"Saving the History of Printing" APHA's 2008 Conference, October 10-12
APHA is delighted to announce that its program and registration information for its Thirty-third conference is now online. The conference, to be held in New York City at The Grolier Club and Columbia University, is scheduled for October 10-12, 2008, Columbus Day weekend.
This year’s conference will be hosted by Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and The Grolier Club on the subject "Saving the History of Printing." Our keynote speaker will be James Mosley, former librarian of St Bride Library, on Friday evening October 10th at the Grolier Club. On Saturday October 11th we move to Columbia University for a full day conference and then to Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library for a closing reception. Sunday will be an optional day of tours.
For more information, including printable forms, visit the website. (Paul Romaine, webmaster)

// posted 13 August 2008
 

Recycle your photopolymer plates via Boxcar Press

We knew there had to be a way to keep letterpress printing plates out of the trash, even though our polymer manufacturers told us otherwise. So we made a better way. We are proud to launch the Boxcar Press Photopolymer Plate Recycling Program, or BPPPPRP (pronounced BPPPPRP). Boxcar Press will foot the bill for recycling the polymer plates of any Boxcar customer. All you need to do is pay for postage of the plates back to us. We’ve partnered with a national recycling agency, who will recycle your plates into consumer goods and car parts.
Here’s how the program works.
#1. The first week of any month, send your plates to:
Boxcar Press Photopolymer Plate Recycling Program
“let me help, baby”
501 W. Fayette St., #222
Syracuse, NY 13204
#2. We can also recycle scraps of unexposed polymer, and we can reuse the protective cardboard as well, so send all this back to us. There is no need to take off the silicone and adhesive on your plates.
#3. If you use both plastic-backed and steel-backed plates, please place in separate bags.
Here’s to keeping our landfills photopolymer-free.

// posted 8 August 2008
 

New stories on Flurry: Jim Rimmer, P22
We launched a new online journal for letterpress printers and lovers of letterpress called Flurry. Articles right now include some of the letterpress greats like Jim Rimmer and Walter Hamady, as well as features on P22 and green letterpress printing. New articles essential to the letterpress world are published quarterly. Sign up to Flurry's RSS feed, or email notification, to hear about when new stories are posted.

// posted 8 August 2008
 

Celebrating a "Hot Metal Man"
Oak Knoll Fest XV honors Henry Morris and his 50th Anniversary in Printing.
We have started posting the participants on the Fest website. Please
register ASAP to be included in all the publicity.Click here for the Participant Registration form (PDF).

// posted 5 August 2008
 

Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair
November 8-9, 2008
Cafritz Foundation Art Center
Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
930 King St.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
*Register for the CONFERENCE
*Please send an email with your name, title, any institutional affiliations
and your address to baf@pyramid-atlantic.org then mail in your fee or call
Pyramid Atlantic to make payment over the phone. The regular conference fee
for both days, all five presentations is $40.00; $20.00 for seniors and
students with a photocopy of a valid ID (The Conference is included if you
are an Exhibitor).
Keep up with the blog to review books at the fair.

// posted 2 August 2008
 

Call for Entries: Pressing South
A juried exhibition of letterpress printing from the southeastern United States. An exhibition co-sponsored by UNC Wilmington’s Department of Art & Art History and the UNCW Publishing Lab. This call for entries is an opportunity for all practicing letterpress artists in this region to submit their work for an exhibtion showcasing contemporary letterpress printing across the southeastern United States.

// posted 2 August 2008
 

Face The Nation
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
On display July 12 through September 21, 2008
Opening reception Saturday, July 12, 6-9pm

What role did typefaces play in the modernist milieu of Weimar Germany, or under the Nazi Third Reich? How did a new type design support Ireland's independence from Britain? What did aspirational names like "Futura" and "Univers" mean? Discover "the last great era of metal type" at Face The Nation, on display at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Co-presented by MCBA and the University of St. Thomas, this historical exhibition investigates how the desire to reinforce, redefine or transcend national identities shaped the design of typefaces between 1900 and 1960, an era of two world wars and unprecedented cultural transition. The exhibition includes a number of case studies, showing original printed examples, historical curiosities and objects from the printing trade.
Two coordinating exhibitions feature the work of two contemporary designers, Romäno Hanni (Switzerland) and Erik Brandt (U.S), who explore typography in contemporary graphic design and new challenges in designing for global markets and cross-cultural messaging. Alongside the exhibitions, MCBA and University of St. Thomas will be hosting a number of presentations, workshops, panel discussions and even a film screening to provide multiple opportunities for the public to engage these topics.

// posted 2 August 2008
 

Call for Entries: Modest (in Scale), Abecedarian Gallery
For prospectus click 'opportunities for artists' at right.

// posted 31 July 2008
 

THE SECOND BIENNIAL CODEX INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
We are gathering together at the University of California, Berkeley a congress of the world's finest book artists and artisans, private presses, curators, collectors and scholars in the spirit of an Old West rendezvous. The CODEX bookfair will showcase contemporary artist's books, fine press and fine art editions. Exhibitors include: Artists, Printers, Publishers, Bookbinders, Papermakers, Booksellers, Bibliophile Organizations, & Educational Programs in the Book Arts. San Francisco Bay Area libraries, book arts & bibliophilic organizations, and art galleries will be hosting social events, exhibits, & receptions during the week. This will be an historic "book-week" in the grand San Francisco tradition!
Considering the Book as a Work of Art
FEBRUARY 8 - 1 1 , 2 0 0 9
THE CODEX SYMPOSIUM
Concurrent with the bookfair, the CODEX symposium at the University of California
Berkeley Art Museum, will feature lectures by prominent writers & artists including:
DAVE HICKEY RON KING LAWRENCE WESCHLER
and four international artist presentations
KAREN BLEITZ EMILY MCVARISH TATE SHAW
CLEMENS -TOBIAS LANGE

// posted 31 July 2008
 

The Tampa Book Arts Studio has just started a blog. Check it out.

// posted 20 July 2008

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Arts of the Book Collection invite historians, literary scholars, poets, artists, publishers, and book arts enthusiasts to participate in Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and the Book, a symposium to be held on March 13 & 14, 2008, on the campus of Yale University. Registration is due Monday, February 25, 2008.

// posted 19 October 2007

The theme of this year's Oak Knoll Fest (October 6 and 7) is letterpress in colleges, and will feature a panel discussion of representatives from schools across the country: Tim Murray, Kathy Walkup, Ashley Pigford, David Comberg, and Katherin McCanless Ruffin.

// posted 8 August 2007