SCBA Classes and Events
SCBA offers classes and workshops on a wide variety of book arts related topics and techniques. We also accept class proposals if you are interested in teaching a workshop for us. Download a Class Proposal form here: MS Word document or PDF document. Full-time high school or college students will receive a 50% discount on tuition, but must pay the full materials fee. (Provide documentation of full time current enrollment in the form of a copy of a student ID card for high school students or a copy of the current term registration confirmation for college students.) We also offer a 10% discount to SCBA donors. Please contact us at programming@seattlebookarts.org for more information, or to register at the student rate or SCBA supporter rate.
Upcoming Classes
Spontaneous One Hour Books with Lisa Hasegawa
Be inspired by the moment! Come make three spontaneous books through exercises designed to broaden your approach to artist’s books. Appropriate for beginners and seasoned pros, our workshop will be a day of creative and spontaneous fun.
PurgaColor© and Other Secrets of Purgatory Pie Press – Printmaking on the Letterpress with Dikko Faust
Don't miss this special opportunity to learn from a true leader and innovator in the letterpress movement, Dikko Faust of Purgatory Pie Press.
Magic Books and Paper Toys with Esther K. Smith
This workshop is based on Esther K. Smith's book of the same name... don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from a true master of the craft, visiting from New York City!
Design & Print Photopolymer Letterpress Plates the Low-Tech Way with Jenny Sapora
This workshop brings the process of making photopolymer letterpress plates to the masses to show you how to set up for yourself a fully functional, low-tech, low-budget, photopolymer studio in your kitchen. Create negative images – experimenting with various media & techniques, sun-expose your plates, develop them, and print them on a proof press.
Creating Altered Books with Naomi Kasumi
This class allows you explore to find new ways to express yourself and to use all kinds of art processes to alter existing books. In this class, we will create altered books as 3-D objects and transform them from a traditionally bound used/found book to an art piece.
