Book Arts

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Our current exhibitions are on view through Oct 17th. Make sure to pop in!

Disrupted — an exhibition of work by printmaking artist Kathleen Sherin is in our Main Gallery. Sherin is a 2026 recipient of the New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artist Grant sponsored through WNY Book Arts Center.

She recently taught an Introduction to Silk Aquatint & Carborundum Collagraphic Monoprinting at Book Arts to share some of her techniques.

Then make sure to head downstairs to our Studio Gallery for Amanda Maciuba’s Natural Mythologies. Amanda’s exhibition is the result of her time as Book Arts’ Studio Artist Resident this summer.

These exhibitions are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Gallery hours:
Weds & Fri, 11am-5pm
Thurs, 11am-8pm
Sat, 10am-2pm

A spot has opened up in our Letterpress Printing Basics class w/ Caitlin Caldwell that begins next week!

During this 3-part class you’ll learn the ins & outs of letterpress printing on our Vandercook presses, and get to use our collection of vintage metal & wood type, images (cuts) and ornaments to create a truly unique card or poster.

This class fills up often and runs every other month or so! Folks who take it gain the necessary skills to work independently in our Letterpress Studio and become eligible to book Open Studio hours to work on their own projects. (Open Studio is available for Book Arts Members only. Learn more at the link in our bio!)

Get in the Halloween spirit, or don’t, at a workshop at Book Arts next week!

Along with some of our favorites like Screen Print Pet Portraits & Paper Marbling, we’ve got a few festive sessions like spooky linoblock printing & pumpkin book sculptures!

Make sure to register as classes do fill!

Refillable sketchbooks w/ Seth Brauchler
Floating ink w/ 溯镝 Sudi
Coptic stitch bookbinding w/ Laura E Chenault
Zinemaking as resistance w/ cowboy jo Collagraph printmaking w/ Kathie Menduni Aspaas

Take a workshop with our ever-creative & welcoming teaching artists next week!

Register and learn more at wnybookarts.org/classes

October approaches and the High Priestess says you should lean into creation at a workshop at Book Arts!

Spooky linoblock printing, haunted tunnel books, and Letterpress Tarot on Halloween: we’ve got some festive workshops lined up, along with all kinds of print & bookmaking sessions.

See you there….or else?????

Slide 1: High Priestess letterpress tarot card made by Brie Eloise at a recent Letterpress Tart workshop with james alea

Stop by Book Arts this Saturday to…

check out two exhibitions: Katleen Sherin’s Disrupted (slide 1 & 2) and Amanda Maciuba’s Natural Mythologies (slide 3)

take a workshop with Heather Cook and learn now to make a mountable Butterfly House Book Sculpture 🦋

peruse new work by local artists in our shop like our rack of steamroller prints from past BookFests, prints by Harumo Sato, and mini-book necklaces & earrings by Just Terrific • Rachael Gootnick.

We’re open 10am-2pm!

Next week at Book Arts: Woodblock Relief Printmaking workshop with SuDI Wang!

Explore relief printmaking by carving into woodblocks to create monochromatic prints. We’ll focus on your relationships with the wood and tools as printmakers. No previous printmaking experience is required, and all skill levels are welcome.

Complete and understand relief printmaking basic processes. Projects will be one or two layers of woodblock print on Kozo paper, one design per student, and around 10 final prints per person, with woodblock print sizes around 3’’ x 4.5’’. The final print could be used as an individual art piece, postcard, bookplate, etc!

*** This is a two class workshop. Participants must attend both class dates.***

This past spring, we hosted an exhibition by Sudi, featuring her printmaking work, titled Where is Momo? You can still find some of her mini-momo prints in our artist shop! Snag one next time you visit!

Where did the summer go?! As fall sneaks in, we’re thinking about all we did this summer! BookFest, ZineFest, our 18th annual Members’ Show, workshops, summer residency, exhibitions, and hanging with our talented Member artists in our Print Studio.

Thank you to all who came through to celebrate, learn, teach, make, shop, and support local book artists & printmakers with us!

We can’t wait to keep inking it up with you this fall!

We are excited to announce two new Printing Partner programs beginning this fall at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library & Locust Street Art! Classes are FREE and geared towards families of all ages.

Explore a new book arts project each week, including: origami bookmaking, hand-stitched journal making, and various forms of making prints! Students will receive a kit of specialty art tools & materials for their use during the classes, and to keep after the program ends.

Find us at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library on Fridays from 4-6pm (Oct 2 - Nov 20)!

Find us at Locust Street Art on Tuesdays from 4-6pm (Oct 6 - Nov 24)!

While we welcome walk-ins to class, seating can be limited. We ask families to kindly RSVP at our website: wnybookarts.org/classes

What is Printing Partners?
Hosted by community partners throughout the Buffalo region, Printing Partners offers free hands-on classes on the book arts to children & families in their own neighborhoods.