2006 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Guild of Book Workers in New York City. In the last century the organization has kept the original founders’ goal alive — to educate and promote all areas of the book arts. Now, with over 900 members, there are ten regional chapters across the country.
In celebration, the annual fall meeting of the Guild will change its usual format. A symposium on The Art of the Book in America will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 13 & 14, at the New York Academy of Medicine, located on Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street and Central Park.
Non members are also encouraged to attend the event. Details about the GBW Centennial Celebration can be found at the Guild website, including information about the GBW 100th anniversary exhibition of member’s work. The show has an entry date of May 1 and opens at the Grolier Club in New York in September.
GBW President Betsy Palmer Eldridge (left) chats with Hedi Kyle, who was honored at the 2005 Portland banquet for her many contributions to the book arts. The 2006 centennial banquet will be a dinner-cruise on the “Spirit of New York,” including a boat ride on the Hudson with the Statue of Liberty and the skyline of New York on view.
On the Carpet,
GBW Members at 2005 Portland Meeting
The annual Guild of Book Workers meeting is held in a different part of the country each year. It is more than a sharing of techniques during its Standards of Excellence seminars, but it is also a time to reconnect with old friends and colleagues in the book arts.
Peter Verheyen (GBW Exhibits Chairman) and Donia Conn at the Friday night Forum.
Portland Letterpress printer Barb Tetenbaum with Seattle bookbinder Carolina Veenstra & San Francisco book artist, Julie Chen.
Anna Embree (left), bookbinding instructor at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Chela Metzger (center), conservation studies instructor at UT Texas in Austin, both lean on Iowa City book artist, Emily Martin.
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