EventReads & Reveals: Book Bash 2023
Be a part of our spirited annual event that supports our Book Arts Studio, our Virginia Festival of the Book, and other programs and events throughout the Commonwealth!
EventRivanna Reconnaissance: 2023 Member’s Project Work Day
We’re going to gather again at the Virginia Center for the Book to check out physical prototypes for those who still need to get one in, hear about progress for those already in production with printing their signatures, and help troubleshoot getting our signatures printed.
EventRivanna Reconnaissance: 2023 Member’s Project Work Day
Rivanna Reconnaissance: 2023 Member’s Project Work Day Friday, September 15, 2023, (5:30 PM to 7:30 PM)
EventArtist’s Talk: Veronica Jackson
A Constellation of Blackness: Rendering Invisibility, Hypervisibility, Devaluation, and Triumph An Artist’s Talk with Veronica Jackson 6:00 PM, Friday, October 13, 2023, at the Virginia Center for the Book
EventArtist’s Talk: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
Join us at 1:00 PM on Sunday afternoon, September 24, 2023, for an Artist’s Talk featuring Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Amos will explore his experiences while printing with communities in Charlottesville and Richmond and reflect upon the impact he witnessed during those visits.
EventBook Building for Kids: The Alphabestiary
Three Standalone Workshops on Saturdays – September 30, November 04, and November 18, 2023 Join book artist Josef Beery for a fun session of printing on a BookBeetle Press and hand binding with paste and scissors to create a unique artists’ book of beasts—an Alphabestiary! The class is intended for students in grades 2, 3, and 4. Each student will leave with their own copy of the Alphabestiary.
EventMaKshya Tolbert | shade is a place: relief is my form
From August 4 to 24, New City Arts presents shade is a place: relief is my form, an installation by member artist MaKshya Tolbert.
EventSlipcase Construction w/Jane Freeman
Interested in constructing a beautiful slipcase to “house” a favorite book or set of books? Participants in this class will build one slipcase in class and learn to adapt the basic model to accommodate different sizes of books.
NewsGreat Reads 2023
The Virginia Center for the Book is one of 56 Centers for the Book across the country affiliated with the Library of Congress. Each year the local center for the book or …
EventTechniques in Linocut with Lana Lambert
Gateway drug to the world of printmaking, linocut offers an accessible entry point for the novice and yet, can still be manipulated with great skill and depth by the old salt printer. Come and learn the potential of this workhorse material. Students will create a veritable Rosetta Stone of linocut techniques that they can keep in their studio to use as a reference as they develop their own preferred block carving style.
Event2023 National Book Festival
Join our Virginia Festival of the Book in the nation’s capital for the 23rd annual Library of Congress National Book Festival.
EventPrint a Copy of the Declaration of Independence
Join Josef Beery and Richard Cappuccio as they attempt to reprint the Declaration of Independence on the same type of press on which it was originally printed. We will make our endeavor on Wednesday, June 28 in the South Gallery of the Harrison/Small Library at UVA.
