March 2009 Calendar

Austin Book Workers aka Austin Book Arts Meetup
March 2009 Calendar
1. Meeting at Frugal Media, 5400 N Lamar #103, Austin, 6:30 pm Thursday, March 12, 2009 (in case you are reading this in 1959). We will make decorative paper Japanese style for covers, endsheets, fly leaves, origami, frames, corners, envelopes, calligraphy, etc. All materials and instruction provided by Jinji Willingham (she of BookFair fame). Inspiration here: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=suminagashi&m=text

2. Wendy Hale Davis Coptic Binding workshop at Jerry’s Artarama (6010 N.IH 35Austin, TX 78752), Saturday, March 7, 12pm-3pm. ($5 to make a book, free to watch).
For inspiration click here.
Wendy’s website is here.

3. Dues Are Due! (were due 1/1/09) Unchanged since 1984, $12 will get you annual membership in Austin Book Workers, all our meetings/classes, BookFair fun, UnderCoverFriends book exchange during the summer, and the privilege of rubbing shoulders with the best and brightest book artists in Austin without having to worry about your $12 being invested in credit default swaps.

4. Austin Book Workers on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=8574&uid=46858700605#/group.php?gid=46858700605 free and open.
Austin Book Workers on Meetup.com: http://bookarts.meetup.com/69/ free and open.
Austin Book Workers Blogspot: http://austinbookworkers.blogspot.com/
Austin Book Workers Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/661399@N20/ free and open. This is a public group.

5.Houston Book Arts: Dates set for the Book Arts Retreat! May 1-3, 2009!
Posted by: "leesteinertw" http://us.mc830.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=leesteinertw@yahoo.com&Subject=%20Re%3ADates%20set%20for%20the%20Book%20Arts%20Retreat%21%20%20May%201-3%2C%202009%21leesteinertw
Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:31 pm (PST)
Who? Book Arts members and their creative friendsWhat? Weekend Book & Paper Retreat at Earthsprings near Crockett, TXWhen? Friday May 1st until Sunday May 3rdWhere? visit www.earthsprings. net to see the beautiful piney woods of East Texas and to sense the tranquility to be found on 63 acres without cell phones and computers! Why? We all need a chance to get away and recharge our creative batteries. With our 3 meals provided for us each day, we are free to explore the grounds and/or spend our time at the spacious Lodge trying out new book techniques and exchanging ideas. As a theme, I suggest (and will coordinate): Decorative Spines, including Longstitch, Tacketed Spines, and traditional stitch patterns such as the Hemp Leaf, tortoise shell stitch, and the spider web stitch. We may also enjoy just bringing our own projects to work on, quilting bee style, where we can hang out together and share ideas but still do our own things. If there is enough interest, I will lead a papermaking session with natural elements from Earthsprings beautiful setting. Glenda, the owner, and I had discussed using the Sweet Gum saplings to make pulp. And How? Contact me, Lee Steiner, as soon as possible! The deadline to hold your space is March 16th! We need to put in a deposit to hold the Bunkhouse for that weekend so I ask everyone interested to commit $50 (approx. 1/3 of the cost for two nights)towards their stay. Glenda will give us a group discount AND last year's prices! I can't tell you how much I loved being at Earthsprings last summer. I will be at the Houston meeting next Thursday night, March 5th and would love to set this plan in motion! Please respond soon!sunny and cool,Lee

6. Austin Book Worker: Helen Kwiatkowski has two paintings in the Biennial! The opening should be big fun.... and she would love to see you (book artists) there!...
AND- if you're interested in the other Biennial events on Saturday & Sunday.... check out the website below.
TEXAS BIENNIAL 2009 EXHIBITION DATES MARCH 6th - APRIL 11th
Curated by Michael Duncan, A Los Angeles-based independent curator and art critic,
FRIDAY, MARCH 6th 6:00 - 8:00 pm Opening of Group ExhibitionMexican American Cultural Center 600 River Street, Austin2009 Texas Biennial Regular Hours: Mexican American Cultural Center, Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Saturday 12:00 - 5:00 pm. For more information and maps to all the venues visit TEXASBIENNIAL.COM