Wells Book Arts Center : Summer Institute
The Wells Book Arts Center is pleased to announce the faculty and their courses for the 2008 Summer Institute. At our institute we teach courses in letterpress printing, hand bookbinding, and lettering arts both by hand and at the computer. We offer housing on campus in an air conditioned dorm and meals catered by a local gourmet bistro. Our instructors are among the top in their fields, both here and in Europe.
Venue :
Wells College
170 Main Street
Aurora, New York 13026
Dates (Four Sessions) :
Sunday–Saturday 6–12 July 2008
Sunday–Saturday 13–19 July 2008
Sunday–Saturday 20–26 July 2008
Sunday–Saturday 27–2 August 2008
Session I :
Sunday–Saturday 6–12 July 2008
These are all at the introductory level, and these faculty members are the first ones to come back to Wells as second-time teachers.
- Peter Bain, proprietor of the design firm Incipit, will teach Stems and Beziers: An Introduction to Typeface Design, using TypeTool for its simplicity in design and production process; basic knowledge of Illustrator is recommended.
- Cheryl Jacobsen's course, Basic Italic Calligraphy, will introduce participants to this elegant and versatile hand that is a good starting point for continued study of other hands; Cheryl teaches calligraphy at the Iowa Center for the Book.
- Shanna Leino's class will explore the balance between technical aspects and conceptual development in her course, Making Books: the Beginning! Shanna teaches at the University of Georgia’s arts program in Cortona, Italy.
- Katherine McCanless Ruffin, the Book Arts Program Director at Wellesley, invites you to come get inky in her course, Letterpress Printing From A to Z.
These introductory courses are great as stand-alone courses, but they also serve as terrific introductions to the courses in the next three sessions.
Session II :
Sunday–Saturday 135–19 July 2008
These courses for the novice and the more advanced.
Three Separate Courses
- Keiji Shinohara, who teaches printmaking at Wesleyan University, is offering our first course to include Japanese printmaking. Students in East Meets West: Traditional Japanese Printmaking and Western Techniques, will learn traditional wood block carving techniques along with various printing processes, all by hand.
- Dolph Smith, widely known for books that are anything but static, will teach Moving Parts: The Book as Kinetic Sculpture, in which students will take advantage of all 22 possible moving parts in a 20-page book.
- Ewan Clayton will join us from his native England, where he is Professor of Design at the University of Sunderland, to teach a course on uncials entitled Calligraphy: The Dynamics of Movement. Participants will create a portfolio of pieces that explore the beauty and versatility of uncials.
Session III :
Sunday–Saturday 20–26 July 2008
- Inge Bruggeman, who teaches book arts at the Oregon College of Arts and Craft, will teach Considering Text and Image, in which students will use hand-set type and various letterpress image-making techniques as they examine the relationship between printed text and image.
- Anna Embree teaches binding in the book arts program at the University of Alabama, and her class in Boxed In: Creating Custom-built Enclosures, will learn to make boxes for individual objects, items of unusual shape, or larger collections of materials.
- Sara Soskolne, a designer at New York's Hoefler & Frere-Jones foundry, will teach her typography students the joy of digital type design in More Than the Sum of Its Parts: Turning Letters into a Typeface.
Session IV :
Sunday–Saturday 27–2 August 2008
These courses will include classes in letterpress printing, leather binding and calligraphy.
- Rachel Wiecking , Wells's fifth Victor Hammer Fellow in the Book Arts, will teach a printing course using Wells's collection of wood type, focusing on alternative printing techniques.
- Monqiue Lallier, Director of the American Academy of Bookbinding, will be on leather binding in the French tradition.
- Brody Neuenschwander, renowned Bruges-based calligrapher, will teach a course that explores text-based art using calligraphy and mixed media.
About The Institute :
Students may select one course of the three offered in a session and all levels of experience, from beginners to experts, are welcome. Courses are limited to 8–12 participants who will enjoy well-equipped & air-conditioned studios on the Wells College campus, air-conditioned dorm rooms, and ample time to exchange ideas and enjoy camaraderie with fellow book artists.
For more details and registration forms, please visit our website, www.wells.edu/bookarts, and click on the Summer Institute link.
Whether you come to explore a new area or to gain experience in an area you already work in, we are certain that you'll learn a lot, enjoy the camaraderie of other book artists, and revel in a week (or more!) of class with distinguished teachers in the book arts. Our website is being redesigned to make it easier to navigate; we’ll announce its grand opening soon. In the meantime, you can contact the Book Arts Center at 315-364-3420 or via email at dstefanko@wells.edu. We hope to see you in July!
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