NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

Bookmaking Workshop Proposals

Philadelphia Center for the Book (PCB) in collaboration with the Moore College of Art and Design will be offering a workshop in November of the 2025 season.  If you are interested in teaching a bookmaking workshop, PCB is currently taking submissions for workshop proposals.  Please see the following form for details and to submit your proposal

Submit PCB Workshop Proposal

 

Sponsored by
Moore College of Art and Design
and the Philadelphia Center for the Book

2025 PCB Members Exhibition

Emergence: Philadelphia Center for the Book Member Exhibition

“Emergence” was the topic of this year’s Philadelphia Center for the Book Members’ Exhibition at the Moore College of Art and Design, 1916 Race Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-1179.

What does emergence mean to you? How would something that was previously hidden be displayed? In the scientific world, properties or behaviors in an entity can emerge when that entity interacts with a larger external whole.- like each unique snowflake emerging into the air. This exhibition will represent books that express something new coming into view, something hidden being exposed, something new coming into being. These books can be symbolic of anything that physically emerges such as a flower from the soil or symbolizing some concept that can emerge such as a memory from the past.

Exhibition was on display from January 18 through February 20.  Thank you to all who participated!

View the 2025 Emergence Member Online Exhibition

 

 

Book Paper Scissors

Book Paper Scissors was a success!

Book Paper Scissors, an artists’ book fair that is free and open to the public at the Parkway Central branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia completed another successful year thanks to all of our vendors. This festive event featured artists’ books, handmade paper, prints, zines, origami, blank books, and paper sculpture and jewelry.

We want to thank all of our members, vendors and supporters who made the 15th annual Book Paper Scissors such a success. You are the heart of our community! We’re a small, niche group, and what we lack in size we make up with our enthusiasm, creativity, and devotion. None of this happens without you, and all of it is done because of you.

To view our exciting list of vendors from the event, visit our vendor page!

 

 

Next Artists’ Working Group

Sunday, March 30, 2025, 1:00 PM
Virtual Meeting

PCB offers members a chance to join a critical community of artists and peers, approximately every 4-6 weeks, to share ideas and feedback about works in progress or in conception.

To RSVP and for more information email susan@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org

 


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