NewsVirginia Center for the Book: Book Arts Membership 2023-2024
Book Arts memberships are open for July 2023 through June 2024! For the first time, we’re offering multiple levels of membership ranging $50-325/year.
News2023 Annual Members Project Rivanna Reconnaissance
As a result of profound climate change, newly revealed archaeological and paleontological finds are surfacing along the banks of the Rivanna River. We are creating a scientific field journal cataloging these incidences in a fictional case study. Lost treasures unearthed, lost landscapes exposed, lost life forms revealed or revived, lost memories recovered – we are moved by these unexpected finds. Our fictional field journal will contain many examples of these newly uncovered discoveries.
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Most Wednesday evenings folks interested in various aspects of printing and the book arts gather at the Center for an informal session of sharing their craft.Please see our Classes and …
NewsSaints Alive! A Collection of Gratitude by Members of the Virginia Center for the Book
Saints Alive! is a collection of storied art to acknowledge whoever or whatever helped its contributing visual artists cope during the pandemic. Blending the sacred and the secular—inspired by European and Near Eastern iconographic symbols, Mexican ex-votos, and Peruvian retablos—this collection brings together the work of Virginia Center for the Book member artists.
NewsGreat Reads 2023
The Virginia Center for the Book is one of 56 Centers for the Book across the country affiliated with the Library of Congress. Each year the local center for the book or …
NewsResilience and renewal. Freedom and familial ties.
Reflections on Juneteenth from Center for the Book director Kalela Williams.
NewsAAPI Heritage Month Reading Recommendations
Emma Ito, director of education at Virginia Humanities, shares her reading recommendations for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
News2023 Festival of the Book: Demonstrating the Art & Craft of Bookmaking
In conjunction with the 2023 Festival of the Book, our Book Arts members offered public demonstrations at the Center for the Book and the Omni Hotel. On Friday, March 24, …
NewsFive Questions with Kalela Williams
The new director of the Virginia Center for the Book talks about her return to Virginia, how she’s putting her unique spin on the Festival of the Book, and (of course) her cats.
NewsKalela Williams Named New Director of Virginia’s Center for the Book
Virginia Humanities announced today that Kalela Williams is serving as the new Director of the Virginia Center for the Book. The Virginia Center for the Book, an affiliate of the …
NewsGreat Reads 2022
Each year, as students enjoy their summer school breaks, the National Book Festival’s Great Reads List for kids shares stories representing each state’s literary heritage. The Great Reads list includes …
NewsRoute 1 Reads
As summer travel gets underway, Route 1 Reads has some suggestions to kickstart your summer reading! Route 1 Reads is a road trip-inspired reading list from state Centers for the Book along …
NewsNicole Delgado Named as the Next Riccio Artist-in-Residence
The Virginia Center for the Book is pleased to announce the 2022 Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence: Puerto Rican poet, book artist, and small-press publisher Nicole Delgado.
NewsQuaranta: The Spaces of Quarantine
We are revisiting & reimagining Quaranta!Participation is Open to Anyone and Everyone. What many of us once saw as a pandemic with a possible timeline has emerged as “the age …
