Newsbites
Monthly news from the Chapter Board
January Upcoming Events
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Ah…to spend hours looking at books and getting lost in their wonder. January seems like a perfect month to do just that. Perhaps a cup of tea and a biscuit and your favorite stuffie. A great way to wait out the Big Dark.
JAN 13, 2026 Tuesday, 6 pm Pacific Time. REGISTER NOW HERE.
Annie Ujifusa will talk about her path to becoming a Conservation Technician in Special Collections at the Boston Public Library. Annie graduated from North Bennett Street School. Our Chapter invites recent graduates from book arts programs to tell us about their training, career paths and creative work.
You will receive a confirmation email and the zoom link prior to the event. Hope to see you there!
JAN 20, 2026 Tuesday, 12:00 noon to 1:30 Pacific Time, REGISTER NOW HERE.
Best Practices in the Book Arts: Writing Artists’ Statements and More (A Special Zoom Event)
The Northwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, the Book Arts Guild, and the Puget Sound Books Artists Exhibition Committee are pleased to co-sponsor a special Zoom program. We are delighted to welcome three leading voices in the books arts–Johanna Drucker, Alicia Bailey and Erin Zona for a conversation on professional best practices concerning artist’s statements. Crafting clear and compelling artists’ statements, developing strong and cohesive exhibition themes, and documenting artists’ books effectively can be challenging for the best artist. Join us for an engaging and insightful session with these distinguished experts as they share practical guidance to support your work in the book arts. (Please Note: Many of our members belong to more than one organization. If you receive duplicate invitations, we kindly ask that you register through only one group). Register by January 14, 2026.
FEB 21, 2026. Saturday. 11 am Pacific Time
Tim Ely will present on his creative process. More about this program soon.
OTHER BOOKISH NEWS
Codex Book Fair:
If you plan to attend CODEX this February, please consider writing a short paragraph highlighting your key takeaways. We would love to include that in the March chapter email, along with any pictures you might want to share.
Member News:
Alicia Bailey won the lottery for the Pergamena leather and has started on her project involving “pairing images and information about native orchids found in Colorado with the numerous species that are cultivated and shown off at Denver’s Botanic Gardens.” Alicia goes on to say “I’ve become very interested in non-traditional surface treatments of leather and have already developed a plastic etching plate that will be used to print directly with an opaque, light color ink onto the leather…” It will be inspiring to see the finished project.
Elections:
We will be holding our biennial elections later this spring and wanted to give everyone a chance to think about ways they can support the NW Chapter. The Chapter has quite a bit of flexibility around how it organizes itself and how we accomplish our goals. We can share or co-lead functions to involve more members. And the Board always welcomes your ideas and suggestions.
GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK
With each of our planned panel conversations, we would like to offer a related workshop. Take a moment to follow up on topics they would like to know more about, or see an accompanying workshop.
Please feel free to contact us with your ideas and suggestions. northwestevents@guildofbookworkers.org
NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS
Submit articles to northwestcommunications@guildofbookworkers.org.
Contact chapter Chair Jodee Fenton at northwest@guildofbookworkers.org for newsletter content ot ideas
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And as always, please contact us with any questions, concerns, and hellos!
Northwest Chapter Board, GBW
