NewsBefore We Forget with Lyall Harris and Patricia Silva
A Shelf Life Zoom and Streamed PresentationThis video presentation is now available, archived at: https://www.facebook.com/vabookfest/videos/336333474204320 Lyall Harris and Patricia Silva discussed Patricia’s 2020 pandemic project Before We Forget, hand-bound journals …
NewsSHELF LIFE: St Brigid Press with Emily Hancock and Kristin Adolfson
A Shelf Life Zoom and Streamed PresentationThis video presentation is now available, archived at: https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaCenterForTheBook/videos/297255401699373/ In this interview by Kristin Adolfson, Emily Hancock of St Brigid Press takes us on a tour of her letterpress print shop, …
News2020 Great Reads: The Undefeated
Every year, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress features a book from each of the affiliate Centers for the Book, creating an annual list of Great Reads. …
NewsEngaging students with diverse books while schools are closed
While public schools across Virginia remain closed in response to COVID-19, the Virginia Center for the Book is working to ensure that students have access to diverse books…
NewsVirginia Center for the Book (JSCC Location): COVID-19 Suspension of Classes, Workshops and Group Activities
As a program of Virginia Humanities, we are affiliated with the University of Virginia (UVA) and will be following all UVA policies and procedures related to the coronavirus. As well as following …
NewsVoice-Overs: Writers and artists to respond to the public landscape
A call for works of verbal and visual art in broadsides and posters that reframe narratives of Virginia’s past in addressing the present-day challenges of sexism, racism, and bias, especially …
NewsLetterpress Core Skills Workshops
Our multi-session, signature typesetting, and press usage class feature the printing of broadsides and other ephemera. During these hands-on sessions, we explore the art and craft of typesetting and letterpress …
NewsBookbinding Core Skills Workshops
Bookbinding Core Skills Workshop SeriesUVa Education Benefit Eligible* This four-part Bookbinding Core Series prepares participants to undertake a wide range of projects and additional classes in intermediate and advanced bookbinding …
NewsWhere I’m From: Make your own zine at home
Looking for a project to keep your kids busy while schools are closed in response to COVID-19? Or maybe you just want a fun distraction for yourself while you’re social distancing?
NewsCollage Workshop for Bookmakers (coming this Fall!.. date TBD)
This workshop will engage in mixed media applications of collage in combination with drawing, painting, and/or various adhesive techniques that can be utilized in the bookmaking process by means of …
News20/20 Vision: 2020 Member’s Project Effort Redirected
As of April 20, 2020, we refocused efforts on our member’s collaborative project toward the Quaranta Art Project Members of the Virginia Center for the Book’s book arts program first …
News2019 Annual Member’s Project: Uncharted (Unfounded/Unmoored)
2019 Annual Member’s Project – Uncharted (Unfounded/Unmoored) (Specs Updated 10/03/2019) Milestones w/approx. dates June 20: Project Launch (Participants begin to plan their map) July 1: Participants submit their rough designs …
NewsAnnouncing the Book Artist Speakers Series!
Don’t miss these inspiring book artists from across the country…
NewsUNCHARTED: 2019 Collaborative Project “We’ve Arrived!”
How do we explore the most complex experiences? find a way to understand or believe in the midst of the unknowable? catch signs of clarity amid confusion or dissonance? can …
