Wells Book Arts Center : Summer Institute
Space is still available in the Wells Book Arts Summer Institute, but classes are filling fast. We invite you to register now! Classes are open to students of all levels. Read on for details.
Venue :
Wells College
170 Main Street
Aurora, New York 13026
Session I :
Sunday–Saturday 9–15 July 2006
- Peter Bain :: Stems and Beziers: An Introduction to Typeface Design
- Shanna Leino :: Late Coptic Bookbinding
- Katherine McCanless Ruffin :: Hand-set Type: The Sublime Process of Letterpress Printing
Session II :
Sunday–Saturday 16–22 July 2006
- Cheryl Jacobsen :: Obedient Servant/Expressive Voice: Exploring the Spectrum of Calligraphic Art
- Margot Ecke :: The Girdle Book
- Robin Price :: Chance Operations and Fine Printing: 17 things you need to know as a poet
The Institute :
Students choose one class of the three offered, and may take a class in each session. Classes are limited to 8-12 participants. In addition to daily classes, there will be slide presentations of instructors' work, 24-hour access to the studios, and an optional field trip to the Press and Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler in Skaneateles. Classes are held on the beautiful lakeshore campus of Wells College in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
For course descriptions, travel, housing and meal information, and registration forms, please visit our website, www.wells.edu/bookarts, and click on the Summer Institute link.
More Info :
Wells Book Arts Center
Wells College
170 Main Street
Aurora, New York 13026
T : 1-315-364-3420
F : 1-315-364-3488
E : bookartscenter@wells.edu
W : http://www.wells.edu/bookarts