We're a place where you can learn about the many arts and crafts of the book. Through workshops, exhibitions and public events, the SFCB promotes both knowledge of traditional book arts and exploration of experimental book forms.
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- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Sat:
- 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- Five Treasures
The Family
Saturday, November 21 at 6:00pm
San Francisco Center for the Book
The upcoming classes make it easy to learn letterpress & binding while making gifts and cards for others.
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San Francisco Center for the Book
Restless Dust will be issued as a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered artist books, each housed in a wooden box containing a multi-media installation. The body type is completely set by hand using metal type for letterpress printing. Images carved in linoleum are also printed on a letterpress.
Wight's text invites... Charles Darwin's ghost to sail to San Francisco and wander with her through the greater Bay Area terrain. The focus of the journey is three part: to celebrate the unique species of the San Francisco Bay Area; to look at the ways in which Darwin's legacy has impacted contemporary Bay Area culture; and to acknowledge the fragile and endangered state of many of our local flora and fauna caused by environmental degradation. Restless Dust will be released Dec 4 and is available for pre-purchase at http://www.imprintsfcb.etsy.comRead More
Wight's text invites... Charles Darwin's ghost to sail to San Francisco and wander with her through the greater Bay Area terrain. The focus of the journey is three part: to celebrate the unique species of the San Francisco Bay Area; to look at the ways in which Darwin's legacy has impacted contemporary Bay Area culture; and to acknowledge the fragile and endangered state of many of our local flora and fauna caused by environmental degradation. Restless Dust will be released Dec 4 and is available for pre-purchase at http://www.imprintsfcb.etsy.comRead More
San Francisco Center for the Book Dave Eggers will be one of the honorees present at the 5 Treasures event Nov 21. See the website for all of the individuals being honored for their contributions to the local book arts, literary, and publishing communities. SFCB student & teacher tickets only $20!
San Francisco Center for the Book Current resident artist Gail Wight will discuss her work and forthcoming publication, Restless Dust this Wed 10/28 at SFCB 6-8 PM, free: http://bit.ly/13GQ4X
San Francisco Center for the Book Be a vendor at the SFCB Holiday Fair - Dec 11 from 5:30-8:30pm - or just come and enjoy, it's free!
San Francisco Center for the Book Discount on Gabrielle Fox's class - sign up now and save $25!
Source: www.sfcb.org
Website for the San Francisco Center for the Book
San Francisco Center for the Book Come by the Center for a free letterpress event Thurs & Fri from 2-5pm. Part of SFMOMA's Metal + Machine + Manifesto: Futurism's First 100 Years.
Source: www.sfmoma.org
Kathleen Burch, cofounder, The San Francisco Center for the BookJohn McBride, editor, Invisible CityPaul Vangelisti, translator and poet
San Francisco Center for the Book Letterpress film at SF Doc Film Fest about Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Get inspired, then come and print!
Source: sfdocfest.bside.com
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. used to be a pretty average guy, a successful computer programmer at a telecommunications company. But he quit to teach himself the letterpress, and now he's a renowned artist and hero to all the design geeks who've rediscovered letterpress printing. ...
San Francisco Center for the Book
The massive, crushing force of a two-ton-steamroller and the beautiful, intricate markings of an artist’s linoleum-cut print might seem to exist in completely separate worlds, but in a unique and fun event called the Roadworks: Steamroller Printing Street Fair, these worlds collided. Six featured artists – Megan Adie, ...John Hersey, Rik Olson, Jenny Robinson, Michael Wertz, and Rigo 23 – and many additional artists and community members had their work printed as the steamroller rubbled up the road, while handmade arts and craft vendors, music, food, and kids’ activities attracted many additional onlookers.
Thanks to everyone who made it a great event!Read More
Thanks to everyone who made it a great event!Read More
San Francisco Center for the Book
These images are the 2009 Roadworks prints that will be auctioned at our fundraiser this Saturday, October 3rd. The event includes beverages from Anchor Steam, music from Misisipi Duo and delicious food - http://www.sfcb.org/php/event.php?id=T3-
San Francisco Center for the Book SFCB '09 Roadworks artist Rigo 23 at the New Museum NYC: http://bit.ly/2wqRj Up through 10/11.
Source: bit.ly
For nearly twenty years, Rigo 23 has created conceptually complex created murals, paintings, drawings, and performances, conducted interventions and published zines all of which have advocated for social and political change. ...
San Francisco Center for the Book SF Ctr for Book '08 Roadworks artist Emory Douglas at the New Museum NYC thru 10/18. NYT review: http://bit.ly/4bK9Y7
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Emory Douglas at the New Museum, Franklin Evans at Sue Scott Gallery, Adam Shecter at Eleven Rivington and more.
San Francisco Center for the Book Fans can get a discount on your Roadworks Cocktail Party & Auction tickets - enter the discount code 'elite' at http://bit.ly/2QQNQJ
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San Francisco Center for the Book Gail Wight, our 2009 artist-in-residence, speaks at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center tonight Thu 9/24, 7 PM http://bit.ly/5cjNA
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September 24, 2009, 7:00 PM, Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive
San Francisco Center for the Book Images from Roadworks - thanks for making it a stellar event!
Source: www.sfweekly.com
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