classes

  

The Center for Book Arts' Education Program strives to engage a wide audience, providing beginning students and professional artists alike with a comprehensive and technically challenging curriculum. In addition to foundation coursework in letterpress printing and bookbinding, we provide structured opportunities for working artists from other media to expand their creative practice in bookmaking.

The Center for Book Arts is proud to announce a new comprehensive certificate program in the book arts. For students who wish to fully immerse themselves in the study of book arts, we have created a structured program which encourages the in-depth study and creation of the art of the book.You can learn more about the program here.

Registration Details:

Registration begins immediately and continues throughout the semester. You are strongly encouraged to register early, as class size is limited and instructors often need to prepare in advance. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. In order to allow instructors adequate time to prepare workshop materials, please register at least two weeks in advance of the workshop.

You may register in person, by phone, or online. Please note that we cannot reserve your place in a class without having received full payment via credit card or check. Tuition payments will be proccesed as soon as a class has met its minumum enrollment. We will hold your payment if a class is under enrolled until it has met its minimum enrollment.

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solvents in use

Classes in the printshop use citrus-based solvents. The Center's classes are not suitable for pregnant women or those with a sensitivity to solvents.




weekdays in the bindery
Class size is limited to eight students.
* Spring Intensive-Full Session CBA Staff May 4 - 12
* Spring Intensive-Pamphlet and Variations Barbara Mauriello May 6 - 7
Bookbinding I Shanna Yarbrough section 1: May 20 - 24
Bookbinding for Artists Barbara Mauriello Jun 10 - 14
Bookbinding I Lee Marchalonis section 4: Jul 22 - 26

weekends in the bindery
Class size is limited to ten students.
Italic Calligraphy Karen Gorst May 18 - 19
Leather a la Mode Shanna Yarbrough Jun 1 - 2
* Natural Dyeing for Book Artists Natalie Stopka Jun 1
Crafting a Narrative: A Focus on Fiber Iviva Olenick Jun 8 - 9
* Suminagashi Paper and Toolbox Yukari Hayashida Jun 8 - 9
Four Fantastic Folds Alice Austin Jun 15
* Book, Box, Cloth Benjamin Reynaert Jun 15 - 16
Hot Stamping and Guillotine Training for Binders CBA Staff Jun 16
* Flourishing Copperplate Calligraphy Karen Gorst Jun 22 - 23
Conservation Enclosures Maria Pisano Jun 22 - 23
* Protect and Cover! An Introduction to Boxmaking Lee Marchalonis Jun 29 - 30
Magic Books, Or Now You See It, Now You Don't Emily Martin Jun 29 - 30
Paper Marbling Lauren Rowland Jul 13 - 14
Tunnel Books Maria Pisano Jul 20
* Pop-Ups for Miniature Books Shawn Sheehy Jul 27 - 28
Bookbinding for Teachers Jennifer Verbit Aug 3

weeknights in the bindery
Class size is limited to eight students.
Bookbinding I Celine Lombardi section 3: May 14 - Jul  16
Bookbinding I Nancy Loeber section 2: Jun 3 - Aug  5
* French Groove Susan Mills Jun 24 - 27

weekdays in the printshop
Class size is limited to eight students.
* Spring Intensive-Lino Prints Barbara Henry May 8 - 10
Letterpress II Barbara Henry Jun 3 - 7
Letterpress I: Hand Typesetting Roni Gross Jun 24 - 28
* Half-and-Half Roni Gross Jul 15 - 19

weekends in the printshop
Class size is limited to eight students.
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop CBA Staff section 4: Apr 13
Intro to Letterpress: Business Cards and Stationery CBA Staff Jun 1 - 2
Vandercook Maintenance Paul Moxon Jun 8 - 9
DIY Polymer Plates Sarah McDermott Jun 15 - 16
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop CBA Staff section 6: Jun 22
* Intro to Polymer Roni Gross Jun 22 - 29
Intro to Letterpress: Postcards, Pamphlets & Leaflets CBA Staff Jul 13 - 14
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop CBA Staff section 7: Jul 20

weeknights in the printshop
Class size is limited to eight students.
Letterpress I: Contemporary Letterpress Printing Amber McMillan May 14 - Jul  16
Letterpress Lab Roni Gross May 16 - Jun  13
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop CBA Staff section 5: May 24