Book Arts News
Victor Hammer Fellowship Position Call for Applicants
The Wells Book Arts Center is pleased to accept applications for the eleventh Victor Hammer Fellowship in the Book Arts. The fellowship is named for Victor Hammer, an Austrian printer, … Read more
Wells Book Arts Summer Institute 2018
Time to start thinking about basking in the warm sun and making things with your hands. July 15–28, 2018…come to Aurora, NY! Each July, Wells Book Arts Center hosts the Wells Book … Read more
2018 Summer Institute Participant Information
General Information The 2018 Summer Institute registration is now open! Register Here Course and Instructor details can be found here Our annual Summer Institute offers week-long intensive courses in letterpress … Read more
Wells Book Arts Summer Institute 2018
Registration is now online This summer we have 6 classes to choose from each week. For full course descriptions, scroll down For more details on the 2018 Summer Institute, visit … Read more
Annual Holiday Card Printing & Pop-Up Shop 2017
On December 8, 1-3pm and Saturday Dec 9, 1-3pm—Stop by Morgan Hall on Wells Campus in beautiful Aurora-On-Cayuga, NY and print a letterpress Christmas or generic Seasonal Holiday card for … Read more
44th Susan Garretson Swartzburg ’60 Memorial Book Arts Lecturer: Katherine M. Ruffin
Thursday, October 19, 2017 – 5:30PM Admission is FREE Dewitt Lecture Hall – 106 Zabriskie Hall Wells College Aurora-On-Cayuga NY Katherine M. Ruffin Why Making Things Matters: The Book Arts … Read more
Persian Blue Carnival
The latest publication from Wells College Press is a chapbook produced collaboratively by The Wells Book Arts Center and the Advanced Poetry Workshop of Professor Daniel Rosenberg. The official press … Read more
A Discussion / An Action : International Women’s Day + A Day Without Women
Wells College is uniquely situated within the greater scope of early women’s rights history. Regionally, the college is in close proximity to Seneca Falls, NY, site to multiple critical events … Read more
A Visit to the Cary Graphic Arts Collection
On a wet, wintry February day, students from our advanced level book arts course, The Printed Book, made the trek out to visit the Cary Graphic Arts Collection in the … Read more
Towards a New Ideology of (Print) Production – Session I
A roundtable discussion in collaboration with Oxblood Publishing, featuring Will Hill (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England), David Armes (Red Plate Press, Yorkshire, England) & Tate Shaw (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY). Moderated … Read more
43rd Susan Garretson Swartzburg ’60 Memorial Book Arts Lecturer: Will Hill
Thursday, April 20, 2017 – 6PM Admission is FREE Stratton Hall Auditorium Wells College Aurora-On-Cayuga NY Will Hill The Poetics of Printing (& the Printing of Poetry). Mr. Hill will … Read more
2017 Poetry Chapbook Contest Winner Announced
Wells College Press is very pleased to announce that the Winner of its 2017 Chapbook Contest is Annie Lighthart for her manuscript, Lantern. Her prize includes 20 copies of the … Read more