BOOKWORKS NEWSLETTER - May 2006
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| Welcome to the May 2006 edition of the BookWorks Newsletter, our monthly publication that features classes and events taking place at Asheville BookWorks. In addition to our newsletter, we hope you'll take a look at our upcoming MAY-SEPTEMBER 2006 CLASS SCHEDULE, featuring workshops taught by Daniel Essig, Sandy Webster, Shannon Brock, Annie Fain Liden and many more. We invite you to stop by our studio at 428 1/2 Haywood Road and grab your own letterpress printed copy of the schedule, which will be available as of May 13th at our Yee-Haw Industries Exhibition opening (see below for more details regarding the exhibition). You can also browse the May-September Class Schedule on-line any time after the 12th by clicking on the Workshops link above. If you'd like to receive the catalog via mail, feel free to give us a call at (828) 255-8444, or send us your information via e-mail to info@ashevillebookworks.com. We're also happy to provide bundles of catalogs for you to distribute to anyone who might be interested in taking a class. Just let us know. We hope to see you this month at BookWorks! |
CLASSES
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EVENTS
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Featured Instructor:
Meighan Mise
As always, we are thrilled to have book artist Meighan Mise on board for two workshops at the BookWorks studio this month. Meighan Mise trained in bookbinding and printmaking at the San Francisco Center for the Book. She and her husband, Brandon Mise, currently own and operate Blue Barnhouse, a letterpress, creative packaging and design studio located just around the corner from BookWorks in West Asheville. Her passions include creating unique and beautiful albums and boxes, and sharing her skills with all those who are interested in book arts. You can learn more about Meighan and her work on the Blue Barnhouse website at www.bluebarnhouse.org. Classes taught by Meighan at BookWorks this month include:
Box Making
May 11, 18 & 25
Thursday evenings
6:00 - 9:00 pm
We will learn how to make two basic box structures in this class: portfolio and clamshell. In the process, we will learn basic skills and techniques for precise and neat measuring, cutting and gluing. Equipped with formulas for these box structures, students will be able to make custom-sized boxes for any project.
$100 + materials fee
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Yee-Haw Industries Exhibition
Opens May 13th
Saturday
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Reception June 9th
Friday evening
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
BookWorks is thrilled to host an exhibition of prints by our Knoxville, TN, neighbors and letterpress aficionados, Yee-Haw Industries. Yee-Haw is a working letterpress print shop, graphic design and artist studio, founded by Julie Belcher and Kevin Bradley in 1996. Yee-Haw specializes in original art-like products - from letterpress posters promoting special events, music acts and theatre shows, to handmade, woodcut, fine art prints. Their work is custom-to-order, designed, set, and pressed by hand. Yee-Haw's client list is vast and varied, ranging from the Asheville Art Museum and Chicago Poetry Center to Nylon Magazine and MTV2. For more information about Yee-Haw Industries, you can visit their website at www.yeehawindustries.com.
We hope you'll join us on Friday evening, June 9th from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm for the Yee-Haw Industries Exhibition Reception at BookWorks. It will be an exciting opportunity to view Yee-Haw's work and meet with the artists and printmakers who make it all happen. In addition, please be sure to stop by the BookWorks studio during the ArtsWest West Walk (see below for more information) to check out the exhibition, which closes on Sunday, July 9th.
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ArtsWest West Walk
May 13th
Saturday
1:00 - 6:00 pm
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ArtsWest, a burgeoning arts district, will be holding the second West Walk on Saturday, May 13, from 1:00 to 6:00 pm on Haywood Road in West Asheville. West Walk is an invitation for Asheville residents, visitors and newcomers alike to get to know this up and coming neighborhood. For West Walk, area artists open their studio doors to the public and local merchants donate wall space while offering special West Walk sales.
ArtsWest held the first West Walk on December 3rd of last year and welcomed a very promising turnout. Hundreds of visitors strolled along Haywood Road for the walk. Over 20 artists and merchants participated in the December 3rd walk, and even more local talent is on-board for the upcoming West Walk. For West Walk, visitors are invited to park, pick up a map of ArtsWest at any participating location, and explore this burgeoning creative community.
ArtsWest is an emerging creative community that stretches along Haywood Road from 520 Gallery, located just west of I-240 / Exit 2, to Cyclone Studios, located on Haywood Road just where it begins to curve toward the river. For more information on the May 13th West Walk, including a complete list of participating artists and merchants, please visit the ArtsWest website at www.artswestasheville.com or contact Bridget Elmer at 828-255-8444.
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