The Ottawa Valley Chapter hosted the 2018 Books Arts Show and Sale on the twelfth of May at the Glebe Community Centre in Ottawa. It was the culmination of months of planning by Spike Minogue, the event organizer. This year… Continue Reading →
Grimsby, Ontario Saturday, April 28, 2018 For forty years, friends and lovers of the printed word have gaggled to the foot of the Niagara Escarpment on the last Saturday in April to participate in a modern wayzgoose. This year, fifty… Continue Reading →
May 3 to June 17, 2018 The Ottawa School of Art (OSA) Gallery hosts its seventh international biennale juried exhibition of miniature prints. This year’s miniprint exhibition has over 260 works, over 100 artists and 20 countries. More information Located at OSA’s… Continue Reading →
At the May meeting, we picked out of the box challenge number 9: Celebration. It is up to you to interpret it any way you like and use it to produce a book arts related work. We’d love to see… Continue Reading →
This month’s programme consists of a talk: Artists’ Book Content by Larry Thompson. Last minute preparations for the Book Arts Show and Sale 2018, which will be help on May 12. Also bring your creations, including the results from April’s Book Arts Challenge –… Continue Reading →
National Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Monday, May 7, 2018 to Monday, September 3, 2018 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa Library and Archives hours The Golden Cockerel Press was an important part of Britain’s fine-press movement. This exhibition features outstanding examples… Continue Reading →
Featured artists (some CBBAG-OV members): Geneviève Belzile, Manon Boulet, Deirdre Hierlihy, Louise Lépine, Nathalie Morin, Madeleine Rousseau, Denise Tremblay. At The Crichton Street Gallery, 299 Crichton Street, Ottawa Saturdays, May 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2018 (11 am to 4 pm)… Continue Reading →
Friday and Saturday, May 4-5 The last Marbling course we offered (in March) was such a great success we are offering the same course again! There were a few on the waiting list but we have lots of spots still… Continue Reading →
At the April meeting, we picked out of the box challenge number 8: Creative closures. It is up to you to interpret it any way you like and use it to produce a book arts related work. We’d love to… Continue Reading →
BIBLIOPHORIA V International Juried Book Art Exhibition June 22 – July 29 Juror Macy Chadwick Call for artwork related to “the book”. We see the book as a point of departure. handmade artist’s books, using traditional bookmaking method work showing… Continue Reading →
This month’s programme consists of a presentation on Gelli plate printing for book arts, with Anne Warburton. An update will be presented on the preparations for the Book Arts Show and Sale 2018, which will be help on May 12…. Continue Reading →
At the March meeting, we picked out of the box challenge number 7: Yellow. It is up to you to interpret it any way you like and use it to produce a book arts related work. We’d love to see… Continue Reading →
Saturday, April 14, 2018 Come for the day or drop in to purchase supplies. This completely non-structured day of playing and learning will be free – that’s a good start! Come and work on your bookbinding-related projects all day. There… Continue Reading →
This month’s programme consists of a presentation on the miniature book, with Susan Pinard. Bring your creations, including the results from February’s Book Arts Challenge – Indian Summer. Report on bookbinding activities by members. Check this site again after the meeting to… Continue Reading →
A travelling exhibition, burned books, letterpress lead printing letters, gold leaf, acrylic. MOMENTOS denounces the threat of disappearance of the paper book. Sealed, words and letters are preserved, precious and immortal. Irreducibles tend to flee. For more information visit: www.odettetheberge.com. Odette… Continue Reading →
In FRESCO, natural plant pigments, indigo and rust (iron oxide) tell the story in prints of beauty in decay, of strength in fragility, of fragments recalling wholeness. March 15 to April 16, 2018 Trinity Art Gallery, Salon A Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd,… Continue Reading →
Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers’ Connective / Collectif des artists graveurs d’Ottawa-Gatineau ‘My City, My Town, My Village’ ‘Ma ville, mon village’ February 27 to April 22, 2018 At The Green Door restaurant 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., everyday except Mondays 198 Main Street,… Continue Reading →
Kyla Ubbink, who has worked in book and paper conservation and restoration for 17 years, crafts some of the smallest books in Ottawa. Read the article to find out more.
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