Meeting, December 13, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, December 13th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This… Continue Reading →

Picturing the Invisible: Sights/Sites Unseen

Exhibition Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers’ Connective /Collectif des artists graveurs d’Ottawa-Gatineau November 2, 2023 – February 19, 2024Nepean Creative Arts Centre35 Stafford Road, Ottawa ON K2H 8V8 Using varied printmaking techniques, from relief and intaglio to cyanotype, lithography, collagraph, and silkscreen, 14… Continue Reading →

The Star Book

Workshop Saturday, January 27, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST Join CBBAG-OV for this one-day workshop, which will introduce participants to the delightful Star Book. At first the book looks like a simple exposed-spine structure with a ribbon tie at… Continue Reading →

SWAP project 2023-2024

Proposed by Madeleine Rousseau and Deidre Hierlihy. The CBBAG Ottawa Valley Chapter SWAP is an annual collaborative project that promotes interesting artistic and book arts-related technical opportunities to acquire and put into practice one’s skills by creating a book, a… Continue Reading →

Meeting, November 8, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, November 8th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This… Continue Reading →

Classic Clamshell Box

Workshop Saturday, Dec 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST This version of the clamshell box is sturdy and durable, as well as classic in its elegance. The lip allows for easy opening, while the cloth covering affixes and… Continue Reading →

Book Sewing Structures – Single section variations

Workshop Saturday, Nov 25, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST Join CBBAG-OV for a one day introductory workshop to bookbinding sewing structures. This workshop focuses on single section sewing. This workshop will focus on sewing single sections without the… Continue Reading →

Meeting, October 11, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, October 11th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This… Continue Reading →

Bookbinding I

This fun, six day introductory course on bookbinding will guide students from simple pamphlet bindings to completing two hardcover books. Fridays to Sundays, October 27-29 and November 3-5, 2023, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This workshop is an introduction to… Continue Reading →

Relief Block Printing with Linoleum

Learn to carve relief blocks (or “drawing with light”) and print them by hand and with a press. Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24, 2023, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students will explore the graphic possibilities of relief printmaking on linoleum,… Continue Reading →

Meeting, September 13, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, September 13 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University, located on the ground (2nd) floor of the MacOdrum Library at the south end of campus on… Continue Reading →

A Montreal mill where handmade paper was made for decades is closing

"Saint-Armand paper mill has a storied past, but it's time to move on, owner [David Carruthers et Denise Lapointe] says...They're downscaling, moving out and heading to a rural property in the Laurentians to continue making paper in a more peaceful, and satisfying, environment, one that doesn't flood constantly." Read the article by Matthew Lapierre, CBC News. Posted: Aug 25, 2023 4:00 AM EDT

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/papeterie-st-armand-ville-emard-montreal-paper-carruthers-1.6944965

“Saint-Armand paper mill has a storied past, but it’s time to move on, owner [David Carruthers et Denise Lapointe] says…They’re downscaling, moving out and heading to a rural property in the Laurentians to continue making paper in a more peaceful,… Continue Reading →

13th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières

The 13th Edition: a fascinating journey! If you are planning to visit Trois-Rivière in Quebec this summer, don’t miss this important printmaking event from June 17 to September 10, 2023. Free admission. This exhibition, in existence since 1999, is the… Continue Reading →

“I Always Speak to Dogs and Cats”: Early Animal Rights Literature for Children

Held at the Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, this exhibition examines the intersection between Victorian children’s literature and the emergent animal rights movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with special interest in… Continue Reading →

Meeting, June 14, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, June 14th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. Carleton… Continue Reading →

Amos Kennedy & the School of Bad Printing

A virtual conversation between printers Amos Kennedy & Andrew Steeves Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 at 5pm Pacific After years of bad mouthing by Andrew Steeves, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. will expose the lies that have been said about BAD PRINTING…. Continue Reading →

the ottawa small press book fair

Spring 2023 edition: June 17, 2023 span-o (the small press action network – ottawa) presents the ottawa small press book fair, on Saturday, June 17, 2023, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre… Continue Reading →

Cascade Bookmaking Workshop

Saturday June 3rd, 2023 – 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Create an exciting mind-boggling book! Join CBBAG-Ottawa Valley for a fun, casual workshop day and learn to make a cascading/exploding book. This is an interesting yet simple structure to learn,… Continue Reading →

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