Arts workshops at the San Francisco Center for the Book are the creative heart of bookmaking – where concept, materials, form and content come together. You'll find courses on varying approaches for creating an artist's book, the many art processes to capture your vision, and structures to spark your imagination.
Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
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Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session - now on Thursdays! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session - now on Thursdays! |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, July 11, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, July 11, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session - now on Thursdays! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Molly Meng |
Book boxes are infused with an air of mystery... learn how to make your own magical repository. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 11:00 AM
End: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Create a multidimensional book using interlocking accordions and a piano-hinge fastening. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Create a 3D pop-up architectural scene with a few simple cuts and folds. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, June 8, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Create a unique artist’s book using textiles, stitching, inks and collage. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, August 18, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, August 18, 2024, 5:00 PM |
Kate Laster |
Learn about the tender art of subtractive drawing that is papercut! What happens when we make images with razor sharp sweetness? |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 9, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 9, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
Scholarship available! This extension of our popular Introduction to Western Marbling workshop will help students take their marbling skills to the next level as they learn to marble on fabric that can be used for covering books and boxes. |
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Arts |
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, August 12, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, August 16, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
During this comprehensive marbling class, students will gain an overview of western marbling techniques creating works on paper and textiles with an eye to patterns and color theory. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 18, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, May 18, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling. |
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Binding, Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
Scholarship available! In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 8, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 8, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Courtney Cerruti |
Learn how create depth and dimension in your work using image transfer techniques. Work with found imagery to transfer onto paper, fabric, wood, and more. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 2, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 2, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Spend a day creating your own fun and versatile box that can be used as a shadow display box or a traditional puzzle box with beads. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, July 13, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Saturday, July 13, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Pop-ups are fun. And when they are small they are extra special! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, August 4, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, August 4, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Also known as ‘shepherd’s purse' or ‘explosion page’ and often used commercially for tourist maps, the Turkish map fold and other variants are interesting and impactful features to add to a binding. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, May 5, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, May 5, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Is your pasta machine taking up too much space in the kitchen? Move it to your studio instead and learn how to use it for printing small dry-point prints. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 3
Start: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, May 23, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Billy Ola Hutchinson |
Hand lettering for all, even those with the shakiest of handwriting! Ease into the art of calligraphy with this beginning class in penmanship, letter formation, layout techniques, and calligraphic processes and materials. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 3
Start: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Billy Ola Hutchinson |
Pick up where you left off in Hand Lettering with Billy Ola Hutchinson's twist on Copperplate/Spencerian! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, July 6, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 7, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Dorothy Yuki |
Explore the possibilities of making prints from flowers, plants, and other materials found in nature in this two-day workshop. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 5:00 PM |
Dorothy Yuki |
Scholarship available! Embroidery on paper? YES! Embellish photos, postcards, and more with thread and stitches. |
Open |
Printing, Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, August 17, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, August 18, 2024, 3:00 PM |
Patricia Wakida |
Learn the basics of carving and printing designs from linoleum blocks. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 5:00 PM |
Leigh Mclellan |
Scholarship available! Colorful and fun, this method of decorating paper is easy to learn and the papers created can be used for many purposes. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Friday, June 7, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Friday, June 7, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Jennie Hinchcliff |
Scholarship available! Students will be guided through the basics of creating faux postage (a.k.a “artist stamps”) using a variety of different mixed media techniques. |
Open |
Printing, Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, July 27, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 28, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Rik Olson |
Print illustrations like it's 1789! Learn to engrave a wood block for reproduction via letterpress or hand inking. |
Open |
Binding, Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 12:30 PM
End: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 4:30 PM |
Elaine Chu |
Scholarship available! Learn how to construct a unique hardcover journal with lay-flat pages, perfect for note-taking or sketching. |
Open |