NewsSee you in 2030–UVa Climate Fiction Class Concludes with Handmade Journals in Time Capsule
Where will you be in 2030? UVa English professor Mary Kuhn hopes to be reuniting with some of her students from the Spring 2019 “Climate Fiction” course they shared. Wouldn’t …
NewsAmos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Residency Recap
Between March 9-26, 2019, Detroit artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. completed his work in the inaugural Frank Riccio Artist Residency…
NewsScavenger 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 …
NewsMember 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 …
NewsFinding 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 …
NewsCOVER 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 …
NewsThe VABC Years: A Photo Essay
Our book arts program made some big decisions in 2018… not the least of which was to change our name as we changed our address. Farewell, VABC… and hello Virginia …
News2018 Annual Member’s Project: Bird Talk
Note: The Virginia Center for the Book’s 2018 Annual Members Project Bird Talk has “flown the coop” (published November 14, 2018) Limited editions of the book are available for purchase, …
NewsCOVER 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 …
NewsCOVER 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 …
NewsCOVER 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), …
NewsCOVER 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 …
NewsCOVER 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 …
NewsCOVER 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 …
