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The Center for Book Arts
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support the CBA
There are many benefits to membership in The Center for
Book Arts. Scroll down the page or click the link to read about our membership
categories.
In order to continue mounting outstanding
exhibitions, publish the finest artist's
books, broadsides,
chapbooks,
and exhibition
catalogs, and provide services
to both emerging and established artists, we depend on your financial support.
Thirty years ago we established an art center devoted to books as aesthetic
objects, and our model has been copied by organizations across this country and
abroad. We now have a Book Art Movement. Please help us continue to
advance the art of the book in our fourth decade! In an era of declining public
support for the arts, your contribution is more important than ever.
Center for Book Arts, Incorporated 1974 is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
contribution
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by phone
Please call (212) 481-0295.
online
enter the amount:
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by mail
Send a check to:
The Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
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You will be able to be able to change your selection when you view your order.
We accept Visa and MasterCard online and by phone. We will send you an e-mail confirmation and a paper thank you letter for your tax records.
membership
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by phone
Please call (212) 481-0295.
online
To join the Center for Book Arts, or to renew your membership, click any "join"
button for one year at that membership level.
You can enter any number of years in the box if you would like to
purchase a longer-term membership.
You will be able to change your selection when you view your order.
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by mail
Send check
and completed application to:
The Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
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ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
- Associate members receive discounts on the Center’s courses ($25 off classes $300 and above, $15 off all other classes) and discounts on studio rental
- Discounted admission to all lectures with guest artists
- Discounts at the following Manhattan art supply retailers: 10% at New York Central Art Supply, The Art Store and A.I. Friedman, and 40% at Design Partners
- Receive course catalogs and invitations to opening receptions and other special events at the Center.
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FRIEND
- All of the above benefits
- A special item printed in the Jane Mead Timken Printshop
- Free admission to all lectures with guest artists and poetry readings.
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PATRON
- All of the above benefits
- A limited letterpress printed item such as an apron, T-shirt, or broadside printed in the Jane Mead Timken Printshop
- An exhibition catalogue from one of the Center’s historical exhibitions.
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SUPPORTER
- All of the above benefits
- A limited edition print by one of the Center’s Workspace Artists-in-Residence
- Special invitations to all exclusive gatherings.
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SUSTAINER
- All of the above benefits
- A beautifully handmade item produced at the Center, such as a leather journal, photo album, or box of letterpress printed notecards.
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BENEFACTOR
- All of the above benefits
- A handmade portfolio containing the complete set of limited edition broadsides from the Center Broadsides Reading Series, letterpress printed at the Center and signed by each author.
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MASTER BENEFACTOR
- Master Benefactor members receive all the benefits described above
- One copy of a hand-bound limited edition artist’s book produced by a guest artist at the Center.
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For friend members and higher: the amount of your contribution that is tax deductible is limited to the excess of the amount over the value of any premiums or discounts you receive as a membership benefit. If you wish to waive receipt of any benefits offered, please inform us in writing of this request when you join.
special categories of membership
ARTIST MEMBERSHIP: SEE ABOVE FOR DUES
Book artists can join at any of the above levels and receive all the benefits of their membership category, in addition to the benefits for Artist members. Artist members are included in our Artist Member Slide Registry, which is used as a resource by writers, curators, educators, critics and many others. Artist members also have the opportunity to submit works for the annual Artist Members’ Exhibition, as well as to be a Featured Artist in The Center for Book Arts Gallery. Please call or email the Center if you would like to receive an application for Artist Membership.
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP: SPECIAL RATE OF $35, LIMITED TO TWO YEARS
Students receive same benefits as Associate Membership. A copy of a valid student ID must be submitted with the application form. This level of membership has a two-year restriction.
INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER: ANY CATEGORY AT OR ABOVE $100
Institutions may join at $100 Friend and above levels and will receive all checklists/catalogues from each of the Center’s exhibitions during the year of their membership, in addition to the benefits of their membership category. Institutional membership is only available to non-profit, educational and research institutions.
CORPORATE MEMBER: ANY CATEGORY AT OR ABOVE $500
Corporations may join at the $500 Supporter and above levels and will receive acknowledgement in the Center's catalog of courses and on our website, invitations to all of our special events, and, according to the category, a set number of associate memberships for employees including discounts on tuition and rentals at stores, in addition to the benefits of the membership category. Contact the Center for more information about Corporate Membership.
BOOK ARTIST SLIDE REGISTRY
The Center for Book Arts maintains a slide file containing slides and photographs of bookworks created by the Center's artist members along with biographical information, resumes, writings and articles on exhibitions. The file is available to curators, teachers, researchers, students, writers, and artists. To view slides please make an appointment in advance.
WORKSPACE & STUDIO RENTAL PROGRAM
The Center provides artists with low-cost workspace in our hand bindery and letterpress printshop facilities. This fully-equipped workshop allows artists to use special bookmaking tools and unique machinery that most would not have access to otherwise. The Center's facility includes a foundry type letterpress printshop with four Vandercook proof presses, a Charles Brand etching press, a 19th Century Washington hand press and several Peerless platen (clamshell) presses.
Bindery equipment includes a 36" power paper cutter, two board shears, a hot stamping press, three
large standing presses, lying presses, and numerous nipping presses and sewing frames. Students and
artists interested in working on their book projects can rent workspace at the Center and have access
to this binding and printing equipment. Members pay only $15 per hour and non-members pay $25 per
hour. Users of the printing presses, guillotine or hot stamping press must demonstrate a knowledge
of the machine's proper operation. The Center also offers members use of the workspace by the month
for $300, which allows unlimited usage during regular hours and includes a shelf for the storage of
materials and works in progress. Monthly renters can also apply for after-hours access to the
facility. For more information
about workspace rentals contact the Center.
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