
Upcoming Book Arts Programs at the Virginia Center for the Book
The Book Arts Program at the Virginia Center for the Book offers a full schedule of classes and workshops in the arts and crafts of bookmaking.Here’s the complete listing of …

Get to know Route 1 Reads author Brian Noyes
As summer gets underway, Route 1 Reads is here to help kickstart your summer reading! A road trip-inspired reading list from state Centers for the Book along Route 1, this …

Scavenger Hunt – Finding Wisdom
Join Virginia Festival of the Book (@VaBookFest), on a social media scavenger hunt! On your journey, you will learn a few words of wisdom that the Charlottesville and greater Albemarle …

Member Exhibit: Veronica Jackson at Riverviews Artspace in February
We are excited to share the news of a Book Arts member’s first solo exhibit as a visual artist. Veronica Jackson was selected as the Emerging Artist for the month …

Finding Wisdom: Community Printmaking and Programs
Everyone in the Charlottesville-Albemarle community is invited to participate in this collaborative public art project with visiting printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., our inaugural Frank Riccio Artist in Residence. Finding …

COVER STORY: Book Recovery Lives!
Virginia Center for the Book is pleased to announce…the winners and unveiled entrants for our contest and exhibition, Cover Story. You remember the challenge, right? Re-cover (or even rebind) a …

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 …

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 …

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), …