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The Center for Book Arts has a full schedule of weekly events promoting the art of the book. Please join us for special opening receptions for new exhibitions, broadside poetry readings, artists' talks, round table discussions with book artists, lectures on subjects related to bookmaking and the book in contemporary art, and professional development workshops designed for working artists in New York.
Members receive a discount on all public programs. Opening receptions and open houses are free. Suggested admission to all other events: $5 members; $10 non-members.
Center Broadsides Reading Series
Friday, June 7th
, 6:30pm
Betsy Fagin and Hoa Nguyen
Organized by Marcella Durand and Krystal Languell
on behalf of the Belladonna* Collaborative.
$10 suggested donation/ $5 members
Curator's Talk
Wednesday, June 12th
, 6:30pm
Sneak preview of the upcoming NYPL exhibition, The ABC of It.
The ABC of It is an examination of why children’s books are important: what and how do they teach children, and what do they reveal about the societies that produced them?
$25/ $30
Artist Talk: 2012 Workspace Artists in Residence
Friday, June 14th
, 6:30pm
In conjunction with The Center’s annual exhibition of new work
by the previous year’s Artists-in-Residence.
The 2012 Workspace residents are Stephanie Beck, Frances Gallardo, Jessica Lagunas,
Asuka Ohsawa, and Sarada Rauch.
$10 suggested donation/ $5 members