Workshops in Jun, Jul & Aug 2017

June 2017

• Sun, Jun 11, 10-4:30pm, Watercolour Monotype Prints with Andrea Taylor, Emily Carr, $135
• Sun, Jun 11, 11-1pm,  Longstitch Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Opus, $15, 604-736-7028
• Sun, Jun 11, 2-4pm,  Longstitch Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Opus, $15, 604-736-7028
• Sat, Jun 17, 2-5pm, Egyptian Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Blim, $91.25
• Jun 24, 10-1pm, Collagraph at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, Jun 24, 2-5pm, Print Matters-Open Studio at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat&Sun, Jun 24-25, 10-5pm, Monotypes with Heather Ashton at Malaspina Printmakers, $299
• Mon-Thu, Jun 26-29, Intro to Screen Printing at Emily Carr, $310
• Mon, Jun 26, 10-4pm, Encaustic Coloured Paints, Monoprinting, Handmade Books with Shary Bartlett, $120

July 2017

• Sat, July 8, 10-1pm, Linocut I at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, July 8, 2-5pm, Linocut II at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat&Sun, Jul 8-9, 10-4pm, Printing with Texture: 2-Day Collagraph Printmaking with Wendy Morosoff Smith, Dundarave Print Workshop, $195
• Jul 11, 10-4pm, Encaustic Coloured Paints, Monoprinting, Handmade Books with Shary Bartlett, $120
• Sat, July 22, 2-5pm, Print Matters-Open Studio at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, Jul 29, 12-3pm, Coptic Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at WePress, 202-268 Keefer Street, Vancouver, $55
• Sun, Jul 30, 12-3pm, Medieval Longstitch Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at WePress, 202-268 Keefer Street, Vancouver, $55

August 2017

• Weds, Aug 9-30. 6-9pm, Letterpress with Carli Boisjolie at Malaspina Printmakers, $299
• Thus, Aug 9-31, 6-8pm, Intaglio with Lee McKay at Malaspina Printmakers, $299
• Sat, Aug 12, 2-5pm, Print Matters-Open Studio at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sun, Aug 20, 12:-3pm, Historical Japanese Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at WePress, 202-268 Keefer Street, Vancouver, $55
• Mon-Fri, Aug 28-Sep 1, 10-5pm, Calligraphy and Encaustic with Massimo Polello and Nancy Crawford at Langley Fine Arts School, $866.25

Workshops in Apr, May & Jun 2017

April 2017

• Sat&Sun, Apr 29-30, Monotype: Painterly Print with Heather Ashton, Dundarave Print Workshop, Granville Island, $220
• Sun, Apr 30, 10-3pm, Paper Repair with Lorraine Butler, CBBAG Victoria, $60/$65

May 2017

• Sat, May 6, 10-1pm, Monoprint I at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, May 6, 2-5pm, Monoprint II at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sun, May 7, 12:30-4:30pm, Portfolio Making with Suzan Lee at Britannia Community Centre, Vancouver, $55
• Sat, May 13, 10-1pm, Drypoint at Anvil Centre, New Westminister, $25
• Sat, May 13, 2-5pm, Print Matters-Open Studio with Saskia Jetten at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, May 13, 11-2pm, Coptic Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Kerrisdale Community Centre, Vancouver, $40.95
• Wed, May 17, 6-9pm, Bookbinding Basics with Aimee Brown, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, $65
• Sat&Sun, May 20-21, 9:30-4pm, Coloured Pencil and Calligraphy: A Technique Sampler Book with Kristen Doty, West Coast Calligraphy Society, Burnaby Sports Complex, Burnaby, $210/$225

June 2017

• Sun, Jun 11, 10-4:30pm, Watercolour Monotype Prints with Andrea Taylor, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, $135
• Sun, Jun 11, 11-1pm, Longstitch Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Opus Arts Granville Island, $tbd
• Sun, Jun 11, 2-4pm, Longstitch Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Opus Arts Granville Island, $tbd
• Sat, Jun 17, 2-5pm, Egyptian Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Blim, Vancouver, $91.25
• Sat, Jun 24, 10-1pm, Collagraph at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Mon, Jun 26, 10-4pm, Encaustic Coloured Paints, Monoprinting, Handmade Books with Shary Bartlett, $120

Inaugural Vancouver Photo Book Fair, April 21-23

What an amazing event for Vancouver! You gotta check out this first-time event!

The Fair is held at the Western Front in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, with offsite programming at the nearby James Black Gallery. Free and open to the public, Vancouver Photo Book Fair is Vancouver’s first art book fair dedicated to artists whose book-making practices incorporate or intersect with photography and lens-based art. Featuring an engaging program and a variety of local and international artists, collectives, and publishers, the Fair is anticipated to attract 1,000 visitors from across the Greater Vancouver area and beyond.  Full list of exhibitors and program schedule.

BOOK FAIR located Western Front, 303 East 8th Ave, Vancouver
Friday, April 21: 7–10 pm (Members Preview for members of Capture, VABF, and Western Front; memberships also available at the door)
Saturday, April 22: 11 am–6 pm
Sunday, April 23: 11 am–6 pm

TALKS & WORKSHOPS held James Black Gallery, 144 East 6th Ave, Vancouver
Saturday, April 22: 12–4 pm
Sunday, April 23: 10 am–4 pm

A detailed calendar of monthly programming including dates, times, and locations.

The Capture Photography Festival, in partnership with Vancouver Art Book Fair (VABF), launches the inaugural Vancouver Photo Book Fair this April 21–23. The Fair surveys one of photography’s earliest forms of dissemination—the photo book—demonstrating how this vital form continues to evolve, push the conventions of artists’ books, and carry photography into new contexts.

 

 

Workshops in Mar, Apr & May 2017

March 2017

• Sat, Mar 18, 9:30-4pm, Monoline Lettering Techniques with Cora Pearl, West Coast Calligraphy Society, Burnaby, $180/$195
• Sat, Mar 18, 1-3pm, Coptic Bookbinding with Chanel Ly, WePress, Vancouver, $40
• Sat, Mar 18, 2-5pm, Japanese Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Blim, Vancouver, $91.25
• Suns, Mar 19-Apr 9, 9-1pm, Polymer Plate Prints with Andrea Taylor at Emily Carr, Vancouver, $235
• Sat, Mar 25, 10-4pm, Making a Star Book with Suzanne Cannon at CBBAG, Vancouver, $100/$120
• Sat, Mar 25, 1-3pm, Japanese Canadian Vegetables & Flowers: Haiku and Block Printmaking, WePress, Vancouver, FREE
• Sun, Mar 26, 2-5pm, Cord Bookbinding with Karen Ward, WePress, Vancouver, $40

April 2017

• Sat, Apr 1, 9:30-1:30, Make a Clamshell Keepsake Box with Suzan Lee at Lee Valley, Vancouver, $85
• Sat, Apr 1, 10-1pm, Monoprint II with Saskia Jetten at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, Apr 1, 2-5pm, Print Matters-Open Studio with Saskia Jetten at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $20
• Mons & Thus, Apr 3-21, 6-9pm, Book + Letterpress with Carli Boisjolie at Malaspina, Vancouver, $398
• Sat, Apr 22, 9:30-4pm, Italic Lettering with Renée Alexander, West Coast Calligraphy Society, $tbd
• Sat, Apr 22, 10-1pm, Linocut II at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, Apr 22, 2-5pm, Print Matters-Open Studio with Saskia Jetten at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $20
• Sat, Apr 29, 9:30-1:30pm, Make a Medieval-Style Leather-Bound Book with Suzan Lee at Lee Valley, Vancouver, $90
• Sat&Sun, Apr 29-30, Monotype: Painterly Print with Heather Ashton, Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, $220
• Sun, Apr 30, 10-3pm, Paper Repair with Lorraine Butler, CBBAG Victoria, $60/$65

May 2017

• Sat, May 6, 10-1pm, Monoprint I at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, May 6, 2-5pm, Monoprint II at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sun, May 7, 12:30-4:30pm, Portfolio Making with Suzan Lee at Britannia Community Centre, Vancouver, $55
• Sat, May 13, 10-1pm, Drypoint at Anvil Centre, New Westminister, $25
• Sat, May 13, 2-5pm, Print Matters-Open Studio with Saskia Jetten at Anvil Centre, New Westminster, $25
• Sat, May 13, 11-2pm, Coptic Bookbinding with Suzan Lee at Kerrisdale Community Centre, Vancouver, $40.95
• Wed, May 17, 6-9pm, Bookbinding Basics with Aimee Brown, Emily Carr, $65
• Sat&Sun, May 20-21, 9:30-4pm, Coloured Pencil and Calligraphy: A Technique Sampler Book with Kristen Doty, West Coast Calligraphy Society, $210/$225

​Spring 2017 Workshops!

We have two great workshops for you this Spring … Two-Level Box with Hinged Lid and Star Books.

Box Making: Two-Level Box with Hinged Lid

Students will learn to how to construct a two-level box with a hinged lid that is roughly 8.5″ x 5.5″ x 4″. The bottom level has three open compartments. The top level is a removable half-tray. The box tops off with a hinged lid. Bookcloth and decorative papers will be utilized to produce this beautiful, functional box.

Whether you store trinkets, coins, art or sewing supplies, this box will store your items beautifully for decades.

No prior experience is necessary. Materials and tools will be provided. Please bring paper and pen for notetaking. Eight students max.

Instructor: Suzan Lee
Saturday, March 4, 2017, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Creekside Community Centre, Vancouver
$149 for CBBAG members. $169 for non members. Cost includes materials fee
Registration closes: end of day Tuesday, February 28

Making a Star Book

This amazing book will delight from any view. The Star book uses ties to hold it closed, but opens up completely to a spectacular star shape when folded back on itself.

Multiple layers and colours give this book unlimited opportunities for decoration.

In this six-hour workshop, students will make one star book. They will also come away with ideas for variations on this structure. Ten students max.

Instructor: Suzanne Cannon of Quiet Fire Design
Saturday, March 25, 2017, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Creekside Community Centre, Vancouver
$100 for CBBAG members. $120 for non members. Cost includes materials fee
Registration closes: end of day Sunday, March 19, 2017

How to Register

Please send us an email. Payment information will follow. Your payment will reserve a spot in workshop. Hope to see you at the workshop(s)!