February 2011 Blog Posts (12)

Another book related post on my ArtSmartTalk blog - this time about the Shahnama, the ancient Persian epic bristling with brave Kings, heroic deeds, fierce demons, and mythic battles. The focus is on a show in New York at the Asia Society, where an edition from the 14th century is on display - recently unbound, conserved, and shown as a whole in the U.S. for the first time. The marvels of Persian illustration are on full display - magnificent craftsmanship, tiny delicate renderings of…

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Dear friends of the PCA,

To coincide with the June Issue of IMPRINT, which is themed ‘Artists Books’, The Print Council of Australia is encouraging its members and friends to produce zines in an enormous random zine exchange.…

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The Alabama Center for the Book now has a Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alabama-Center-for-the-Book/122264854511338) and blog (http://alcenterforthebook.wordpress.com/). The blog features a variety of resources for book arts including an RSS feed (on the right hand side of the page) that offers a fairly…

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The State Library of Victoria has announced that it will host a major exhibition of Persian books from the Bodleian Libraries in March 2012. Read an article about it…

Booker's Dozen 2011 Schedule







Late Jan-Feb: City of Moscow Third Street Gallery



March: Moscow Junior High Library



April: University of Idaho Library



May: Coeur d'Alene Public Library



June: Mountain Home Public Library



July: Ada Community Library



Aug: Boise Public Library



Sept: College of Southern Idaho Library



Oct: Magic Valley Arts Council



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Artist’s Book Yearbook 2012 - 2013

Publication date: Autumn 2011

Yes, it is that time again already!

Artists, publishers, bookshops, galleries, libraries, organisations, institutions, centres, studios, presses, etc. can list their relevant artworks, books or services in the next issue of the Artist’s…

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Bookbinding for beginners - Led by Tom Sowden

5-week evening class commencing Tuesday 3rd May 2011

An introduction to bookbinding covering 5 different techniques from a simple pamphlet stitch and Japanese stab-bound books, through to long stitch, the French sewn flatback, and perfect binding. The course fee covers all basic materials, tea and…

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The State Library of Victoria is currently calling for applications for its Creative Fellowships - previus Fellows have included artist book artists Peter Lyssiotis, Bruno Leti as well as curators, artists and art historians. For more details about the Fellowships…

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The new Bonefolder EXTRAS blog has a report on the impact of the Queensland floods upon artists books creators, collections and organisations. You can find it here.

The Australian Book Arts Journal website is up and running!!!  If you'd like to contribute your work, or write for the journal, please don't hesitate to contact the Publisher.  The themes for the rest of this year are: Paper:the connecting thread, 3D and Sculpted and Black, White and Red (read) all over!  linda@australianbookartsjournal.com  Website:…

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Calling for entries  of images from artists for Men of the Book, the fourth issue of the Australian Book Arts Journal.  ALL Australian male artists are invited to submit their work to be placed in the colour, back inside cover of the journal.   Deadline Feb 15th.  JPGS please of high resolution.  Caption required.  Please email linda@australianbookartsjournal asap!