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OCTOBER 2019
NEWSLETTER
UPCOMING EVENTS
Studio Session
Print a Business Card
with Bruce Campbell
TWO Wednesdays, October 16 and 23
5:30 - 7pm
$30 members $40 non-members
$5
materials fee
Limited to 6 participants
Learn to set type, manage a chase, ink the printer plate, and print your business cards on one of the Guild's Kelsey presses. The goal is for everyone to design and print their own cards while becoming familiar with the Guild's letterpress shop.
This beginners session is open to just six participants, as space in the shop is limited. Additional sessions may be offered based on demand.
Please note this class requires contact with lead type. Appropriate precautionary measures are required.
More information and register here.
Found Paper Journals
with Corlis Taylor
Saturday, October 5 10am - 4pm
$60 members $70 non-members
$20 materials fee
4 SPACES
available
Create an everyday journal using specialty folders and unique and interesting papers. We will design our covers, make the folios using a variety of papers, sew it all together and embellish with beads.
The instructor will provide the book covers, selection of papers, linen thread and beads. In addition to the paper provided please bring any paper you would like to include in your everyday journal.
Register and information
here
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Open Studio
with Mary Maisch
Tuesday, October 22 noon - 4pm
No Registration!
No Cost!
Come by the studio and work on one of your ongoing projects, share ideas, and be inspired by fellow book artists. Or, just drop in to say hi! We hope to have more Open Studio times when we can gather informally without a special theme or focus. Let us know how Open Studio sessions like this can best serve our membership.
Northwoods Book Arts Guild to Participate!
2019 Handmade Holiday Art Bazaar
Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center
Friday - Saturday, December 6-7
The Guild is honored once again to be invited to participate in Morris Thompson's wonderfully successful Holiday Bazaar. NBG members are encouraged to begin thinking about and creating Alaska-themed holiday gifts to be sold at the NBG table. Showcase your work at this very special holiday venue.
Save the Date!
Northwoods Book Arts Guild
ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, November 17 1-3pm
NBG Studio
Our joyful, annual celebration of us - NBG!
Elections - those who keep us organized!
Auction - all sorts of book arts surprises!
Membership Signup & Renewal - join us in 2020!
Holiday Card Exchange - always a pleasure!
... AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
ALASKA AND POLAR REGIONS
COLLECTION & ARCHIVES
OPEN HOUSE
Honoring Our Past
Focusing On Our Future
Thursday, October 17
5-7pm
Rasmuson Library, Research Room 210
Included in the exhibition will be books of special interest to NBG members, including the magnificently illustrated Flora Rossica (1784/1789), a gem of a little atlas of the Russian Empire (1792/1793), and other rare books from the collection. The public is invited. Light refreshments will be served.
More information available here.
NORTHWOODS BOOK ARTS GUILD
CALENDAR
Studio Session
Print a Business Card
with Bruce Campbell
TWO Wednesdays, October 16 and 23, 5:30-7pm
NBG Studio, Letterpress Shop
Workshop
Found Paper Journals
with Corlis
Taylor
Saturday, October 5, 1-3pm
NBG Studio
More information above
Open Studio
with Mary Maisch
Tuesday, October 22, noon-4pm
NBG Studio
Workshop
Concertina Album Binding
with Margo Klass
Saturday, October 26, 10am-4pm
NBG Studio
Class Full; wait list only
Workshop
with Margo Klass
Saturday, November 2, 10am-4pm
NBG Studio
Class Full; wait list only
NBG
ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, November 17, 1-3pm
NBG Studio
Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center
Holiday Art Bazaar
Friday, December 6 5-8pm
Saturday, December 7 10am-5pm
Learn about and support Northwoods Book Arts Guild!
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