A program of Virginia Humanities
The Virginia Center for the Book—a program of Virginia Humanities—announces the Frank Riccio Fund to support programming around an annual visiting book artist: the Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence. The fund will… Read More»
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… Read More»
Interested in constructing a beautiful slipcase to “house” a favorite book or set of books? Participants in this class will build one slipcase in class and learn to adapt the… Read More»
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,… Read More»
Hurricane Florence intervened! Expecting a wet weekend, we’ve rescheduled Wayzgoose to Saturday, Sept 22. Members and friends of the Virginia Center for Book come together annually for the printer’s holiday of Wayzgoose,… Read More»
The Virginia Center for the Book’s Annual Members Project Bird Talk “took flight” on November 14, 2018, during our Annual Raucous Auction. Auction guests got a gander at the first of the completed editions of… Read More»
We invite you to join us for Block Night. Block Night is an opportunity for Book Center members and artists to come to hang out, talk shop, and generally commiserate.… Read More»
This has been a year of change for the Book Arts program, as we’ve recently moved from the Virginia Arts of the Book Center to the Virginia Center for the Book at… Read More»
Our book arts program made some big decisions in 2018… not the least of which was to change our name as we changed our address. Farewell, VABC… and hello Virginia… Read More»
The Virginia Center for the Book’s 2018 Annual Members Project Bird Talk “took flight” this past Tuesday, May 15 at 6:00 PM. Members wanting to “join the flock” (receive project updates and/or register… Read More»
Each March, the annual Festival brings together readers and writers for a five-day program of mostly free programs, including readings, signings, panels, children’s storytimes, and more. Learn more »