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Join us for a Pulp Painting workshop, which combines technical papermaking techniques with your own creative imagery. Participants will learn the basics of making handmade paper and then create imagery within the sheet using colored pulp.
Learn the basics of Letterpress Printing in this hands-on workshop with Amber Favorite of a. favorite design. All tools will be provided, no prior experience necessary!
Take a little walk to the edge of town, and go across the tracks to where the Schnappviecher looms like a… well, like a Schnappviecher, and you’ll find cartoonist Marie Enger binding that prickling shiver up the back of your neck into the shape of ink on paper.
Deborah Siegel-Acevedo, ABH’s first Executive Director, will be shifting roles at the end of March, leaving her staff position to take a seat on ABH's Advisory Board.
As I prepare myself, and ABH, for the transition from my current role as Executive Director to that of Advisory Board member, I think back on this Prologue year with fondness.
Our highly anticipated recording of our October 5th panel, Book Arts in Chicago: Past, Present, Future is now live and ready for your viewing pleasure!
We asked our founder Audrey Niffenegger why the time is now to build a center for book arts in Chicago.
“Sewing Books” instructor and friend of Artists Book House Katie Chung made an appearance on WGN 9 on November 14 to demo how to sew a book, and discuss Artists Book House and our mission.
After our Book Arts in Chicago: Past, Present, Future panel last month, we sat down with Julia Arredondo for a bit of advice on being a book artist.
We kick off 2023’s year end giving campaign with a bow to our founder, Audrey Niffenegger. Thanks to Audrey, and the ever-widening community that ABH has grown, we are tenaciously connected in our desire to put Chicago back on the map as an important hub for the book arts.
We needed a way to quickly explain the field to new friends, and make the case for why Chicago needs an Artists Book House, here and now. But as much as we love books, a book about book arts wouldn’t cut it—and so, we turned to video.
We’re happy for any chance to champion the book arts, but we’re particularly excited to promote the works of our friends here at Artists Book House.
On October 5th, ABH’s panel “Book Arts in Chicago: Past, Present, Future” offered a rich opportunity for new and old friends to gather at Colvin House to discuss all things book arts — and in particular, what our new center combining book arts and literary arts could become.
We had such a lovely time getting to see you all at Printer’s Row Lit Fest this September.
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR:
I’m delighted to introduce the ABH community to our new Program Assistant, K. R. Fowler, who joins us after having worked as Assistant Director and then Interim Director of Art at Epiphany Center for the Arts.
Remarks given by Executive Director Deborah Siegel-Acevedo at Artists Book House's Prologue Party on June 15th, 2023.
Remarks given by founder Audrey Niffenegger at Artists Book House's Prologue Party on June 15th, 2023.
It had been months since she’d handed over the keys to the mansion. She often dreamt of it: wind blowing through its broken windowpanes, mysterious water in the basement, all the ghostly memories of happier times. But she knew she had to go.
Mimosa, the new queer graphic novel from Archie Bongiovanni opens with middle aged queer people lamenting the state of their careers and sex lives and let me tell you I feel seen.
When I first learned about ABH’s vision, I was enchanted. The more I learned, the more I came to realize how truly our paths align. I’ve been long drawn (moth, flame) to ventures that foster diversity, equity, inclusion, humanistic expression, and creative voice.
Chicago, April 18, 2023: In April, Deborah Siegel-Acevedo PhD, an author, teacher, and social entrepreneur, joined Artists Book House (ABH) as its inaugural Executive Director.
On January 11 of 2023, the Artists Book House Board of Directors voted to terminate our lease for the Harley Clarke Mansion with the City of Evanston.
Last summer, a duck made a nest on the tiny Juliet balcony at the Harley Clarke House. She laid a egg, but abandoned it, perhaps deciding that the location wasn’t suitable for a duckling. The egg remains in the nest, unrealized potential.
Some bodily changes are a natural part of aging. Other changes might mean that your body is trying to tell you something. Here’s a fun and informative quiz to help you help yourself!
John lightly held the reins with his left hand while Betsy snuggled under his right arm. They were worn ragged after losing Johnny.
Dark and windowless, the closet still felt comforting, tucked away on the third floor, so well obscured that Hazel had barely found it herself.
Gary circled September 29, 1974 in his date book in bold red marker. He dared not write anything else, for fear of jinxing it.
“May I have your name, sir?” asked the mousy young woman who stood just beyond the threshold of the concave wooden door.
