
Scavenger Hunt – Finding Wisdom
Join Virginia Festival of the Book (@VaBookFest), on a social media scavenger hunt! On your journey, you will learn a few words of wisdom that the Charlottesville and greater Albemarle …

Member Exhibit: Veronica Jackson at Riverviews Artspace in February
We are excited to share the news of a Book Arts member’s first solo exhibit as a visual artist. Veronica Jackson was selected as the Emerging Artist for the month …

Finding Wisdom: Community Printmaking and Programs
Everyone in the Charlottesville-Albemarle community is invited to participate in this collaborative public art project with visiting printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., our inaugural Frank Riccio Artist in Residence. Finding …

COVER STORY: Book Recovery Lives!
Virginia Center for the Book is pleased to announce…the winners and unveiled entrants for our contest and exhibition, Cover Story. You remember the challenge, right? Re-cover (or even rebind) a …

COVER STORY: Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon by James Sullivan
Recovered by BINDER #9 Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon by James Sullivan Gotham Books, Penguin (2006) Artist’s Statement: This journalistic sojourn into the history of jeans caught …

COVER STORY CONTEST: Poetry, Language, Thought by Martin Heidegger
Recovered by BINDER #8 Poetry, Language, Thought by Martin Heidegger (tr. Albert Hofstadter) Heidegger (1971), First Perennial Classics Edition (2001) Artist’s Statement: Highly influential essays originating in a close study …

COVER STORY CONTEST: The Orb Weaver by Robert Francis
Recovered by BINDER #7 The Orb Weaver by Robert Francis Wesleyan University Press, Third printing: 1967 (first printed in 1960) Artist’s Statement: I recently discovered the poetry of Robert Francis (1901-1987), …

COVER STORY CONTEST: You Don’t Miss Your Water by Cornelius Eady
Recovered by BINDER #6You Don’t Miss Your Water by Cornelius EadyNew York, Henry Holt (1995)Artist’s Statement: You Don’t Miss Your Water is a series of poems that makes up a …

COVER STORY CONTEST: Why Not Eat Insects? by Vincent M. Holt
Recovered by BINDER #5 Why Not Eat Insects? by Vincent M. Holt British Museum (1888) Artist’s Statement: This book was designed 20 years ago at the beginning of my career …

COVER STORY CONTEST: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Recovered by BINDER #4 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Bantam Editions (1981) Artist’s Statement: I decided to take a paperback book and rebind …