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*2010 Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers*
Deadline October 1, 2010
The Center for Book Arts invites applications for our Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers. The next section of this seminar is scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday, November 10-14. The seminar is tuition-free for participants and includes the cost of materials. Those selected must attend the entire five-day workshop.
Participants will hear lectures from various professionals in the field--printers, fine press publishers, book artists, and dealers, to get a practical overview of letterpress printing and fine press publishing. They will learn the basics of letterpress printing, both traditional typesetting and options with new technology, by collaboratively printing a small edition of broadsides or other projects. This workshop is most suitable for those with little to no previous letterpress experience.
Each seminar will be offered to a maximum of eight students. Writers from culturally diverse backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants mus be 18 or older, and may not be enrolled in a degree program during September 2010 - May 2011.
*2011 Poetry Chapbook Competition*
Deadline December 1, 2010
The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition by December 1, 2010. The winning manuscript will be chosen in April 2011 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook printed and bound by artists at the Center for Book Arts. The edition is limited to one hundred signed and numbered copies, ten of which are reserved for the author and the remained of which will be offered for sale through the Center. The winning poet will also receive a cash award of $500, and a $500 honorarium for a reading, to be held at the Center in the fall of 2011, as well as an exclusive opportunity to stay at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York as one of their Winter Shakers. This year's judges will be Kimiko Hahn and Sharon Dolin.
*Professional Development Workshop: Find a Collaborator!"
An Artists and Writers Mixer With Wennie Huang and Ed Go
Wednesday, October 6, 6:30pm
Have you ever wanted to work collaboratively? Are you looking for a new collaborator? Bring a piece of your visual or written work to this Professional Development Workshop to learn more about the collaborative process and meet other emerging artists and writers. Wennie Huang and Ed Go will discuss their collaboration, and we will experiment with short hands-on exercises.
Where:
Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, Third Floor
New York, New York 10001
Suggested Admission:
$5 members/$10 non-members
