As part of the 2023 Virginia Festival of the Book, stop by to watch members of the Center for the Book demonstrate the art and craft of bookmaking, and try your hand at a few easy-to-learn crafts. The Book Arts Center is located on the first floor of the Jefferson School City Center.
EventBe a part of our spirited annual event that supports our Book Arts Studio, our Virginia Festival of the Book, and other programs and events throughout the Commonwealth!
EventA Constellation of Blackness: Rendering Invisibility, Hypervisibility, Devaluation, and Triumph An Artist’s Talk with Veronica Jackson 6:00 PM, Friday, October 13, 2023, at the Virginia Center for the Book
EventTwo Standalone Workshops on Saturdays – November 04, and November 18, 2023 Join book artist Josef Beery for a fun session of printing on a BookBeetle Press and hand binding with paste and scissors to create a unique artists’ book of beasts—an Alphabestiary! The class is intended for students in grades 2, 3, and 4. Each student will leave with their own copy of the Alphabestiary.
Virginia Center for the Book
946 Grady Ave. Ste. 100
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-3296
Book Arts Shop
at the Jefferson School
233 4th Street NW
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 882-4127