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January 9, 2012
Chris Clarkson shows GBW member Barry Spence the intricacies of sewing an endband.
The calendar was last updated on January 9, 2012
Quick Links to Events
This is a list of some GBW-sponsored events. Also check the Chapters websites for events in your region.
To post an event, please contact Eric Alstrom, Communications Chair.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
No current calls for entries at this time.
EXHIBITIONS
See the online Gallery for past GBW exhibitions.
The Thread that Binds
2011 Exhibition of Fine Bindings presented by the Lone Star Chapter
September 29, 2011 - January 14, 2012
Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX
Opening Reception: September 29, 6-8 pm
Northwest Chapter Member Exhibition
October 10 2011 - February, 2012
Idaho State University and
University of Utah
For more information, contact the Northwest Chapter chair
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
Using Photography as an Element in Pop-ups and Carousel Book
A workshop with Carol Barton
January 21 - 22, 2012 from
9 am - 4:30 pm
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
More information at the California Chapter website.
Introduction to Surface Decoration
A Workshop with Gabrielle Fox Butler
February 25 - 26, 2012
Saturday 1 pm - 5 pm, Sunday 9 am - 1 pm
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
More information at the Midwest Chapter website.
Scaleboard Bindings
A lecture by Julia Miller
April 26, 2012
6:00 pm
North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA
More information on the New England Chapter website
Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding
October 11 - 13, 2021
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
More information on the Standards page
Past Guild of Book Workers' Events
Paste Paper Workshop
A workshop with Cindy Haller
March 6, 2010
10:00- 5:00pm
Arlington, TX
More information at the Lone Star Chapater website
The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings
A Half-Day Lecture with Lois Olcott Price
March 16, 2010
1:00-5:00pm
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website
A Bookbinding Anomaly: Linked-Spine Bindings
An Illustrated Lecture by Sam Ellenport
March 18th, 2010
6:00 pm
Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe/Harvard University, Cambridge MA
More information on the New England Chapter website
Edible Book Festival 2010
A lighthearted celebration of the book
April 3, 2010
2:00pm-5:00pm
Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD.
For more information visit www.books2eat.comor the Potomac Chapter website.
Armenian Bindings
A lecture with Sylvie Merian
April 6, 2010
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website.
Limp Velum Binding Workshop
A workshop with Don Etherington
April 10, 2010
9:00am-5:00pm
Knight Library Conservation Lab, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
More information at the Northwest Chapter website.
19th Century Bookbinders' Mistakes: Why they are so fun to look at!
An illustrated lecture by Todd Pattison
April 12, 2009 (CORRECTED DATE!)
6:00pm
North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA
More information on the New England Chapter website
Midwest Annual Meeting and Workshop
Local tours, gatherings and a marbling workshop with
Steve Pittelkow
April 16-17, 2010
Ann Arbor, MI
More information on the Midwest Chapter website
Color Theory and Color Matching
A two day workshop with Julia Rabin
April 24-25, 2010
New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website
California Chapter Exhibition
An exhibition of recent and not-previously-exhibited work.
April 13- May 26, 2010
Oviatt Library, California State University, Northridge,CA
Please check http://library.csun.edu/ for library hours.Contact Joe Giangrande for additional information.
Karen Hanmer, Artist Talk
April 29, 2010
6:00 pm
North Bennet Street School,
Boston, MA
Clasp Making Workshop
A 2 day workshop presented by the Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers
May 1-2, 2010
9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
Introduction to Photo Conservation
A 2 day workshop with Nora Kennedy
May 6-7, 2010
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website.
The Book as Architecture
A Workshop with Paul Johnson
May 8, 2010
9 am to 5 pm
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
More information at the Delaware Valley Chapter website
Nag Hammadi Codex
A 2 day workshop with Julia Miller
June 18-19, 2010
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website
Annual Meeting of the New England Chapter
July 1, 2010
6:00pm
The Independent
Union Square, Somerville, MA
More information on the New England Chapter website
Islamic Bindings: A Conservator’s Perspective on Form and Function
An Ilustrated lecture by Katherine Beaty
July 28, 2010
6:00pm
Schlesinger Library, Cambridge MA
More information on the New England Chapter website
Midwest Chapter Announces Upcoming Exhibit
The Guild of Book Workers Midwest Chapter invites all chapter members to participate in its 2010-11 traveling exhibition, New Views: Recent Work from the Midwest Chapter.
Intent to enter forms due July 1 and the artwork is due September 10, 2010.
Please visit the Midwest Chapter website for more details and the Intent to Enter form.
Pop-Ups for Beginners
A workshop with book artist Shawn Sheehy
September 11, 2010
10:00am-5:00pm
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
More information on the Southeast Chapter website
Blind Tooling and Panel Design
A workshop with Tom Conroy
September 24-25th, 2010
9:30am-5:30pm
Gladys Brooks Book and Paper
Conservation Laboratory,
The New York Academy of Medicine, NYC, NY
More information on the New York Chapter website
Dominic Riley: Artist Talk
October 21, 2010
6:00pm-8:00pm
North Bennet Street School,
Boston, MA
More information on the New England Chapter website
Exploring Himalayan Papers and Books
A workshop with Jim Canary
October 23 - 24, 2010
10:00am-5:00pm
Portland, Oregon
More information on the Northwest Chapter website
Medieval Stampers: Construction and Use in Pulp Preparation for Hand Papermaking
A lecture by Jacques Brejoux
October 29, 2010
5:30pm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information on the Potomac Chapter website
Paper Cased Book Structures Employing Multi-ply Papers
A workshop with
Nadine Dumain
October 30, 2010
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information on the Potomac Chapter website
"Lost on the Titanic": The Making of the Great Omar
A lecture by Dominic Riley
November 5, 2010
5:30pm: wine and snacks; 6:00pm: lecture
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information on the Potomac Chapter website
Pastepapers Old and New
A workshop
with Michael Burke
November 6 - 7, 2010
9am - 5pm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information on the Potomac Chapter website
Cloth & Leather Binding Restoration
A workshop with Don Etherington
November 13, 2010
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Milner Library - Illinois State University,
Normal, IL
More information on the Midwest Chapter website
Flag Books: Interplay of Image and Text
A workshop with Karen Hanmer
November 20-21 2010
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Woodruff Library, Emory University, Decatur GA
More information
on the Southeast Chapter website
Islamic Bindings: A Conservator’s Perspective on Form and Function
An illustrated lecture by Katherine Beaty
December 2, 2010
4:00 – 5:00 PM (reception following)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, NY
Space limited, please RSVP
Islamic Bookbinding
A workshop with Katherine Beaty
December 3-5, 2010
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Gladys Brooks Book and Paper Conservation Laboratory, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information on the New York Chapter website
Potomac Chapter Annual Meeting and Holiday Party
December 16, 2010
5:30 pm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information on the Potomac Chapter website
Longstitch Book with Decorated Fore-edge Flap
A workshop with Tish Brewer
January 29, 2011
10 am - 4 pm
At the artists's studio, Dallas, TX
More information on the Lonestar Chapter website
Satisfying an Appetite for Books: Innovation, Production, and Modernization in Later Islamic Bookbinding
A lecture with Jake Benson
February 4, 2011
6:30 pm
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
Leather-Edged Islamic Binding
A workshop with Jake Benson
February 5, 2011
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
New Views: Reception for the Midwest Chapter's Members Exhibition
Featuring a talk by Pati Scobey at 2:00 pm
February 19, 2011
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Special Collections Reading Room, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
More information at MSU's website
Washing and Drying Paper: Single Sheets and Texblocks
A workshop with Renate Mesmer
February 26-27, 2011
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website.
Tour of Sheridan Libraries Department of Conservation and Preservation
With hosts Sonja Jordan Mowery and Bill Minter
March 18, 2011 (NEW DATE - after NARA conference)
4:30 pm
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
Adhesive Workshop
A workshop with Tish Brewer
April 2, 2011
10 am – 4 pm
At the artists's studio, Dallas, TX
More information on the Lonestar Chapter website
Lacing and Tacketing
A workshop with Chela Metzger
April 2 - 3, 2011
9:00 am - 4:0 0pm
Woodruf Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
More information at the Southeast Chapter website
Tour of Rare Book room at the Museum of Natural History
With host Leslie K. Overstreet
April 13, 2011
5:00 pm
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
New Views: Recent work by members of the Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers
October 2010 – May 2011
Illinois State University, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Michigan State University, and Iowa State University
An Introduction to Wire-Edge and Gutter-Wire Bindings
A workshop with Graham Watson
April 16-17, 2011
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
The Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
More information at the Delaware Valley Chapter website.
Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting
Including a workshop on American Scaleboard Bindings with Julia Miller
April 29 - May 1, 2011
More information at the
Midwest Chapter website.
Blind Tooling on Leather
A workshop with Frank Mowery
May 14, 2011
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
Limp Vellum Bindings
A workshop with Pamela Barrios
May 21-22, 2011
Los Angeles, CA
More information at the California Chapter website.
Flag Books: Interplay of Image and Text
Workshop with Karen Hanmer
June 11 - 12, 2011
9:00 am - 4:00pm
Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
More information at the Southeast Chapter website
Studio Day
Work on your own project with host Renate Mesmer
July 16, 2011
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
The Thread that Binds
2011 Exhibition of Fine Bindings presented by the Lone Star Chapter
June 3 - August 12, 201
The DeGolyer Library, Dallas, TX
Potomac Chapter Annual Summer Party
August 13, 2011
5:00 - 10:00 pm
Silver Spring, MD
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
My Experience Working at Etherington Conservation Services
A lecture with Bryan L. W. Draper
Also a tour of the new conservation lab at University of Maryland
September 17, 2011
3:00 pm
Hornbake Library, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
Drawn Lettering: A Workshop in Typography
A workshop with Peter Bain
September 17 - 18, 2011
Columbus, MS
More information on the Southeast Chapter website
American Scaleboard Bindings: Not Just Another Beautiful Book
A lecture by Julia Miller
September 21, 2011
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The New York Academy of Medicine
The Glazier Codex – PML MS. 67
A Workshop with Julia Miller
September 22 - 24, 2011
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website.
Horizon
The 2012-2014 GBW Traveling Exhibition
Intent to Enter form available online from August 1 - September 30, 2011. For more information see the Exhibits page.
Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding
October 6 - 8, 2011
Boston, MA
More information on the Standards page
The Mechanics of Movables
A workshop with Shawn Sheehy
October 22 - 23, 2011
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR
More information at the Northwest Chapter website.
deFINEd BINDINGS
26 Bindings of the Pictorial Webster's Dictionary
October 5 - 29, 2011
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Opening reception: October 7th, 6:30-8:30 pm
More information on the New England Chapter website
A Hop-on, Hop-off Tool-making Extravaganza
A workshop with Jim Croft
November 4-5, 2011
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website
Tips and Tricks for Book and Paper Conservation
A workshop with Renate Mesmer
November 5 - 6, 2011
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
Large Pages into Small Spaces
A workshop withPam Spitzmueller
November 5 - 6, 2011
More information at the Delaware Valley Chapter website
First Annual Holiday Flea Market
November 19, 2011
12 pm - 5 pm
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
More information at the New York Chapter website
Potomac Chapter Annual Meeting and Holiday Party
December 15, 2011
Time and location to be announced
More information at the Potomac Chapter website.
Computer Basics: Preparing Images for Your Artists’ or Photography Book
A lecture by Richard Troncone
December 17, 2011
10 am - 12:30 pm
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
More information at the California Chapter website.