Book Arts News
The Future Of The Paper-Making House
The Paper-Making House is underway. Before Thanksgiving break visiting artist April Sheridan gave a lecture on her experience with creating a sustainable papermaker’s garden at Columbia. April is the Studio … Read more
An Alphabet Book Of Sorts / Soon To Be Hot Off The Press / Pre-Order Today
Wells College Press and Starshaped Press are co-publishing a limited edition alphabet book. Each letter is made up of printers’ ornaments composed by hand and letterpress printed from metal at Starshaped … Read more
Broadsides for the Visiting Writer Series
The past two weeks the Book Arts Center and the English Department have been collaborating to produce a broadside for the Visiting Writing Series here at Wells College. The Visiting … Read more
Book Arts Lecture this Thursday by Richard Kegler
Just Who Is Richard Kegler And What Is He Doing At Wells Book Arts Center? If you are in the Central NY area you can Find out this Thursday at … Read more
Artist Kore Loy McWhirter Stopped By The Center
Self-taught artist Kore Loy stopped by the book arts center to share her work and experiences with the bookbinding and calligraphy students. Loy from North Carolina is a poet, letterpress printer, … Read more
Wells Book Arts Summer Institute for 2015!
SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce the dates for the Book Arts Summer Institute of 2015! Excitement is building here at the Center! We recently decided to add … Read more
Richard Kegler: New Director of the Book Arts Center
Aurora, NY, Wells College has appointed Richard Kegler as the new Director of the Wells Book Arts Center. Kegler is the founder of P22 type foundry and the Western New York Book … Read more
Jenna Rodriguez, our new Victor Hammer Fellow
Wells College and the Wells Book Arts Center are happy to announce that Jenna Rodriguez has been named the eighth Victor Hammer Fellow in the Book Arts. Ms. Rodriguez received … Read more
New Director Search is Open!
Wells College seeks a director for its Book Arts Center (BAC). The director is responsible for the management of the Book Arts Center including budget and curriculum; arranging for one … Read more
A Summer Institute Poster!
Here is a PDF of a poster for our summer institute. Please share it with your book arts friends! Wells Summer Institute 2014