COVER STORY: Book Recovery Lives!
Virginia Center for the Book is pleased to announce…the entries for our contest and exhibition, Cover Story. You remember the challenge, right? Re-cover (or even rebind) a book, any book,… Read More»
COVER STORY: Book Recovery Contest
Calling all book artists! Cover a book and document your work for this juried contest with $400 in cash prizes…
You’re Invited: Block Night Redux
Beginning July 11, 2018, we invite you to take part in the newest iteration of Block Night. Block Night is an opportunity for Book Center members and artists to come… Read More»
The VABC Years: A Photo Essay
Our book arts program made some big decisions in 2018… not the least of which was to change our name as we changed our address. Farewell, VABC… and hello Virginia… Read More»
Book Arts Membership: Renew Our Center’s Promise
This has been a year of change for the Book Arts program, as we’ve recently moved from the Virginia Arts of the Book Center to the Virginia Center for the Book at… Read More»
2018 Annual Member’s Project: Bird Talk
The Virginia Center for the Book’s 2018 Annual Members Project Bird Talk “took flight” this past Tuesday, May 15 at 6:00 PM. Members wanting to “join the flock” (receive project updates and/or register… Read More»
Tracey Livesay selected for 2018 Route One Reads
For the fourth consecutive year, the Virginia Center for the Book will participate in Route One Reads, a roadtrip-inspired reading list that explores various genres through the network of state Center for the Book affiliates located along Route 1…
COVER STORY: Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon by James Sullivan
Recovered by BINDER #9 Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon by James Sullivan Gotham Books, Penguin (2006) Artist’s Statement: This journalistic sojourn into the history of jeans caught… Read More»
COVER STORY CONTEST: Poetry, Language, Thought by Martin Heidegger
Recovered by BINDER #8 Poetry, Language, Thought by Martin Heidegger (tr. Albert Hofstadter) Heidegger (1971), First Perennial Classics Edition (2001) Artist’s Statement: Highly influential essays originating in a close study… Read More»
COVER STORY CONTEST: The Orb Weaver by Robert Francis
Recovered by BINDER #7 The Orb Weaver by Robert Francis Wesleyan University Press, Third printing: 1967 (first printed in 1960) Artist’s Statement: I recently discovered the poetry of Robert Francis (1901-1987),… Read More»
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