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Registration begins immediately and continues throughout the semester. You are encouraged to register early, as class size is limited and classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

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.

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weekdays in the bindery
Class size is limited to eight students.
Bookbinding I	Nancy Loeber	section 5: May 5 - 9
A Sewing Marathon: All About the Pamphlet	Barbara Mauriello	May 19 - 23
Bookbinding I	Nancy Loeber	section 2: Jun 16 - 20
Coptic Binding	Susan Mills	Jun 24 - 25
A Classic Hardcover Book - in Leather	Susan Mills	Jun 26 - 27
Bookbinding for Teachers	Benjamin Rinehart	Jun 27
* Readable Gallery Books Workshop	Rory Golden	Jul 7 - 11
Bookbinding II	Shanna Yarbrough	Jul 14 - 20
Photographs, Bound and Unbound	Barbara Mauriello	Jul 21 - 25
Five Hardcover Books	Susan Mills	Jul 28 - Aug 1
A World of Boxes	Barbara Mauriello	Aug 4 - 8
Cultural Autobiography (For High School Students)	Cheryl Shackelton Hawkins	Aug 11 - 15
Bookbinding I	Jennifer Bantz	section 4: Aug 18 - 22

weekends in the bindery
Class size is limited to ten students.
* Thinking Inside the Box	Rory Golden	May 3 - 4
Conservation Enclosures	Maria Pisano	May 3 - 4
Pop Up Engineering for Beginners	Carol Barton	May 10 - 11
* Hidden Rooms: Unique Architectural Spaces	Kumi Korf	May 10 - 11
From Plants to Fiber to Thread	Peter Schell	May 17 - 18
Sound and Light	Hooshang Partovi	May 17 - 18
* The Origins of Color	Karen Gorst	May 31 - Jun 1
Paste Papers	Sage Reynolds	Jun 14
Illuminated Manuscripts	Karen Gorst	Jun 21 - 22
Carousel Books	Maria Pisano	Jun 21 - 22
Bound & Boxed	Benjamin Rinehart	Jun 28
* Haute Headbands	Shanna Yarbrough	Jun 28
Suminagashi Paper Decoration	Yukari Hayashida	Jul 12
* The Language of Pop-Ups	Shawn Sheehy	Jul 12 - 13
* Longstitch Binding	Jennifer Bantz	Jul 19 - 20
The Handwritten Text	Karen Gorst	Jul 19
Magic Boxes	Emily Martin	Jul 26 - 27
* Edition Your Chapbook	Karen Randall Susan Mills	Jul 26 - 27
Bookbinding I	Nancy Loeber	section 3: Aug 2 - 17
Sewing on Beaded Cords	Miriam Schaer	Aug 2 - 3
Cloth Reback	Sophia Kramer	Aug 9 - 10
Japanese Bookbinding	Yukari Hayashida	Aug 16 - 17
Paper Marbling	Lauren Rowland	Aug 23 - 24

weeknights in the bindery
Class size is limited to eight students.
Titles and Labels on Books	Carolyn Chadwick	May 1
Bookbinding I	Shanna Yarbrough	section 1: Jun 5 - Aug 7
* Leather a la Mode	Shanna Yarbrough	Jul 7 - Aug 4

weekdays in the printshop
Class size is limited to eight students.
* Letterpress II: Poetry Portfolio with Rachael Wetzsteon	Barbara Henry	May 12 - 16
Letterpress I: Hand Typesetting	Barbara Henry	section 1: Jun 9 - 13
Letterpress I: Hand Typesetting	Sara Parkel	section 2: Aug 4 - 8

weekends in the printshop
Class size is limited to eight students.
* Artist Booklets: Small Books with Content	Nancy Loeber	May 10 - 18
* (Print)making the Avant-Garde	Jeremy Thompson	May 31 - Jun 1
* Editioning Mail Art	Champe Smith	Jun 7 - 8
* Wood: From the Living Tree to the Bed of the Press	Gaylord Schanilec	Jun 14 - 15
* Voila! A Volvelle	Roni Gross	Jun 19 - 20
Vandercook Maintenance	Paul Moxon	Jun 21 - 22
Linoleum Prints	Barbara Henry	Jun 28 - 29
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop	CBA Staff	section 1: Jun 29
* Edition Your Chapbook	Karen Randall Susan Mills	Jul 26 - 27
Reductive Woodcut	Katie Baldwin	Aug 2 - 3
Letterpress I: Contemporary Letterpress Printing	Amber McMillan	section 2: Aug 9 - 24

weeknights in the printshop
Class size is limited to eight students.
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop	CBA Staff	section 4: May 22
Letterpress I: Contemporary Letterpress Printing	Amber McMillan	section 1: Jun 3 - Jul 3
Digital Letterpress Project: Expanded Techniques	Roni Gross	Jul 7 - 31
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop	CBA Staff	Jul 16
Printshop Renter Training and Guillotine Workshop	CBA Staff	Aug 14