EventThe Masked Ball – Return of the Raucous Auction Live Event Nov. 4!
Friends, we are happy to celebrate an in-person return of our annual Raucous Auction–The Masked Ball–on November 4th at 5:30 PM! Our month-long, 25th anniversary-inspired exhibition will culminate in a live event, held in the Lemon Lounge of Virginia Humanities’ new HQ!
NewsGiving Opportunity: Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence
The Virginia Center for the Book—a program of Virginia Humanities—has announced the Frank Riccio Fund to support programming around an annual visiting book artist: the Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence. The fund …
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 …
News2020 Book Center’s Member Project is NOW the Quaranta Art Project
We are redirecting our member’s collaborative project energies towards our Quaranta Art Project On April 20, 2020, Bonnie Bernstein (Member’s Project co-leader) wrote: Hello, friends. I am writing on behalf …
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 …
EventBookmaking Workshop: Cut Books and More
Workshop: Cut Books and More with Béatrice Coron Saturday, November 9, 2019 (10 AM – 5:00 PM) This workshop is UVa Education Benefit Eligible* Express yourself! Join an intense multi-medium workshop …
EventBook Artist Speakers Series: Béatrice Coron
Join us for a very special late afternoon presentation… Béatrice Coron: Book Shelves to Cat Walk Saturday, November 9, 2019, at 5:30 PM The event is free, BUT as space …
EventBook Arts Workshop: Medieval Style Binding
Workshop: Medieval Style Binding with Ginna Cullen Saturday, December 7, 2019 (10 AM – 4:00 PM) Participants will make a leather journal that is assembled using one piece of leather folded …
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 …
EventArtist’s Book Talk: Robert Schultz – War Memoranda
Join book artist Robert Schultz 7 PM on Friday, March 1 at the Virginia Center for the Book for a presentation on his latest project: War Memoranda: Photography, Walt Whitman, and …
Event2nd Saturday Bookbinding Workshop: Folded Structures
2nd Saturday Bookbinding Workshop Folded Structures with Lyall Harris Saturday, September 8, 2018 12 Noon – 3:00 PM In book art books, the structure of the book is a component, …
