essential skill for any bookbinder. The clamshell box is a terrific way to protect and preserve a first edition, an antiquarian book, an artist’s book or a suite of prints. It keeps out light, dust and prevents the we ..read more

This five-day, virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Wednesdays, July 17th – August 14th from 10:00AM —12:00PM ET. Wednesday, July 17th, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Wednesday, July 24th, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Wednesday, July 31st, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Wednesday, August 7th, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Wednesday, August 14th, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on July 3rd, at 11:59 PM ET. About the Workshop: In this virtual workshop for all experience levels, Instructor Shirin Salehi will introduce the participants to the poetics of the hidden in the conception of an Artists’ bo ..read more

This virtual workshop takes place via Zoom across four sessions on Mondays, July 1st – 22nd, from 10am–12pm ET. Monday, July 1st, 10AM to 12PM ET Monday, July 8th, 10AM to 12PM ET Monday, July 15th, 10AM to 12PM ET Monday, July 22nd, 10AM to 12PM ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on June 17, at 11:59PM ET. About the Workshop: In this virtual workshop for all experience levels, Instructor Shirin Salehi will guide participants through the poetic process of creating an artists’ book focusing on the concepts of time, structure, body, the haptic and the visual sense and t ..read more

This four-week, virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Thursdays, June 6th – 27th, from 10:00 am—12:00 pm ET. Thursday, June 6, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Thursday, June 13, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Thursday, June 20, 10:00am—12:00pm ET Thursday, June 27, 10:00am–12:00pm ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on May 23, at 11:59 pm ET. About the Workshop: In this virtual workshop for all experience levels, Instructor Shirin Salehi will introduce the participants to non-legible books through an extensive one-month discussion on legibility and hiddenness in artwork in book form. Starting wi ..read more

Please join us on April 30, 2024 from 5-6pm for the second of 2 members-only events in which we will look at works in Hello Thank You Come In: 50th Anniversary Members Exhibition alongside works from CBA’s Fine Art Collection. We’ll do so following two themes from the show: fabric and fibers, and sculptural books. This second and final gathering will look at Sculptural Books in the exhibition and in the collections. Our librarian, Gillian Lee, will show you a selection of artists’ books from the Fine Art Collection which understand the book as a sculptural object. And we’ll gather in ..read more

Please join us on April 18, 2024 from 5-6pm for the first of 2 members-only events in which we will look at works in Hello Thank You Come In: 50th Anniversary Members Exhibition alongside works from CBA’s Fine Art Collection. We’ll do so following two themes from the show: fabric and fibers, and sculptural books. This first gathering will look at fabric and fibers in the exhibition and in the collections. Our librarian, Gillian Lee, will show you a selection of artists’ books from the Fine Art Collection which make use of fabric, fibers, or textiles in some way. And we’ll gather ..read more

This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on August 7, 2024 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Wednesday, August 7, 1:00 – 4:00pm Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on July 15th, at 11:59 pm. About the Workshop: This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Maria G. Pisano. You have been asked to design the set for a new theatre piece and asked, with each wing, to create the appearance of depth and space. What tools are at your disposal? How could you approach this challenge? The tunnel book, a sculptural book structure that dates back to the 1800’s, allows the viewer to peer into th ..read more

Exhibition catalog for the members exhibition of the same name curated by Alexander Campos. /mit ðə detə/: Source Materials Visualized presents artists’ books, book-related artworks, and text-based new media that are visual interpretations, extrapolations, and recontextualizations of researched source materials such as data analysis, surveying, mapping, plotting, data mining, statistics, analytics, observations, and schemes. In keeping with the theme, the exhibition title includes the phrase “Meet the data” rendered phonetically. The exhibition features artist members of Center for Book Arts ..read more