Event Info
This virtual workshop takes place via Zoom on Tuesday, February 8 from 12–3pm ET.
About the Workshop:
Celebrate love and book-making in time for Valentine’s Day with this virtual workshop for all experience levels led by CBA Instructor Maria G. Pisano. Pisano will teach participants the flexagon structure—a unique moveable book that springs to life when opened. Each student can customize their flexagon book with stencils, stamps, drawings, and more to create their own unique Valentine.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal student-to-teacher ratio. Register now before the remaining spots fill up!
Required Materials:
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Paper: printer paper, text weight paper (various light colors), cover weight paper
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1/8″ wide ribbon
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Pair of scissors and X-acto or snap-blad knife
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Double-sided tape or glue stick
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Bone folder
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Cutting mat
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stamp pads and triangular foam makeup sponges
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Assorted fine point magic markers
Optional Materials
- Commercial pre-cut stamps
About the Instructor
Maria G. Pisano is a book artist, printmaker, curator, and educator.
Her Memory Press works are represented in The Library of Congress, 9-11 Memorial Museum, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Lafayette College, University of Delaware, Wesleyan University, and many more. Ms. Pisano has exhibited widely—including a solo exhibition titled Reflections: Artist Books and Works on Paper.
Over the years she has curated a number of exhibitions at Center for Book Arts in NYC, such as Book as Witness: The Artist’s Response. In 2021 she curated Crossroads at the Hunterdon Museum of Art in New Jersey.
Ms. Pisano contributes to book arts publications and has presented lectures at the Library of Congress, College Book Arts Association, and the Art Libraries Society of North America. Her article Mark To Impress was published in California Society of Printmakers 2018 Journal and 2019 in The Blue Notebook in the UK.
She continuously teaches workshops nationally and internationally at venues including the Bridwell Library in Dallas TX, Hand Bookbinders of California, and Center for Book Arts in NYC.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal student-to-teacher ratio. Register now before the remaining spots fill up!
