For Immediate Release

Contacts: Kathy Barr, (415) 565-0545 ext 13

San Francisco, Calif.—September 14, 2005—The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) hosts its second annual fundraiser, Roadworks: Steamroller Prints on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at Carolina Street between 15th and 16th, 10:00am-4:00pm. The Center's major annual fundraiser and block party brings local artists and the community together to create 3 feet by 3 feet linocut prints that are inked and pressed by a two ton steamroller. The prints will be auctioned at a silent auction party from 4:30pm-7:30pm.

Roadworks: Steamroller Prints will bring together 23 local community artists who will create original linocut prints to be pressed by a steamroller. Artists include, Carl Dern, Daniel Gonzalez, Charles Hobson, Rik Olson, Laura Parker, Brad Robinson, Katherine Venturelli and more. Plus, returning artist Michael Osbourne, designer of the 2002 love stamp, will create a commemorative print for the occasion.

The fun-filled day includes music by the Burning Band, straight from Burning Man, book art activities for all ages and booths featuring hand crafted book arts. Immediately following the street fair, there will be a live auction of the prints made during the day and a silent book arts auction from 4:30pm-7:30pm.

"We are very excited for this year's fundraiser, said Kathy Barr, executive director of SFCB. "It is wonderful to see how the community has pulled together to help us preserve the book arts. Our Center is one-of-a-kind in providing a place for diverse artists to express themselves through the book arts."

Community sponsors include: Legion Paper, Arches Paper, Mohawk Paper Mills, and Kent Rasmussen Winery in addition to several individual sponsors.

Admission
Fundraiser/Block Party: 10-4pm - Free.
Auction/Cocktail Party: 4:30-7:30pm - $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
To order tickets, please contact Kathy Barr at the San Francisco Center for the Book. (415)-565-0545

About San Francisco Center for the Book
The San Francisco Center for the Book is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring and encouraging contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object, as well as preserving the traditional art of book-making. The center provides both a home for Bay Area book artists and a place where the wider community can discover book arts. Our scores of workshops foster learning at all levels: from introductory classes to year long courses, from traditional bookbinding to cutting-edge printing techniques to experimental book art forms. In addition, the center's youth program provides a forum for artistic expression and discovery of emerging literacy among the young. Plus, there's always an exhibition up at the Center, designed to inform and delight visitors. Free public programs abound, too, from poetry readings, to book signings to gallery talks. For a calendar of events, visit our Website www.sfcb.org.

The San Francisco Center for the Book is a 501(C)3 nonprofit educational organization that depends on the involvement and generosity of individuals and on contributions from foundations and government agencies including the National Endowment for the Arts to provide many of its education initiatives, public events and book-arts programming.