PSBA Highlights 2025: A Report to the Membership
Creativity, Collaboration, and Community!
As PSBA celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, we take a moment to reflect on a remarkable past year—one filled with connection, creativity, and growth.
Be sure to visit our Newsletter Page to get a month-by-month update of all our activities!
PSBA By the Numbers
Highlights
Building Community & Connection
- Offered 35+ unique and original programs and continued regional meetups.
- Hosted our first-ever PSBA Picnic, an annual tradition in the making!
- Expanded our presence through social media and PSBA followers are connecting to other books artists through our postings
Expanding Access & Engagement
- Redesigned our website with new features: Member Spotlights, donor options, updated photos, and expanded organizational information.
- Continued our Zoom Lunchtime Conversations, free and open to all — with recordings available on our PSBA Media Channel.
- Offer free membership to students.
Exhibitions & Outreach
- Presented member exhibitions at local venues, including Nature and the Book at the Elizabeth C. Miller Library and the Bloedel Reserve.
- Mounted our Annual Members’ Exhibition at Collins Memorial Library (University of Puget Sound) and Daniel J. Evans Library (The Evergreen State College) — with the theme of Field Work complete with engaging Open Cases events and a beautifully printed catalog.
- Hosted a number of mini-displays at local libraries.
- All past exhibition catalogs are now available online.
Learning & Sharing
- Held hands-on workshops in accordion books, collage books, eco-dyeing, paper marbling, and more.
- Represented PSBA at regional arts events, including the Tacoma Wayzgoose Festival and the Seattle Art Book Fair as well as participated in a day long art event at the Kushner Museum in Puyallup.
- Continued our beloved Annual Book Exchange, themed Bridges — with image galleries from current and past years now featured on our website.
Board Leadership:
- Two of our outstanding Board members retired this year and we want to say a huge thank you to Sally Alger and MalPina Chan.
- We also welcomed a new Board member, Judy Cook.
Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions:
- We appointed a Volunteer Coordinator to assist in coordinating opportunities as well as to acknowledge contributions.
Membership:
Our membership has continued to grow. Did you know that 15 years ago we started out with a grass roots local membership of just 12 and today we have over 200 members! In fact our membership has doubled in the past five years.
Finance:
Thank You! Our achievements this year reflect the creativity, dedication, and generosity of our members, volunteers, and supporters. Together, we’ve continued to strengthen the PSBA community and celebrate the art of the book. Here’s to the next 15 years of inspiration and innovation! |