Resources
Book Art Classes / San Diego
The Art Retreat
The Art Retreat offers workshops in bookbinding, pinhole photography, manipulated Polaroids, marbling and paste papers, collage, journal writing
and how to improve your photography.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
The library, devoted exclusively to music and art, has an outstanding and ever-expanding collection of books, periodicals, reference material,
compact discs, videocassettes, DVDs, sheet music, and librettos, as well as one of the most significant collections of artists' books in Southern
California. The library is open to the public five days a week; members can check out materials for a modest annual fee. The Athenaeum also
presents an eclectic, year-round schedule of art exhibitions, concerts (classical, jazz, and new music), lectures, studio art classes through its
School of the Arts, tours and special events.
1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA 92037-4418
858.454.5872
Ah Haa School of the Arts Tulluride
The Ah Haa School for the Arts is a community center of learning and culture that offers a wide variety of programs and seeks to inspire
individuals of all ages to explore, develop and celebrate their creativity.
300 South Townsend Avenue, Telluride, Co 81435
Mailing Address: PO Box 1590, Telluride, Co 81435
970.728.3886
Bay Park Press
Bay Park Press was founded in San Diego by proprietors Sibyl Rubottom and Jim Machacek in 2000 to foster the production of artists'
books and prints, and to promote interest in the letterpress process. Periodic classes are offered to the community and space is available for
San Diego artists to create print and book projects for yearly, monthly or daily fees.
Membership Available
4138 Napier, San Diego, CA 92110
619.275.0696
Bravo School of Art
Bravo School of Art offers workshops and art classes for adults and children to explore their creativity. Mosaic, Mural Art, Floor Cloth,
Book Arts, Digital Photography, Collage, Mixed Media, Drawing, Painting: Watercolor, Acrylic, Oils, Weaving, Basketry, Jewelry Making and Printmaking
are some options.
2690 Historic Decatur Rd, Studio 206, San Diego, CA 92106
619.223.0058
Bowdoin College Visual Arts
The Visual Arts Department offers courses in a variety of media that explore not only the ways in which art can be taught but what it is that
art can teach, whether a student is preparing for a life in the visual arts or simply hoping to gain a more creative, informed, and visually
engaged outlook in any field or walk of life.
Department of Art, Bowdoin College, 9300 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011
207.725.3697
Book Arts Roundtable
Is a place where artist’s interested in making books, beginning bookbinders and people who love books and paper could gather and share their work
5 Mead Street, South Orange, NJ 07079
Boulder County Arts Alliance
BCAA acts as a catalyst to incubate stimulate and sustain a thriving arts community in Boulder County.
To achieve this mission, BCAA:
•Ignites the interest in arts by promoting diverse art opportunities and supporting all performing, visual and emerging arts disciplines
•Nurtures the arts by coordinating collaboration among and between the art disciplines and offering continuing professional development to improve business
competencies etc.
2590 Walnut Street, Suite 9, Boulder, CO 80302
303.447.2422
John C. Campbell Folk School
You’ll find deep satisfaction in the development of creative skills in a supportive, hands-on learning environment at the Folk School. We offer adults
more than 830 weeklong and weekend classes year-round in traditional and contemporary craft, art, music, dance, cooking, gardening, nature studies, photography
and writing.
John C. Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Road, Brasstown, NC 28902
1-800.FOLK.SCH (365.5724)
Center for Book Arts
The Center for Book Arts is committed to exploring and cultivating contemporary aesthetic interpretations of the book as an art object while invigorating
traditional artistic practices of the art of the book.
28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10001
212.481.0295
Cincinnati Book Arts Society
Cincinnati Book Arts Society (CBAS) is a nonprofit organization comprised of professionals and amateurs from all quarters of the book, paper and
printing arts-bookbinders, paper makers, printers, paper marblers, and book artists, as well as archivists and conservators-for the purpose of creating a spirit
of community among hand workers in the book arts and those who love books.
Cincinnati Book Arts Society – CBAS, P.O. 32033, Cincinnati, OH 45232-0033
Columbia Book and Paper
The Center for Book & Paper Arts (CBPA) was created in 1993 within the Interdisciplinary Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago. CBPA is dedicated to
furthering knowledge and appreciation of book art, including letterpress & offset printing, bookbinding, papermaking, and artists' books.
Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book & Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois 60605
312.369.6632
Craft Guild of Dallas
The Craft Guild was founded in 1948 to provide instruction and studios for artists and craftspersons, to raise the standards of craftsmanship and design
by offering exhibitions and competitive show opportunities, and to stimulate interest in the fine arts and crafts through community outreach.
5100 Beltline Rd., #400, Dallas, Texas 75254
972.490.0303
Mesa College
7250 Mesa College Dr
San Diego, CA
858.627.2600
http://www.sdccd.net
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92115
619.594.5200
http://www.sdsu.edu
UCSD Art Department
858.534.2230
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0170
http://visarts.ucsd.edu/html/splash.html
UCSD Extension
9500 Gilman Drive, 0170A
La Jolla, CA 92093-0170
858-534-340
http://www.extension.ucsd.edu
http://www.extension.ucsd.edu/StudyArea/index.cfm?vAction=saDetail&vStudyAreaID=1
Suppliers / San Diego
Artist & Craftsman Supply
3804 4th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619.688.1911
http://www.artistcraftsman.com
Blick Art Materials
1844 India Street,
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619.687.0050
http://www.dickblick.com
Rhino Art Company
97 North Coast Highway 101,
Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 760-943-7440
Galleries & Presses / San Diego
Bay Park Press
Membership Available
4138 Napier
San Diego CA 92110
(619) 275-0696
Brighton Press
5433 Linda Vista Road, Suite B,
San Diego, California 92110
619-542-1179; Fax (619) 542-1140
http://www.ebrightonarts.com
Iron Bear Press
P.O. Box 90340
San Diego, CA 92169
858.274.5110
ironbear@san.rr.com
Studio Maureen & The Next Door Gallery
2963 Beech Street
San Diego, CA 92102
(619) 233-6679
http://www.studiomaureen.com
Guilds & Organizations / San Diego
San Diego Fellow Calligraphers
P. O. Box 84960
San Diego, CA 92138-4960
http://www.sdfconline.com
Guilds & Organizations / California (various)
Hand Bookbinders of California (HBC)
P.O. Box 193216
San Francisco, CA 94119
Idyllwild Arts Foundation
Box 38, 52500 Temecula Road
Idyllwild, CA 92549
http://www.idyllwildarts.org
Los Angeles Book Arts Center
2265 Westwood Boulevard, #274
Los Angeles, CA 90064-2016
http://www.labookarts.com
Mills College Center for the Book
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613
510-430-2047
Fax 510-430-2278
Pacific Center for Book Arts (PCBA)
300 DeHaro Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-621-5744
San Francisco Bay Area Book Arts
San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB)
330 DeHaro Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-565-0545
Fax 415-565-0556
Guilds & Organizations / Beyond California (various)
Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artists Guild (CBBAG)
176 John Street, Suite 309
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5T 1X5
416-581-1071
Fax 416-581-1053
http://www.cbbag.ca
The Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10001
(212) 481-0295
http://www.centerforbookarts.org
Chicago Center for Book & Paper
Columbia College, Chicago
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Main Switchboard: (312) 663-160
http://www.bookandpaper.org
Guild of Bookworkers
521 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10175
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu
librodeartista - Un espacio colaborativo
http://librodeartista.ning.com
The Miniature Book Society
620 Clinton Springs Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-1325
http://www.mbs.org
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-215-2520
Fax: 612-215-2545
http://www.mnbookarts.org
The Movable Book Society
P.O. Box 11654
New Brunswick, NJ 08906
The Printing & Book Arts Center
Genesee Center for the Arts and Education
713 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
585-244-9312
http://www.geneseearts.org/bookarts/index.phtml
Visual Studies Workshop
31 Prince Street,
Rochester, NY 14607
716-442-8676
Fax 716-442-1992
http://www.vsw.org