Category: Events

The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

This extraordinary exhibition closes before the end of February. Do yourself a favor and take a docent-led tour and allow yourself plenty of time afterwards to peruse at your own pace. See the Freer Sackler events calendar for dates and times - see especially this upcoming weekend for special programming. Reviews have been published internationally, and … Continue reading The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Luigi Castiglione – Reception and Happy Hour Lecture, Oct. 28

The Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers invites members [ETA: and their guests !] to a Reception and Happy Hour Lecture with Luigi Castiglione at the Folger Library on Friday, October 28th. Details are found to the left in the Google calendar (and can be added to your own Google or ics calendar!). … Continue reading Luigi Castiglione – Reception and Happy Hour Lecture, Oct. 28

Book, Print, and Paper Gathering @ Pyramid Atlantic

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in their new location will be hosting a Book, Print, and Paper Gathering in their new location, featuring presentations from: The Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers American Printing History Association, Chesapeake Chapter Washington Rare Book Group Corcoran Book Arts Handpapermaking 4318 Gallatin Street. Hyattsville, MD 20781 October 6, 2016, … Continue reading Book, Print, and Paper Gathering @ Pyramid Atlantic

Sept. 22: DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous feat. Matt Shlian

D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) is a monthly discussion forum on art science projects providing a snapshot of the cultural environment of the region and fostering interdisciplinary networking. This month, DASER explores the theme of SciArt Research, including the presentation The Future of Paper Engineering or Saving the World with Folding by Matthew Shlian, Artist, Paper Engineer, … Continue reading Sept. 22: DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous feat. Matt Shlian

Emily Martin illustrated lecture, June 9

Emily Martin, who is presenting a workshop for the chapter next weekend, will be giving an illustrated talk at the Library of Congress on June 9 2016. Sculptural Books: Finding My Way to Shakespeare, will focus on her recent work using Shakespeare’s tragedies as source material. Rosenwald Room, LJ 205 of the Jefferson Building, 2nd Floor. Download the flyer.

**RESCHEDULED** Tour of the Betty and Edgar Sweren Collection of Artist Books

UPDATE 5/12/16:  Due to board and host consensus, this opportunity will be rescheduled for another date, to be determined. The Potomac Chapter is very pleased to announce a return visit to the home of Betty and Edgar Sweren.  Betty is a well known book artist, collector, and teacher.  She and Edgar have acquired an extensive … Continue reading **RESCHEDULED** Tour of the Betty and Edgar Sweren Collection of Artist Books

An evening with Yuri Long, photographer, book artist and Librarian of the National Gallery of Art (but at PyAtl!)

Please join us for a talk by Yuri Long on developing photobooks.  Yuri will present several approaches to printing photographs for books. He will first share his method for printing at home with an inkjet printer for simple hand made books. Then he will identify a few online photobook printing services, and finally provide some … Continue reading An evening with Yuri Long, photographer, book artist and Librarian of the National Gallery of Art (but at PyAtl!)

Visit to Typecase Industries

Come and join us for an evening of letterpress demonstration and font chat with three type nerds, Stephanie, Alessandra and Emily, partners and founders of Typecase Industries. The Potomac Chapter will visit their studio and learn about their print business. They have several different presses, offer a variety of printed products and conduct workshops. They … Continue reading Visit to Typecase Industries