Here’s our schedule of events for 2011. More information about each event can be found in the PDF file available for download to the right of the screen. We look forward to seeing you in 2011!
FEBRUARY 4
Lecture: Satisfying an Appetite for Books: Innovation, Production, and Modernization in Later Islamic Bookbinding
FEBRUARY 5
Workshop: Leather-edged Islamic bookbinding
MARCH 16
Tour: Sheridan Libraries Department of Conservation and Preservation
APRIL 13
Tour: Rare Book room at the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute
MAY 14
Workshop: Blind Tooling on Leather
JUNE 23
Happy Hour
JULY 16
Studio Day at the Folger Shakespeare Library
AUGUST 13
The Annual Summer Party
September 17
Tour: New conservation lab at University of Maryland
Lecture: My Experience Working at Etherington Conservation Services: An Informal Apprenticeship in Book and Paper Conservation at a for-Profit, Regional Conservation Center
OCTOBER 15 & 16
The Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding
NOVEMBER 5 & 6
Tips and Tricks for Book and Paper Conservation
DECEMBER 15
Annual Meeting and Holiday Party
Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers 