[BKARTS] Grand Opening of the Jaffe Center for Book Arts

[John Cutrone <JCUTRONE@xxxxxxx>]

Book Arts & Letterpress Lists:

FIVE is a big theme lately here at Florida Atlantic University's  
Wimberly Library, for the new 5-story Paul C. Wimbish Wing of our  
library is finally complete, and now it's time to celebrate. And  
that's just what we're doing, next Tuesday, March 27, from 4pm to  
6pm... and we'd like you to join us if you can, for it's also the day  
we'll be officially showing off our new book arts center for the  
first time.

The new home of the Arthur & Mata Jaffe Collection: Books as  
Aesthetic Objects is a dynamic new center for book arts study and  
research, complete with working letterpress, bookbinding, and hand  
papermaking studios, and a brilliant new book arts gallery to house  
the artists' book collection. The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book  
Arts will teach and showcase traditional and innovative approaches to  
the book arts, and challenge, more than ever, your definition of "The  
Book."

The celebration begins with a formal program outside the new wing at  
4pm, with music by FAU Libraries' Klezmer Company Orchestra and  
comments by our special guest, Scott Eyman, author and books editor  
for the Palm Beach Post. Following the formal program, we'll have  
tours and receptions on all five floors of the Wimbish Wing. (Between  
you and me, though, the most fun will be on the third floor, at the  
Jaffe Center for Book Arts.)

If you plan on attending, please RSVP to Shirley Gerzon at (561)  
297-3316... as soon as you can, for this announcement is admittedly  
late.

I speak for all of us here at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts when I  
say, "Hope to see you on Tuesday." Till then, though, there still are  
presses to be moved (Greg Timko has been here for almost a week  
now!), broadsides to be hung, and printing to be done!

John


John Cutrone
Book Arts Coordinator
The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Florida Atlantic University Wimberly Library
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
http://www.jaffecollection.org

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