EventThe Heart Is a Drowning Object: A virtual event
Join Katherine Vaz, Isabel Pavão, and Katherine McNamara for a discussion of their multimedia e-book, The Heart Is a Drowning Object, from Artist’s Proof Editions; with Molly Schwartzburg. The Heart Is A Drowning Object is a collaboration …
NewsRaise a glass with us as we celebrate 25 years of Book Arts!
We hope you joined us as we kicked off a year-long celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Book Arts at the Virginia Center for the Book. In case you missed the festivities or would like to see the replay, the video is archived on our Facebook video channel.
News25th Anniversary Print by Kristin Keimu Adolfson now available to order!
Purchase a limited-edition print to support Book Arts at the Virginia Center for the Book…
NewsBook Arts 25th Anniversary Celebration Kick-Off
Join us as we kick off a year-long celebration of Book Arts…
NewsGiving Opportunity: Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence
The Virginia Center for the Book—a program of Virginia Humanities—has announced the Frank Riccio Fund to support programming around an annual visiting book artist: the Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence. The fund …
NewsExhibit A: Visualizing Art, Agency, and an African American Attitude
These past months have been a challenge for us all, and we hope you have found ways to stay healthy and safe…
EventNational Book Festival
Visit our booth at the 20th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival, Sept. 25-27…
NewsBook Arts memberships & virtual events update
These past months have been a challenge for us all, and we hope you have found ways to stay healthy and safe…
EventDemocracy and the Informed Citizen with Slover Library
Seasoned journalists of Hampton Roads and experts from Old Dominion University will gather virtually with Slover Library to explore the critical role of local journalism in support of an informed …
NewsBefore We Forget with Lyall Harris and Patricia Silva
A Shelf Life Zoom and Streamed PresentationThis video presentation is now available, archived at: https://www.facebook.com/vabookfest/videos/336333474204320 Lyall Harris and Patricia Silva discussed Patricia’s 2020 pandemic project Before We Forget, hand-bound journals …
NewsSHELF LIFE: St Brigid Press with Emily Hancock and Kristin Adolfson
A Shelf Life Zoom and Streamed PresentationThis video presentation is now available, archived at: https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaCenterForTheBook/videos/297255401699373/ In this interview by Kristin Adolfson, Emily Hancock of St Brigid Press takes us on a tour of her letterpress print shop, …
News2020 Great Reads: The Undefeated
Every year, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress features a book from each of the affiliate Centers for the Book, creating an annual list of Great Reads. …
