OPEN HOUSE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Sunday, June 19th, 6-9pm Drop-in anytime. No registration required. Please bring your mask. Join us for an informal gathering of the copier-curious. Due to the overwhelming response to now sold-out workshops, ABAC decided have a party! Come on by to see demonstrations and make your own print. … Continue reading Cheap Copies! With Rich Dana
/////////////////////////////////////////////////// ABAC is participating in Amplify Austin, a city-wide 24 hrs of giving beginning at 6pm on Wednesday, March 2nd and extending until Thursday, March 3rd at 6pm. Click here to support the Austin Book Arts Center. /////////////////////////////////////////////////// After discovering the essential role of remote resources during a pandemic, especially for children, parents, and teachers, the … Continue reading ¡Let’s Make Books/Hagamos Libros!
FREE PROGRAM ON ZOOM Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 7 – 8:30, USA Central time Join on Zoom at http://us06web.zoom.us/j/87059267062 Please join The Austin Book Arts Center and BookWoman in welcoming author and UT Austin professor, Kelcey Gray for an exciting evening of instruction & experimentation in celebration of her new book Let’s Make Letters! Experiment, Practice, and … Continue reading Let’s Make Letters! With Kelcey Gray
What is your musical background? We had a close family friend who was a harpist, so I decided that was my calling while still in elementary school. My parents attempted to distract me with piano lessons and finally capitulated when my school obtained a harp. I was able to begin lessons in the 5th grade. … Continue reading Introducing: Delaine Leonard
We are excited to open our Studios to the public. Come see us! An exhibit will be on view: BOOK ARTS BEYOND We have cookies. Saturday, November 6th, 10am-7pm Sunday, November 7th, 10am-7pm Saturday, November 13th, 10am-7pm Sunday, November 14th, 10am-7pm
Please tell us about your work as a book artist and teacher. For about twenty years, making books was everything to me. I made them, I taught them, I wrote about them. From the beginning, I was only interested in the book as a vessel for content. I made books with calligraphic texts, photocopier imagery, … Continue reading Introducing: Susan Gaylord
/////////////////////////////////////////////////// ABAC is participating in Amplify Austin, a city-wide 24 hrs of giving beginning at 6pm on Thursday, March 4th and extending until Friday, March 5th at 6pm. Click here to support the Austin Book Arts Center. /////////////////////////////////////////////////// We’ve all discovered the essential role of remote resources during a pandemic, especially for children, parents, and … Continue reading ¡Let’s Make Books/Hagamos Libros!
View the film and the Q&A here! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On November 13, 2020, the Austin Book Arts Center held an online screening* of Good Book Action: Craig Jensen Master Bookbinder, a short film by documentary filmmaker Mark Hall. … Continue reading Good Book Action
A Bookish Memoir When I think of Mary-Margaret Gallaway, I think of long phone calls. Full of energy, Mary-Margaret would detail recent events, travels, or amusing stories, at a fast pace in her south Texas, Kingsville accent. Usually, I would put on my headphones so I could continue to do bindery work at the bench … Continue reading In Memory of Mary-Margaret A. Gallaway, August 21, 1941 – June 13, 2020
1.What is your background? My background, well I started getting serious about my interest in art in high school when I took an advanced placement art course that started an hour earlier than normal school hours. I then went to college at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where I received a … Continue reading Introducing: Adam Robinson
