(Fwd) CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS PROGRAMS, CLASSES, PUBLICATIONS

[Richard Minsky <minsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Note: This is the second time I'm sending this. My phone line 
had a problem in the middle and I don't know if it went 
through. I apologize if it's duplicating anything.

Pursuant to listowner's 9/6 request for info re organizations' 
services and products, I append the following:

     CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS
     626 Broadway, 5th Floor
     New York, NY  10012
     (212) 460-9768

Welcome to the Center for Book Arts 1994 Fall schedule of  
programs. This schedule lists the exhibitions, programs and  
events that the Center plans to offer September through 
December
of 1994.

This schedule also contains a comprehensive listing of the  
Center's many courses related to traditional and contemporary  
bookmaking, including hand bookbinding, letterpress printing,  
hand papermaking, and their associated arts. These courses are  
designed to offer the best book arts instruction by providing:

- A teaching staff comprised of experienced book artists

- Limited class enrollment to allow extensive exchange between  
instructor and student

- A fully-equipped hand book bindery and letterpress printshop

- Courses designed to accomodate students at all levels of  
experience

Come visit our facility in downtown Manhattan. The Center for  
Book Arts is open to the public from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday  
through Friday, and 10 am to 4 pm on Saturdays. Admission is  
free.

ABOUT THE CENTER

The Center for Book Arts is dedicated to the preservation of 
the
traditional crafts of bookmaking, as well as contemporary  
interpretations of the book as an art object. Founded in 1974, 
it
was the first non-profit organization of its kind in the 
nation,
and has since beocme a model for others around the world. The  
Center has organized over 130 exhibitions related to the art of 
 the book, involving over 2600 artists, and more than 200 
artists
a year use our fully-equipped printshop and bindery to create 
new
works which reflect centuries of craft tradition. Each year the 
 Center offers over 120 courses, workshops, and seminars, as 
well
as services to artists, including an intern and apprenticeship  
program, special publications, workspace rentals, an artist 
slide
registry, and emerging artists exhibitions. With the support of 
 numerous foundations, corporations, individual contributors, 
and
over 700 members worldwide, the Center of Book Arts ensures 
that
the ancient craft of the book -- that container which preserves 
 the knowledge and ideas of a culture -- remains a viable and  
vital part of our civilization.

CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS PROGRAMS

EXHIBITION PROGRAM

The Book Arts Gallery, a 900 square foot exhibition space at 
the
Center for Book Arts, provides a venue specifically for the 
work
of book artists, and affords the public exposure to the art of  
the book. Each year the Exhibition Program provides space,  
publicity and catalogs for up to 6 shows of work by book 
artists,
both established and emerging, as well as students from the  
Center's Outreach Project. The Center's Exhibition Program has  
featured the work of such noted international book artists as  
Willem Sandberg, the former director of the Stedelijk Museum in 
 Amsterdam who is considered by some to be the father of modern 
 typography; and Jean de Gonet, one of the foremost 
contemporary  bookbinders whose work is included in many major 
public and  private collections.

In 1993 the Center's Book Arts Gallery exhibited "Agrippa: (a  
book of the dead)," a collaborative work by the award-winning  
science fiction author William Gibson and artist Dennis 
Ashbaugh,
which combined computer technology and the traditional book  
format. Last year also included the bookworks of Hedi Kyle, a  
book artist whose innovative book structures have greatly  
influenced contemporary bookmaking. Upcoming exhibitions at the 
 Book Arts Gallery include:

"The Works of edition balance: Contemporary Book Arts from the  
new Germany" September 16 - October 15, 1994. This exhibition  
will showcase the works of edition balance, a fine press which  
began publishing limited edition art books in East Germany,  
before the re-unifica