The Center for Book and Paper Arts is part of

Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is a Private college, private art college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928https://about.colum.edu/effectiveness/pdf/spring-2021-student-profile.pdf students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergra ...

, located in Chicago, Illinois. The Center is the largest book-and-paper-arts teaching institution in the United States, which is housed on the second floor of the historic

Ludington Building The Ludington Building is the earliest-surviving, steel-frame building in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Chicago Loop community area. It was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and was named a Chicago Landmark on June 10, 1996. It was ...

. The Center teaches letterpress,

papermaking Papermaking is the manufacture of paper and cardboard, which are used widely for printing, writing, and packaging, among many other purposes. Today almost all paper is made using industrial machinery, while handmade paper survives as a speciali ...

bookbinding Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book of codex format from an ordered stack of ''signatures'', sheets of paper folded together into sections that are bound, along one edge, with a thick needle and strong thread. Cheaper, b ...

, artists' book creation. The Center has a history of dedication to furthering knowledge and appreciation of book arts". In addition to teaching classes for interested individuals from the community, the Center is part of the

Interdisciplinary Arts Interdisciplinary arts are a combination of arts that use an interdisciplinary approach involving more than one artistic discipline. Examples of different arts include visual arts, performing arts, musical arts, digital arts, conceptual arts, etc ...

Department at

, whose programs include an MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts. The

Department full-time faculty who teach at the Center for Book and Paper Arts primarily include: Director and Associate Professo
Melissa Potter
and lecturer

Miriam Schaer Miriam Schaer (born 1956) is an American artist who creates artists' books, and installations, prints, collage, photography, and video in relation to artists' books. She also is a teacher of the subject. Career Miriam Schaer was born in Buffalo ...

. The Center for Book and Paper Arts also has a large gallery space whose exhibition history includes work by

Enrique Chagoya Enrique Chagoya (born 1953) is a Mexican-born American painter, printmaker, and educator. The subject of his artwork is the changing nature of culture. Chagoya teaches at Stanford University, in the department of Art and Art History. He lives i ...

Bruno Richard Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters *Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...

, a 2008 exhibition of the iconic manuscript scroll of ''

On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...

'' by

Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian a ...

, and a 2009 exhibition featuring Buddhist Printing techniques from the

Derge Parkhang The Dêrgê Barkang (pronunciation "Dehr-gheh", alternative names Derge Parkhang, Dege Parkhang, Derge Sutra Printing Temple, Dege Yinjing Yuan, Derge Barkhang, Dege Barkhang, Barkhang, Parkhang, Bakong Scripture Printing Press and Monastery) is ...

."Center for Book and Paper Arts, Exhibitions"
Retrieved August 19, 2009.

References

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External links

Center for Book and Paper Arts WebsiteInterdisciplinary Arts Department websiteJournal of Artists Books Website, published at the Center for Book and Paper Arts
Columbia College Chicago Book arts Art museums and galleries in Chicago