Greetings and happy start to the holiday season, PSBA members!
Current and Upcoming Events
Open Case Events: PSBA 12 Annual Exhibition at The Evergreen State College: Sunday November 5 from 1:00pm-3:00pm, AND Monday, November 13 from 2:00pm-4:00pm
PSBA Outreach and Exhibition Teams and The Evergreen State College Library invites you to see the 12th Annual Members Exhibit now on display at The Evergreen State College Library until December 15, 2023. Registration is not required. Guests are welcome. More information is available here.
Why two opportunities? The Sunday event provides access to students and working families. Parking is free. The Monday event is the monthly meeting of the Olympia PSBA book arts sub-group. You must pay for parking.
In addition to the PSBA exhibit, visitors can see an exhibit of Walter Hamady’s work from the Perishable Press. Walter Hamady is an influential letterpress printer, book artist, papermaker, and collage artist. He launched the Perishable Press in 1964 and began to publish works that are expertly printed, whimsical, nonsensical, and sometimes tongue-in-cheek.
For more information, visit https://libguides.evergreen.edu/blog/Exhibit-Spotlighting-Walter-Hamady-in-the-Rare-Books-Room.
Eye on the Artist, BIMA sponsored presentation by pop-up book artist Colette Fu: Saturday, November 11. 12:00pm-1:30pm in the Banbridge Island Museum of Art Auditorium.
Join Jane Carlin and other PSBA members for a visit to BIMA and the lecture followed by coffee/wine in the Bistro and a visit to Bainbridge Arts & Crafts.
Interested? Contact Jane Carlin at jcarlin@pugetsound.edu.
Registration for the BIMA presentation is free but required. Register here.
A Conversation with Gabby Cooksey: Online event moderated by Amanda Clark, Whitworth University and PSBA Board Member, Jane Carlin. November 16, 12:00-12:50pm. Gabby has been very busy this last year, with several prestigious awards and presentations, including at the Library of Congress and the Guild of Book Workers National Standards gathering. This is a chance to catch up with Gabby - to learn about new work and impressions from her travels. Registration and event information is here.
PSBA — Show and Share Salon with Facilitator Debbi Commodore: Sunday, Nov 19, 2:00pm—4:00pm. University of Puget Sound, Collins Memorial Library, Archives Seminar Room. Bring a project or a class sample from within the past 3 years to share with other colleagues. This is a single-session, in-person Salon. All skill levels welcome. Registration is required and limited to 25 participants. Register here.
DREAMS exhibit is on display at Collins Library until November 17th. Check Library web site for open hours: https://library.pugetsound.edu/home.
PSBA Outreach Committee Updates
- Bookart Tools needed for PSBA Outreach Events: The PSBA Outreach committee is putting together a set of book arts tools to be used at outreach workshops and mini-workshops. These kits will be available for check out to any PSBA member teaching a workshop. Do you have extra tools you don’t need anymore? We need the following: bone folders, rulers, triangles, book binding needles, awls, exacto or box cutting knives and blades, scissors, wax, and book binding thread. Please e-mail Lucia Harrison, luciaharrison49@gmail.com and she will arrange for pickup. We need these by December 1, 2023.
- The Outreach Committee encourages PSBA members to reach out in local communities with mini exhibits. An exhibit of members' work at the Lacey library took place in October. There was also an Introduction to Book Arts event at the library.
Member News!
- There is a PSBA Meet and Greet Group in Olympia! Contact Ann Storey aelizabeth.storey@gmail.com for more information.
- The Community Print group located in Olympia has a drop-in Gelli Deli being offered Monday, November 20, from 12:00 PM-3:00 PM for $10 per session. For further information and learn of other events held by the group, visit https://www.community-print.org/events.
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 Monday, November 27. Subject line should read: PSBA Member News. The December newsletter will be sent out to the membership early that month.
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.
PSBA on social media
A reminder to follow PSBA on its Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube pages.
More Book Arts Resources!
- Book Arts Newsletter, published by Impact Press at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK. Sign up to receive this monthly newsletter that is a treasure trove of resources!
Sincerely,
Your PSBA Board
Meet the Board members on the Contact Us webpage.