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Book Arts Roundup

Rocky Mountain Chapter
Guild of BookWorkers Volume 16, Number 4 December, 2010
DENVER AREA
In this frst post-Standards newsletter issue, I hope all at-
tendees at Standards this year had an educational, infor-
mative and inspiring gathering! Its always great to con-
nect with fellow members from across the country at this
event, and I hope all of our Rocky Mountain attendees
found themselves enthused and energized after attending.

The chapter is excited to be bringing Shawn Sheehy to
Denver area, April 16 & 17, for a workshop titled The
Language of Pop-Ups. Participants will produce a bound
collection of 10 to15 pop-up structures over the weekend
workshop. See the detailed advertisement in this issue for
more information.
The Denver region is also in discussions with Don Glaist-
er, Director of the American Academy of Bookbinding,
regarding a spring workshop, and with wandering book
artist Peter Thomas regarding a spring talk. Look to this
newsletter and email announcements for updates as those
details are fnalized.

Finally, as we welcome the holiday season, I hope every-
one has creative, happy, and safe holidays.

- Ginny Kilander, Co-Chair
SALT LAKE CITY AREA

The Utah half of the Rocky Mountain Chapter will
be holding a book gathering at the Marriott library, Rare
Book and the Bookarts studio on Tuesday, January 25th,
starting at 6:30 extending to a possible 9:30.
The Guild Standards of Excellence in Tucson went
off without a hitch. At the annual guild business meeting
several items were discussed, among them were:
1. Membership numbers. The incoming President,
Andrew Huot, urged each of us to invite potential
members to join GBW, as this is a signifcant source of
funding for our organization and will keep it vibrant.
2. The new annual journal was revealed to much applause
and I hope that you have received yours.
3. The next location of Standards in Boston is now being
planned, and in 2012 it will be in Salt Lake City! Yes, it
was here in 2000, but it will have been 12 years.
I hope to see you in January at the book gathering and
to discuss these events and more.
- Ethan Ensign, Co-Chair
a h e a r t y c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !
Rocky Mountain chapter member Peggy Johnston is one of the two prizewinners of the international juried exhibition
Inventive Binding: Books Beyond the Codex. The other winner is Erika Mahr; the show was juried by Hedi Kyle. The winners
are presenting a joint show, The Prizewinners Show, on display from January 21 through February 11 at the Creative
Arts Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut. Peggy also notes that she will be teaching Crossed Structure as an Album
Format coinciding with the show, on January 22 & 23. See: www.wavelandstudio.com for details.
utah
the book arts program at the marriot libarary www.bookartsprogram.org
January 11 - April 26 Artists Books with Chris McAfee & Marnie Powers-Torrey
February 16 - March 16, Wednesdays Simple Book Repairs for At-Home Curators with Tomomi Nakashima
April 1 & 2 Paper Marbling with Galen Berry
colorado
abecedarian gallery www.abecedariangallery.com
January 6 - February 5 Rock, Paper, Stories (Main Gallery) Works by Johnathon Wiley & Liz Green
January 6 - February 5 Elizabeth M. Claffey Exhibit (Reading Room) Abecedarian Gallery Emerging Artist recipient
February 18 - April 6 Ceramic Soliloquies Exhibit (Main Gallery) Narrative ceramic sculpture & bookworks
February 18 - April 6 Libri Bianchi Exhibit (Reading Room) Sculptural books by Italian artist Lorenzo Perrone
art students league of denver www.asld.org
February 1 - 22 Mixed Media Journaling: Adventure Pages with Judith Cassel Mamet
March 1 - 22 Altered Books with Judith Cassel Mamet
see insert for two special workshops
January & February, Wednesdays Springback Ledger Workshop with Cameron Garland
April 16 & 17 Shawn Sheehy Weekend Workshop
laura wait www.laurawait.com
June 24 - 26 Book as Art: Images, Handwriting, and Exposed Sewing
denver bookbinding company www.denverbook.com
December 15 Behind the Cover Tour & Build Your Own Book
american academy of bookbinding www.ahhaa.org/academy-bookbinding/
April 25 - 29 Basics in Paper Conservation with Renate Mesmer
May 2 - 6 Sewing Structures with Renate Mesmer
May 9 - 13 Restoration of Cloth & Leather Bindings with Brenda Parsons
May 14 Leather Rebacking: One-day Follow-up with Brenda Parsons
May 16 - 27 Fundamentals of Bookbinding, Intermediate Fine Binding with Don Glaister
May30 - June 3 Leather Box Makingwith Don Glaister
June 6 - 10 A Field of Play or Thinking Outside the Slipcase with Timothy C. Ely
colorado calligraphers guild www.coloradocalligraphers.com
January 15 Valentines Event
February 12 Foundational Workshop with Alicia McKim
March 12 & 13 Color your World with Jill Berry
April 9 Uncials Workshop with Tess Vonfeldt-Gross
a book gathering
Join GBWs Rocky Mountain - Utah Chapter on Tuesday, January 25, 6:30 p.m., at the Marriott Library, Bookarts studio.
new mexico
hands on bookbinding http://priscilla.bookways.com
January 22 & 23, February 10 & 11 Bookbinding Basics: The Flatback Case Finding with Priscilla A. Spitler
January 29 & 30 ,April 9 & 10 The Clamshell Box with Priscilla A. Spitler
February 12 & 13, March 3 & 4 The Rounded Spine for Case Binding with Priscilla A. Spitler
February 19 & 20 Anticipating the Unexpected with Priscilla A. Spitler
March 5 & 6, March 24 & 25 Case Binding Refned with Leather with Priscilla A. Spitler
March 26 & 27, April 7 & 8 Transition to Binding In-boards with Leather with Priscilla A. Spitler
Note: Some classes are repeated to allow students to take two classes back to back.
national workshops by chapter members
nancy culmone contact Joan at: j.schmitz3246@sbcglobal.net
April 9 & 10 Colored Pencil Workshop, San Antonio, Texas
April 12 & 13 Colored Pencil Workshop, San Antonio, Texas
ghost ranch - literally letters 2011 www.ghostranch.org
week one: Color It Luscious! with Nancy Culmone
June 13 - 19 Love Your Letters! with Anna Pinto
The Spontaneous Mark & Alternative Image with Pamela Paulsrud
week two: Ghost Ranch Sketchbook with Sharon Zeugin
June 20 - 26 Foundation Meets Bone with Carrie Imai
Pointed Pen to the Max (Pointed Pen Variations) with Douglas Boyd
jill berry www.jillberrydesign.com
March 19 - 26 The Luminous Landscape: Books & Painting in the Desert, Taos, NM
April 6 - 10 Spontaneous Deconstructed Journal: Journal Mapping, Port Townsend, WA
September 4 - 6 Uncovering Umbria: A Portfolio of Visual Stories, Orvieto, Italy
wells college book arts summer institute 2011 www.wells.edu/bookarts, click summer institute
Two weeks of bookarts with:
July 10 - 16 Michael Bixler, Julie Chen, Cheryl Jacobsen, Barbar Tetenbaum
July 17 - 23 Mark Argetsinger, Julie Leonard, Steve Miller, Julian Waters
laurie doctor www.lauriedoctor.com
February 4, 5 & 6 Deepening Surfaces, Basalt, CO
February 11, 12 & 13 The Art of Writing, Basalt, CO
July 10 - 24 Painting Language, with Steven Skaggs, Umbria, Italy
escribiente calligraphy society www.escribiente.org
April 9 & 10 Workshop with Judy Melvin
November 5 & 6 Workshop with Peter Thornton
laura wait www.laurawait.com
July 18 -22 Alternative Book Structures, Idyllwild, CA
national
c a l l t o e n t r y. . .
deadline: December 31 Pictorial Websters Dictionary - GBW New England Chapter Exhibit, Boston
Intent to Enter due; juried exhibit of set book; show dates to coincide with Standards of Excellence in Boston.
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deadline: February1 Digital images and entry forms for jury selection due; selected bindings due March 1, 2011.
* for more information, visit: http://negbw.wordpress.com
deadline: January 7 One Book, Many Interpretations: Second Edition - Chicago, IL
Intent to Enter due; assignation of book to be bound. Juried exhibition to include top bindings created for each
title, a total of 50 books chosen. Exhibit celebrates the Chicago Public Librarys 10 years of their One Book, One
Chicago program.
* for information, contact Lesa Dowd at: ldowd@chipublib.org
deadline: January 29 Artists Book Cornucopia II - Abecedarian Gallery, Denver , CO
A juried show of artists books. Show dates April 15 to June 4, 2011.
* for more information, visit: www.abecedariangallery.com
g b w ma r k i n g t i me e x h i b i t c o mp l e t e s t h e t o u r . . .
November 5, 2010 - March 20, 2011 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
. . . a n d a n n o u n c e s t h e n e x t n a t i o n a l e x h i b i t
Amy Leepard, GBW Exhibitions Chair, announces the theme of the next national & traveling exhibition: Horizons.
Details at the guild website: www.guildofbookworkers.org.
n e ws l e t t e r n o t e s . . .
Please note that the next Rocky Mountain RoundUp will be coming out in early March, submissions due by February 25.
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Book Arts Roundup
Guild of BookWorkers
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Post Offce Box 200984
Denver, Colorado 80220
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The Language of Pop-Ups
As the course title suggests, this workshop will explore techniques for
building noun-like pop-ups (formal structures) and verb-like pop-ups
(movement and/or animation for those structures). Participants will begin
by learning basic techniques and quickly move on to building a variety of
versatile forms and lifts. Eventually, participants will produce a bound
collection of 10-15 samples that can be used for further study and practice.
Throughout the workshop, secrets of professional pop-up engineers will be
revealed through examination of commercial books.
Beginners are welcome.
About the instructor: Shawn Sheehy
Shawn Sheehy combines paper engineering and paper making with an
interest in biology and science to produce sculptural pop-up books. Shawn
has taught workshops at PBI, Penland and the Centers for Book Arts in
Chicago and New York. His commercial pop-up clients include the Ameri-
can Girl Company and American Greetings.
GBW members have priority registration through January 31,2011; after that, registration is
open to all. Please send a non-refundable deposit check for $60 (payable to the Guild of Book
Workers) to: Sammy Lee, 4049 S. Niagara Way, Denver, CO 80237.
Please contact Sammy for your questions on this workshop: sammy.lee@mac.com
Detailed workshop description can be found on the RMC Denver Facebook.
Saturday & Sunday, April 16 -17, 2011, 10am - 4pm
Workshop location: TBD
Workshop fee: $130 (members), $145 (non-members)
plus a $5 material fee
Guild of BookWorkers- Rocky Mountain Chapter
presents a weekend workshop with Shawn Sheehy