Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month - Studio Tours

Here's a great way to spend the weekend!

Northwest Book Artists and SCBA supporters Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring will have their studios open for the tour....among many other fabulous local artists.


Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month
Studio Tours
November 7 & 8, 2009
10 am - 4 pm

39 locations around Tacoma 2009 marks the 8th anniversary of the Art at Work studio tours, featuring 75 artists and collective studios! The tours allow the general public the opportunity to see the spaces in and tools with which local artists create their work. It is also a chance to watch demonstrations, ask artists questions, purchase one-of-a-kind creations and, in some cases, even try your hand at creating your own masterpiece.

Studio Tour brochure (PDF)
Studio Tour schedule (PDF)
Studio Tour map (PDF)

You can also pick up a copy of the Art at Work brochure, which contains all of the above Studio Tour information, at many cultural locations around Tacoma.

View the 2009 Studio Tour participants here.

Calling all postcards!

I know I have a drawer full of postcards.... maybe you do to...?


The Lab's Postcard Show 13 (in San Francisco)

SUBMISSIONS
Special Call for Entries: Postcard Show Postcard 2009 Form
FEE: $10 a box | DROP OFF DATES: November 20 & 21 from 1-6pm
(shipped work must be RECEIVED by November 17)
Many other important details revealed in PDF! Please download.

The 13th Annual Small Format Art Sale featuring the Museum of Pocket Art in the Front Gallery

Lab Members Preview Reception: Friday, Dec 4, 2009: 5-6pm
Opening Reception: Friday, Dec 4, 2009: 6-9pm
Sale continues: Saturday, December 5 & Sunday, December 6: 1-6pm
Free admission

The Lab celebrates its 25th year, and is pleased to announce the 13th annual Postcard Show. Everyone is invited to contribute a set of small format multiples -- whether that be a series of hand-made paintings or objects, or production run postcards. They're challenging artists to find new, exciting ways to use the postcard theme, and then from December 4 through 6, they'll open their gallery as a cabinet of curiosities, inviting viewers and buyers to experience the richness of the local arts community.

They believe that collecting engaging, high-quality, beautiful artwork should be accessible to everyone.

This year, the Museum of Pocket Art will be exhibiting in the Front Gallery, local DJs will play short sets during the reception on Friday, and on Saturday and Sunday a rotating lineup of local performers will busk for your entertainment.

Fixed-price work will be available for $1 to $50 (cash, checks, VISA or MasterCard accepted).
(50% commission to the artist, 50% to The Lab)

The Lab : 2948 16th Street · San Francisco CA 94103 · 415.864.8855 ·
Hours: Wed-Sat 1-6pm during exhibitions

Between the Folds

Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? Meet a determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders. Together they reinterpret the world in paper, creating a wild mix of sensibilities towards art, science, creativity, and meaning.

This fabulous looking documentary will be shown on PBS in December. But we can see it first and free in both Seattle and Tacoma!

For more info on when and where, go HERE
More film info go HERE

PS - I've RSVPed for myself plus 9!

Saturday November 21, 2009 3:30pm to 5:30pm (film + discussion)

So anyone who wants to go with me ..... janet@seattlebookarts.org

Ticket, Ticket, Who Needs a Ticket!

Planning to attend SCBA's Accordion-A-Thon on Saturday 10/17?

Waiting to buy your ticket at the door?

Here are two reasons to buy your tickets today:
(or at least by Thursday 10/15)

1. Each ticket purchased online by Thursday 10/15 will enter you into a raffle to win either:

A) A Free SCBA Workshop!
or
B) An iPod Touch (like the iPhone, but without the phone part)

2. Streamline your way through check-in and be assured entry
(a limited number of tickets will be available at the door)

We look forward to seeing you there!

"Accordion-a-thon" Seattle's Book Arts Party!

Seattle Center for Book Arts

invites you to attend the

3rd Annual Accordion-a-thon: Seattle's Book Arts Party!

Saturday, October 17, 2009
7-10 pm
Pratt Fine Arts Center's Print Studio
1902 South Main Street
Seattle, Washington 98144

Tickets: $15 ea, or 2 for $25;
Children 12 and under $10
click to purchase tickets

Join Seattle Center for Book Arts for the 2009 Accordion-a-thon,
an all-ages celebration of Northwest book arts!

* Enjoy yummy food & beverages
* Bid on fabulous silent auction items
* Learn how to make an acccordion book
* Pull your very own letterpress print
* Delight in the accordion music of Hell's Bellows
* Mingle with book makers and book lovers!


Accordion-a-thon's fundraising highlights include
a silent auction with artwork by:

Caryn Badgett · Dana Bettinger · Anne Bingham · Maggie Booth
Diem Chau · Jenny Craig · Kim Doyle · Gin Flynn · Heather Foster
Desiree Haigh · Lisa Hasegawa · Ellie Honl · Lynne Kelly · Nikki McClure
Carl Montford · Nelleke Nix · Chandler O'Leary · K.C. Potter de Haan
Lark Preyapongpisan · Maggie Roberts · Liz Sheets · Larry Sommers
Jessica Spring · Tyler Stout · Mark Sullo · Kim van Someren
Shannon Welles · Jessica White · and many more!


SCBA is also proud to feature an array of in-kind donations
from local businesses. To date, donors include:

Bluebottle Gallery · Book Arts Guild · BuyOlympia.com
Cornish College for the Arts · Decode Books · Henry Art Gallery
Hugo House · King's Books · The Market Foundation
Pacific Science Center · The Paper Source · Redhook Brewery
Victrola Coffee Roasters · Seattle Art Museum · Seattle Theater Group
Tributary Books · Washington Ensemble Theater
Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers


SCBA's 2009 Special Edition Print by Carl Montford will be available for purchase, along with a preview of our 2010 collaborative print by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring. Enjoy a special discounted price on these limited edition prints during the party!

All proceeds of this fundraiser will benefit SCBA's community outreach activities and student scholarships, as well as assist SCBA in funding a permanent center location.

Reserve your tickets today!

A limited number of tickets will also be available at the door.

Unable to attend the Accordion-a-thon?

Help us work towards establishing a center dedicated to book arts in the Northwest!

DONATE NOW!

Seattle Center for Book Arts
P.O. Box 4037
Seattle, Washington 98104
w: www.seattlebookarts.org
e: info@seattlebookarts.org

Pictorial Webster's

A friend sent this video to me, and I thought is was worth sharing this amazing project:

Pictorial Webster's: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.

To find our more about John Carrera, Pictorial Webster's or Quercus Press, visit: www.quercuspress.com

Two Fine Chaps

I have begun to follow two new artists Tom Biby and Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, also known as Two Fine Chaps. They have a new book out that you can find at 23 Sandy, a gallery in Portland, Oregon (or online at twofinechaps.com). It's a beautiful accordion style structure illustrating the final chapter of Moby Dick. Talk about epic! The illustration to the right is of The Clockmaker's Joy, a cautionary tale. Check 'em out.