The Center's happy to introduce its 2008-09 Stein Scholars: Taelor Reid and Liz Zanis.

The 2008 Stein Family Scholarship for Advanced Studies in the Book Arts provides support to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to the artistic endeavors of the book arts. Stein Scholars receive free use of the studios for one year, and free tuition for courses, as well as teaching opportunities. It is a competitive process with an application procedure that is managed and reviewed by the staff and faculty under the direction of the Education Committee of the Center.

For more information about next year's program, please visit the Opportunities section of our website. The next deadline to apply for a Stein Scholarship is May 1, 2009, and the full guidelines and application can be downloaded here. This program is made possible in part by the Howard Stein Memorial Fund.

Liz Zanis, a New Jerseyian with a BFA from RISD, lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and wrestles tiny prints. Her recent activities include hosting one night living room exhibits, being a guest artist at Cooper Union and the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and a collaborator of the SP Potluck Project. She is a recipient of a Geraldine R. Dodge Residency at the Women's Studio Workshop, a Keyholder Residency at the Lower East Side Printshop, and a Stein Family Scholarship from the Center for Book Arts, where she is currently enjoying letterpress for the first time. Her work can be found in the collections of the Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio University, and Yale University. She has exhibited at the International Print Center New York, Nurture Art, the Center for Books Arts, and Cinders Gallery, among others. You can visit Liz online here.

Taelor Reid grew up in Reno, Nevada, never knowing that her grampa had been a printer. She first laid hands on a Vandercook at the Black Rock Press in Reno. She studied around the country and overseas, then graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a BA in Art History. She moved to New York City to continue the family history of printing. She spent the last year working in a commercial letterpress shop where she learned what it feels like to print a run of 5,000! Aside from creating her own work she has assisted in Parson's letterpress class and was a work-study volunteer at the Center for Book Arts. Currently she is focused on learning new binding techniques and publishing her own children's literature. You can read more from Taelor on her blog.