News from KBAC!
Fall is here! The leaves are turning and the temperatures are cooling down. It’s time to come inside—and what better place to be than the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center? Our large studio will be buzzing with activity as we host visiting artists, commence printing projects, work with our new interns from WMU and Kalamazoo College, assemble our Second Annual Book, Print, & Paper Market, and prepare for the holiday season.
We have many workshops and events scheduled for the upcoming months, including exhibitions, poetry readings, and a wide variety of classes for all ages. Whether you come to enjoy an evening of poetry, view new work in our gallery, learn how to make paper, or create handmade gifts for your friends, we hope to see you in our studio!
Fall 2010 Workshops Announced
October through December
Our fall workshops offer topics for kids, teens and adults with an assortment of short and extended sessions. Let us help you develop new skills and prepare for the season ahead by making spooky books, holiday greetings or one-of-a-kind hand made creations, the most personal kind of gifts. Visit our classes page to see all we have to offer and enroll now. Details>
John Kollig: DADA Prints
Sept. 10-25, opening Sept. 10, 6-9 p.m.
This exhibit features works created by John Kollig, the KBAC Resident Artist for 2010. Details>
Poets in Print: Joel Craig and Arra Lynn Ross
Sept. 18, 7:00 p.m.
Joel Craig and Arra Lynn Ross present readings from their work on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Broadsides featuring the poet's work will be created by KBAC artists Jeff Evergreen and Katie Platte. Details>
Guest Artists: Peter and Donna Thomas
September 23-25
Summer closes with an inspiring visit from California book artists Peter and Donna Thomas. They are on a cross country tour with their Gypsy Wagon bookmobile to promote books and book arts. It's something you don't want to miss. They will be presenting a lecture on the book arts and workshops about making miniature books. Details>
Announcing a second session of their workshop , Exploring Miniature Books, has been opened on Friday, September 24. Details>
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center
The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center is growing and growing! Exhibitions of KBAC artists are taking place in our studios and other locations in Southwest Michigan.
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KBAC has received donations of equipment from Western Michigan University’s Frostic School of Art and Waldo Library, including letterpresses, movable type, etching and lithography presses, and papermaking and book binding equipment. This year we also were awarded grants from the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. We have a new 2880 sq. ft. studio on the ground floor of the Park Trades Center. Our goal is to become a regional center for Book Arts, Printmaking, Papermaking, and Creative Writing.
Our current season of workshops are shown on our “Classes” page. If you would like to receive a printed copy you can access one there. If you'd like to be on our mailing list please send your mailing and/or email address to info@kalbookarts.org
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KBAC Memberships
The KBAC offers special benefits if you enroll as members. Your support advances our mission of establishing a creative center for the Book Arts here in west Michigan. In return you can receive discounts on workshops, access to KBAC studio facilities, invitations to participate special events and opportunities to share creative experience and skills with other KBAC members. Learn more on our members page. Details>
Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers! If you are interested we can use your help! We need workers, organizers, assistants, and volunteers of all kinds. If you can lend a hand, or donate to support our mission, please send us an email or call (269) 373-4938.
As a nonprofit organization, all donations to the KBAC are tax deductible.
Mission Statement
The KBAC is a nonprofit organization founded by a group of artists and writers who have joined together to create a workshop and learning center to further book design and its related arts. We offer classes in book printing and binding, printmaking, hand papermaking, and creative writing. Our mission is to become an educational resource for the community, offer programs for people who enjoy reading and making books, and provide a working studio where visual artists, printers, paper makers, bookbinders, and writers can collaborate on creative projects.
