CBAA Conference Travel Grants Awarded

The CBAA Awards Committee has announced the recipients of the 2012 Travel Grants to attend the annual conference in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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FEATURED 
STUDENT ARTIST


Suzanne Sawyer
"I am currently a second year graduate student in the MFA in the Book Arts Program at The University of Alabama. I am a native of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and hold a BSW and a BFA in Art Education from Virginia Common-wealth University in Richmond, Virginia. I taught high school art for eleven years — five in inner city Los Angeles..."
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Congratulations:

The CBAA is pleased to announce the 2011 project grant recipients. The project assistance grants are intended to provide financial assistance to memebers for existing research and creative projects. Proposals were accepted through May 1, 2011. These grants in the amount of $500, while not large, are intended to help support existing project with modest extra funding that will allow progress to continue or project to be completed.

Congratulations to the 2011 CBAA project assistance grant recipients:

Faculty/staff:
*Denise Bookwalter for: Envelope
*Melanie Mowinski for: DownStreet Art project
*Tricia Treacy for: manufacturing new
wood type

 Student:
*Amelia Bird for: Walden Marginalia
*Brooke Hunter-Lombardi for: Understairs

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STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

*Attend the Annual Conference
*Receive CBAA Journal
*CBAA Newsletter
*Annual Conference travel grants
*Student Exhibition Awards
*Featured Student/Artist Section on website



MEMBERS EXHIBITION CATALOG
CLICK HERE


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Full 2012 Conference Program Now Available — CLICK HERE

A printed version will also be included in the packets of all conference attendees 

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CBAA ACKNOWLEDGES OUR

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

Carleton College

Oregon College of Art and Craft
University of Iowa Center for the Book
The University of Alabama  
Garage Annex School
Corcoran College of Art & Design
Ohio State University Libraries
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & 
     Paper Arts
Cowell Press, University of Santa Cruz
North Bennett Street School
Savannah College of Art and Design,
     Atlanta Campus
University of the Arts
Otis College of Art and Design
The Press at Colorado College
Trinity College
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Book Arts Program, University of Utah
Wells College
University of Maine at Machias
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NEW CBAA BOARD MEMBERS 

At its meeting on December 4, the CBAA board
of directors elected two new board members,
Kerry McAleer-Keeler and Denise Bookwalter.
Kerry is the director of the Art and the Book
Program
at the Corcoran College of Art + Design; Denise teaches book art at Florida State University and is director of the Small Craft Advisory Press.

The board also voted to reappoint two board
members whose terms expire in 2012. Julie Chen and Marnie Powers-Torrey have both made important
contributions to our organization as board members and the board wants CBAA to continue to benefit from their outstanding work.
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Executive Director,
Western New York Book Arts Center


The Western New York Book Arts Center   
<http://wnybookarts.org/> seeks an Executive
Director
with proven leadership, organizational,

interpersonal and communication skills. The
preferred candidate
will have a practical grounding in arts advocacy and a working knowledge of the non-profit sector including board development and strategic planning. Responsibilities will include oversight of the facilities, budget, fundraising and staff. A bachelor’s degree with a graduate degree in a related field preferred. Compensation is $40K + benefits.  Review of applications begins February 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. To apply send a cover letter
and resume in one PDF file to:
employment (at) wnybookarts.org  

 

University of Houston-Victoria
Full-time tenure track Assistant Professor of
Communication Design who will work closely
with Dr. Kyle Schlesinger, Assistant Professor of Communication Design, Co-director MS in
Publishing Program:
https://uhv.simplehire.com/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=137854

The Division of Humanities offers bachelor's programs in BAAS, communication, English,
and history, and has robust master's programs
in publishing and interdisciplinary studies. It
also anticipates launching
bachelor's programs
in Spanish and communication design no later
than the fall of 2012. In addition, the division is seeking to enrich its programmatic offerings in other areas as well. The humanities division has over 1,400 majors, twenty full-time faculty, and
is home to the Cuneiform Press, Dark Sky,
Society for Critical Exchange, Fiction Collective Two, Centro Victoria, and two inter-nationally distributed journals: American Book Review and symploke. UHV is a four-year university and graduate institution of nearly 4,300 student and is one of four institutions of the University of Houston System
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OPPORTUNITIES

*Call For Papers- American Printing History Association 2012 Annual Conference:
At the Crossroads: Living Letterform Traditions

Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book
and Paper Arts
October 12–13, 2012

The American Printing History Association
welcomes proposals for its 2012 annual con-
ference. The main proceedings will take place Saturday, October 13. Full details will be available at the website of the American Printing History Association,
www.printinghistory.org.
Proposals are due by March 15, 2012

*John Michael Kohler Arts Center: Arts/
Industry Residency (2012)

https://www.callforentry.or /festivals_unique_info.php?ID=904

Entry Deadline: 4/1/12
The John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry residency
is a long-term residency in Kohler, Wisconsin.
The residency is open to visual artists worldwide. Applications are accepted year-round, but there is a deadline of April 1 for residencies in the following calendar year. Major funding is provided by Kohler Co.

* Frederic W. Goudy Lecture and Workshop

SAVE THE DATE: February 11th, 2012
at Scripps College
1030 Columbia Ave. Claremont, CA 91711

The Scripps College Press will be hosting a
lecture and one-day workshop on Islamic papermaking, bookbinding and calligraphy.


*The Center for Book and Paper Arts
each summer provides for a two two-week artist residencies, intended to provide time, facilities
and assistance for specific projects. The residency includes accommodations and an honorarium. For information on our future residency dates and deadlines, contact book&paper@colum.edu.

Applications for the Summer 2012 Residencies
are now available.
The dates for the two residencies are June 11–22 and July 9–20.

The timeline for application submissions and notification dates are:
*Completed entries must be postmarked by
March 5, 2012.
*Notice of acceptance will be in the mail by
March 19, 2012.
*The first residency dates are
June 11 - 22, 2012.
*The second residency dates are
July 9 - 20, 2012
*One copy of the completed project must be sent to the Center for the archives by September 30, 2012.
For more information visit: http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Interarts/research/residency-program.php, email: book&paper@colum.edu


*A Call For Entries: In, On, Of Paper. 

May 25 2012 - August 1, 2012.

Juror, Eileen Wallace. Deadline: April 6,2012
Paper Circle, a non-profit paper and book arts
center nested in the hills of southeast Ohio, will
host its first annual juried
show this spring. All original works created in, on, or of paper are welcome for consideration. $500 first place; $25
for up to two entries. Digital images only. Enter online, or for more details visit:
http://www.papercircle.org/
2012-juried-exhibition

 

*PBI 2012 Website NOW ONLINE:

Applications open Dec 15

The 29th Paper and Book Intensive will be held
May 13 – 24, 2012 at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, Michigan.
See their website, http://www.paperbookintensive.org, for detailed information and the online application. Applications will be accepted beginning December 15, 2011.





 

 

 

 

 
 
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