Greetings PSBA members! Wishing you a happy start to Fall!

From Your Board President

Hello all,

It is chilly today, and there is a new quality to the light—more like autumn light. PSBA had its annual board planning retreat on Saturday, September 9. It was a wonderful, exciting day. We have some new board members starting their terms: Fran McReynolds and Ray Zill. Both of them have already been contributing great things to PSBA even before their terms have begun. Welcome!

And we have a couple of long serving members retiring. We are saying goodbye to Mark Hoppmann who has been our excellent webmaster since our website originated. We will certainly miss his skills at problem solving, making it look easy. And we are also going to miss Dorothy McCuistion whose service on the board, teaching skills and creative work on the Programming committee has been very important to us. These two are not leaving PSBA—just finishing their terms.

And we are feeling grateful to two people who have volunteered to take on some of the tasks of maintaining our website in addition to their work as artists. Rachel Watson will be our new webmaster and Jan Dove is going to be our calendar coordinator. There will be more about this and other plans later. Meanwhile, have a wonderful September.

Sally Alger

Upcoming Events

Printmaking using Gelatin Plate with Deborah Greenwood: In-person mini-workshop. Part 1: Sunday, September 24, 1 PM-4 PM. Part 2: Sunday, October 29, 1 PM-4PM. Registration for PSBA Members is $50.

This mini-workshop will explore printing using a gelatin plate and creating subtle effects with pressed plants, stencils and stamps.

This workshop is full, but there is a waitlist here.

Printmaking Using Gelatin Plate: Second Workshop Offering: Given the high level of interest in the first workshop, we have added a second one! September 24 and October 29, 9am-noon: Registration is requires: $50 for PSBA members. Space is limited.                                            

Contact Debbi Commodore (commodoredr@icloud.com) to register.

A Conversation with Sauda Mitchell: October 12, 12:00-12:50pm, Online.

This presentation of artist/archivist Sauda Mitchell will be moderated by Amanda Clark from Whitworth University and Jane Carlin, PSBA Board Member.

Sauda Mitchell is a printmaker, archivist, and educator from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Educational Leadership and her research centers around marginalized students' access to archives. She has held several workshops that introduce artists to how archives can serve as inspiration for artists' books as well as developing workshops which explore African American artists, and books as a contemporary art form.

The event is free, but Registration is required. Register here.

PSBA Board Retreat Update

Your PSBA Board held a day long retreat at the BARN - Bainbridge Arts Resource Network on Saturday June 9th.  We still have to process all that we discussed including our calendar for 2024, funding and leadership.  Stay tuned! BARN: This organization graciously allowed us to meet and shared insights into their wonderful facility.  Please take a moment to visit their website to learn more: BARN Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network.

Member News!

Image courtesy of Marilyn Stablein

From author and artist Marilyn Stablein:

• My book Phantom Circus about Tinkertown, a hand built, outsider artist museum in New Mexico, was juried into the current show of artist books about “Dreams” at the Collins Library, UPS, Tacoma.
• A Pop-Up Exhibition of my visual collage journals will be featured at the European Beat Studies Network conference in Paris (France) at the University of Chicago Center in September.
• I had a booth exhibiting artist books, illustrated book arts editions and published titles at the Portland Indie Book and Art Fair in July. (pic attached).
• A limited edition of 12 copies of my tale The Rat Tavern, designed and illustrated by master linocut artist Dmitry Sayenko, was published by Nikodim Press. (pic attached...corks embedded in the cover, leather spine & corners, slipcase, on handmade & marbled paper.)
• Recent collages, that will be digitally reproduced for an artist book series on Water, were published online in Gargoyle magazine.

From author Gina Pisello:

Image courtesy of Gina Pisello

• I have a book in the University of South Dakota show Bound & Unbound VII (https://libguides.usd.edu/BU7) titled Peace Bridge. The show was juried by Brian Dettmer who is an amazing altered book creator.

Call for Member News

Are you planning a special event or workshop?  Have you recently presented your work at a Conference or event?  Is your work included in an exhibition?

If you would like to share information, please send your submission to Julia.stringfellow@cwu.edu by Tuesday, September 26. Subject line should read: PSBA Member News. The September newsletter will be sent out to the membership in late September.

Call to Share Upcoming Events

Do you have an upcoming event that you are holding or participating in? Let us know! Email psba.public.relations@pugetsoundbookartists.org to add it to the calendar.

More Book Arts Resources!

• Book & Paper Arts Calendar and Newsletter has many great resources and is available here.
• A must read in artists’ books: sign up for Books on Books.

Sincerely,

Your PSBA Board

Meet the Board members on the Contact Us webpage.