My mother’s father would take me to a cabin to fish in the summers. What I remember is a steep dirt track with branches brushing the Scout as we dropped down to a secret lake. A short dock left to rot, a decent metal johnboat facedown and overgrown with tall grass.

1. Everyone cleared out the bread aisle, so you’ve decided to make your own loaf. Face down, concentrating on the movements, you knead the thoughts that swell within your head, which must be softened, shaped and pummeled into submission. Why hasn’t she called? How much longer do we wait in our houses? Is she okay?

In this fifth video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Todd Summar discusses tips, guidelines, and writing exercises you can use to develop a strong first draft of a short story or novel.

In this fourth video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Raychel Steinbach shows how to create easy printmaking projects at home using basic artists tools and materials, erasers and potatoes.

On 30 July, 2020 we spoke with artist Joseph Lappie.

On 23 July, 2020, we visited Evanston-based artist Mardy Sears. She is a printmaker, ceramicist, and artist book maker.

On 16 July, 2020 we visited with artist, puppeteer, and arts administrator, Sam Lewis!

In this third video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, ABH Board Member Jamie Thome shows how to make handmade paper circles, using items you currently have around your house!

On 09 July, 2020 we visited letterpress printer and book artist Jessica Spring, of Springtide Press in Tacoma, WA.  

On 25 June, 2020 we visited our friend Regin Igloria, founder of North Branch Projects here in Chicago!

In this second video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Hannah Batsel shows how to take card stock, paint and a little imagination to create fun interactive mail art you can send to friends and family.

On 25 June, 2020 we visited our friend Amy Jacobs, Co-Director of Artistic Projects and Master Collaborator at Dieu Donné in NYC.

On 18 June 2020, we visited with Evanston-based letterpress printer and book artist Craig Jobson!

In this first video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Regin Igloria shows how to take recycled cereal, donut and granola boxes (and also pizza boxes, coffee, and rice bags,) and turn them into covers for simple pamphlet stitch books that you can make with minimal time and tools.

On 11 June, 2020 we visited with Kevin Kelley, the Coordinator for After School Programs at the NYPL.

On 04 June 2020, we visited papermaker and book artist Lucy Baxandall.

With this Special Juneteenth Edition, we spoke with Kemone Hendricks, founder of Evanston Present and Future.

On 28 May, 2020 we visited interdisciplinary artist Erin Cramer.

On 21 May, 2020 we visited book artist, printmaker and illustrator Hannah Batsel.