Category: Workshops

Structure & Story Workshop with Marci Easterbrook

Presented by the Santa Fe Book Arts Group
Saturday, July 15, and Sunday, July 16, 2023; 9 am to 4 pm (with a break for lunch; nothing open on campus, please bring your lunch)
Santa Fe Community College, Room 700
$185 for BAG members with most materials included; must be a member in good standing
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Haiku Salon Part II: Haibun, Renga, and Haiga with David Rachlin on May 6

New Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023, 1 pm to 4 pm
Location:  Rancho Viejo Volunteer Fire Station Classroom, 37 Rancho Viejo Blvd, 1 mile east of State Road 14, 1 mile north of the 599/SR 14 Intersection.

To sign up e-mail Gail Murray gail@gpmurray.com ASAP!

In this second haiku workshop (no prerequisite required) we will learn and practice three Japanese forms that use haiku in different ways. Haibun is very much like a travel diary in which a short prose statement about a place is followed by or interspersed with haiku. Renga is a cooperative haiku writing experience that we will do in a round-robin fashion. Haiga is a beautiful art form in which we illustrate our haiku with watercolors or dry media such as colored pencils, markers, or conte crayons.  For each form, we will explore traditional and modern examples. A materials list and a PDF of examples will be sent to participants when registration closes.

This is an in-person workshop in Santa Fe FOR MEMBERS ONLY with a maximum of 12 people.
Fee of $20 payable by cash or check made to David Rachlin, the day of the Salon.

Totem Mobile Salon with Kim Walter

The Totem Mobile Salon with Kim Walter will be on Sunday, September 17, 2023, from 1 pm to 4 pm. It will be in person at Kim’s house in downtown Santa Fe near the Capitol. The address will be provided upon confirmed registration. To attend you must be current on 2023 BAG dues. To register, email Gail Murray at gail@gpmurray.com. There is a maximum of six participants; after six, Gail will start a waiting list.

We will build a personal paper totem mobile based on how we see ourselves and how others see us. There are surprises along the way, because the session is all about observation, creativity, and fun. Each participant will walk away with their personal totem. The process is as much fun as the end result!

You may pay the salon fee of $20 (cash or check, payable to Kim Walter) on the day of the Salon. Kim will supply all materials and snacks.

Kim Walter was trained in the corporate world to manage interpersonal relationships, especially among creatives such as writers, editors, photographers, food stylists, art directors, illustrators, and publishers. She found art journaling in 2010, and has never looked back.

List Poem Salon with David Rachlin

Saturday, June 3, 2023  1 to 4 pm
Location:  Rancho Viejo Volunteer Fire Station Classroom, 37 Rancho Viejo Blvd, 1 mile east of State Road 14, 1 mile north of the 599/SR 14 Intersection.

To sign up e-mail Gail Murray gail@gpmurray.com by Sunday, May 21, 2023, 11PM.

In this salon we will view many examples of list poems, imitate a few, and see what makes them work so well, before writing our own. Some terrific examples are by N. Scott Momaday, Sherman Alexie, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Carolyn Forché, and many, many others. In a list poem, each entry can be a word, a phrase, a complete sentence, or even a short stanza. There is no limit to the ideas that can become a list poem.

Optional prompts will be offered to get us started and give you plenty of free writing and sharing time. I will also introduce a variation called an Instruction Poem, in which you address the reader by listing directions for an imaginary or realistic event. A PDF of example poems will be sent to participants when registration closes on Sunday, May 21, 2023  11PM

This is an in-person workshop in Santa Fe FOR MEMBERS ONLY with a maximum of 12 people.

Fee of $20 payable by cash or check made to David Rachlin, the day of the Salon.

WORKSHOP FULL: Altered Book Workshop with Cynthia Leespring

Presented by the Santa Fe Book Arts Group
Saturday, May 20, 2023, 10 am to 4 pm (with a break for lunch)
Santa Fe Community College, Room 700
$62.40 for BAG and Libros members; must be a member of either organization to participate
No materials fee; all supplies included

Register here: https://santafebag.org/register-for-cynthia-leesprings-workshop/

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BAG Meeting This Saturday, September 10

Saturday, September 10, 2022, 1 pm to approximately 3 pm MT
Free; Open to the Public; All are Welcome

Agenda

  • Welcome and Announcements by President Linda Zwick
  • My Life as a Book Artist and Letterpress Printer, a Presentation by Bettina Pauly (see below)
  • Art Flea Market Update by Cynthia Leespring and Julie Filatoff 
  • Art Journal Page and ATC/Rolo Swap Update by Ruth Anna Abigail
  • October Mail Art Description by Linda Zwick
  • October Anything Goes Description by Linda Zwick
  • Community Announcements (calls for entry, upcoming exhibits and workshops, other highlights) by Attendees (2 minutes maximum, please)

Please note: For security reasons we never put the Zoom link on our website. If you did not receive an email from Santa Fe Book Arts Group with the link, please check your email program’s “spam” or “junk” folder. Still not there? Email santafebag@gmail.com with your name and your email address.

My Life as a Book Artist and Letterpress Printer, a Presentation by Bettina Pauly





Bettina will tell us how she came to the USA, started to learn about book arts and letterpress printing, enrolled at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, took classes at the San Francisco Center for the Book, and left her main job to become a teacher for book arts and printing, a book artist, and a letterpress printer.  She will give us a close look at some of her artist books, including:

•    The Year of the Dragon, a flag book
•    A sun that rises, an accordion-fold book
•    California Poppies, an accordion-fold book
•    What a Catch!, a flag book

Bettina will also sow us some of her mail art, which includes miniature pop-ups.

Bettina Pauly studied at the Academy of Art University (San Francisco) in the Book Arts and Letterpress program under Chris Rolik and Macy Chadwick. In addition she took classes at the San Francisco Center for the Book, taught by Mary Laird, Kumi Korf, and Julie Chen.

Bettina lives in San Francisco as a book artist and works as a letterpress printer with Kim Vanderheiden at Painted Tongue Studios in Oakland, California. She teaches book arts and letterpress classes at the Academy of Art University and the San Francisco Center for the Book. She loves books and boxes both as physical objects and as containers of meaning, and is interested in a variety of folded, sewn, and woven structures in which she can incorporate her printing. Bettina was part of “Al-Mutanabbi Street starts here,” contributing a broadside and an artist book, and spoke at the opening of that exhibition in 2016 in Portland, Oregon. She is a member of the Hand Bookbinders of California, the Movable Book Society, and the Book Club of California. View her work at http://blog.bettina-pauly.com/.

And the Next Saturday (September 17), an Online Workshop!

If you would like to sign up for this workshop after hearing Bettina’s presentation, please go to the registration page here, send a check or pay for it with PayPal, and text Julie Filatoff at 505-660-9942 so she sends you the supply list and prompts!

The Magic Wallet: A Workshop with Bettina Pauly


Presented by the Santa Fe Book Arts Group
Saturday, September 17, 2022, 1 pm to 3 pm MT, via Zoom (online)
Suitable for beginner to advanced students, but you MUST be a current Santa Fe BAG member
$29 (payment options: check or PayPal); must be received by September 12, 2022

The Magic Wallet is one of those oddities related to a möbius strip. Its form is used in many actual wallets and you can make a quick-and-dirty version with two cards and two rubber bands. The magic is that when you place a dollar (or a flexible piece of paper) into the wallet and close and open it, the straps will have wrapped the bill behind them. As you open the wallet from one side and then the other, the bill will appear to move from side to side. If you make the straps from paper or ribbon with a different color on each side, you will see that you are seeing successive sides of the straps as you open and close the wallet. This makes it a useful vehicle for content which can appear and disappear (like magic!).

Register here: (NOTE: You must fill out the form; simply paying for the workshop does not secure you a spot.)