Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Book Arts Links: United States

Here are some links to book arts-related places in the U.S. Haven't been to them all myself -- maybe someday! I'll be updating and adding more links as I find more to add. Right now, this is a quick and dirty list -- I'll fix it up more and make it look pretty when I get the time.

If you know of some other great book arts places to visit in the U.S., please let me know about them in the comments section, and I'll add them to the list.

State Centers for the Book: The Library of Congress website has listings for all 50 state centers for the book. They are non-affiliated organizations, and their programs vary quite a bit, but I'm including this website, as some of the state centers may have postings about book arts - related events.


Alabama
University of Alabama M.F.A. in the Book Arts Program
http://www.bookarts.ua.edu/

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California
The American Bookbinders Museum - http://www.bookbindersmuseum.com/
The San Francisco Center for the Book: http://sfcb.org/
Bay Area Book Artists' Book Arts Jam: http://www.bookartsjam.org/index.php
Pacific Center for the Book Arts: http://pcba.info/
Sonoma County Book Arts Guild, Sebastopol, CA (www.socobag.blogspot.com)

Colorado

Conneticut

Delaware

Florida
University of Tampa Book Arts Studio: http://tampabookartsstudio.blogspot.com/

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho
Jim Croft -- Old Ways Bookbinding Workshops: http://www.traditionalhand.com/oldway/
(I blogged about attending one of Jim Croft's workshops -- you can find the posts here)

Illinois

Chicago

Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, School of the Art Institute
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm4/about_jfabc.php?CISOROOT=/jfabc
Newberry Library
http://www.newberry.org
Columbia College Center for the Book and Paper Arts
http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Interarts/index.php?site=CBPA
Northwestern University Library - Special collections
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/evanston-campus/special-collections
University of Chicago Library - Special collections
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl
Bookman's Alley-Evanston
http://evanstonillinois.net/booksmansalley.html
Powell's Bookstores
http://www.powellschicago.com
Center for Book and Paper Arts: http://www.colum.edu/book_and_paper/

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts
North Bennet Street School (has bookbinding courses): http://www.nbss.org/
Carriage House Paper's papermaking museum in Brookline, just outside of Boston (by appointment)

Michigan
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center: http://www.kalbookarts.org/index.html

Minnisota
Cave Paper (in Minneapolis): http://www.cavepaper.com/

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York
Wells College Book Arts Center: http://www.wells.edu/bkarts/info.htm
Western New York Book Arts Center (http://www.wnybookarts.org/
Genesee Center for the Arts: http://www.geneseearts.org/

New York City:
The New York Center for Book Arts: http://www.centerforbookarts.org/
Bright Hill Press & Literary Center: http://www.brighthillpress.org
Booklyn artist's book alliance: http://www.booklyn.org/index.php
Calvin-Morris Gallery (sometimes has artist book exhibitions) : http://www.cavinmorris.com/
New York Central Art Supply (has book art supplies): http://www.nycentralart.com/

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio
Dard Hunter's Studios http://www.dardhunter.com
Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland http://www.morganconservatory.org/
Paper Circle (South East Ohio's Center for Paper and Book Arts): http://www.papercircle.org/

Oklahoma

Oregon
C.C. Stern Type Foundry  http://www.ccsterntype.org/

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas
Museum of Printing History in Houston, TX. The Houston Book Arts Group meets there.

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington
Seattle Center for Book Arts: http://seattlebookarts.org/
Book Arts Guild: http://bookartsguild.org/
University of Washington Book Arts Collection: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/collections/bookarts.html
Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers (they sell artist books): http://www.wlbooks.com/cgi-bin/wlb455.cgi/index.html?id=2QbhcRj6

Washington, DC

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming