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Causes: Art Museums, Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Visual Arts
Mission: 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. The center seeks to facilitate communication between the book arts community and the larger spheres of contemporary art and literature through exhibitions, classes, public programming, literary presentations, opportunities for artists and writers, publications, and collecting.
Programs: Educational courses and workshops related to the preservation and exploration of book arts, including book binding, letterpress, and relief printing, paper treatments and artist books.
exhibitions and collections related to the book arts, including the book as an art object, artist book, prints, other works on paper, and reference library related to book arts.
residencies, literary presentation and other progrmas that provide opportunities for the making of book arts in its broadest terms.