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CBBAG Greater Toronto Area In-Studio Workshops and Courses

Pop-up Evening
An evening devoted to sharing our favourite pop-up books. Plan to attend and bring your choice, old or new pop-ups.
CBBAG Bindery, 60 Atlantic Ave.
Thursday, Dec., 1 at 7 p.m.

Winter + Spring 2012

The Visiting Artists Series is being organized with the support of the Jean A. Chalmers Fund for Crafts of the Canada Council for the Arts.

* The non-member fee includes one year's membership in CBBAG. It is to be paid on the first workshop only.

General Information

REGISTRATION:

Applications for workshops should be sent in writing by mail to the CBBAG office, 60 Atlantic Ave., Suite 112, Toronto, ON M6K 1X9.
You may also submit the online registration form over CBBAG's secure web server.
NOTE: APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY TELEPHONE OR E-MAIL.

Workshop fees may be paid by MasterCard, Visa, or cheque. Cheques may be post-dated up to one week before commencement of the course.

Registration forms can be found on the Workshop Updates page, where you will also find the current status of all upcoming workshops.

Acceptance to workshops is assigned on a chronological basis.

Acknowledgment of registration will be sent by post or e-mail; if you have not received your acceptance one week prior to the start of the workshop, please inform the Workshop Registrar at workshop@cbbag.ca or phone 416-581-1071.

Receipts are available upon request.

CBBAG is pleased to discuss organizing additional workshops; please contact the office.

Any allergies or other environmental sensitivities should be mentioned when applying.

Participants needing overnight accommodations should inquire when applying; some members rent rooms to CBBAG students for a modest fee.

CANCELLATION & REFUNDS:

Cancellations, subject to a 10% cancellation fee (a minimum of $5), will be accepted until two weeks prior to the workshop; thereafter the full fee will be forfeited. Membership fees are not refundable.

CBBAG reserves the right to cancel workshops two weeks prior to their commencement due to insufficient enrollment; workshop fees for cancelled workshops will be fully refunded.

OF SPECIAL NOTE:

Workshops are limited to eight participants, and run from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, unless otherwise noted in the course descriptions.

Participants are responsible for arriving on time at the correct location; call the CBBAG office if directions are needed.

Materials fees are paid to the instructor at the beginning of a workshop.

Tools and materials are supplied at the workshop, unless otherwise noted; participants may also bring their own tools if they wish.

Participants should plan to bring a picnic lunch.

Due to the intensive nature of CBBAG workshops, it is not possible to make up missed days; fees cannot be refunded.

CBBAG instructors have the right to dismiss disruptive students; fees cannot be refunded.

Photography is permitted only for personal use; otherwise, permission must be obtained in writing from CBBAG.

CBBAG gives a "certificate of completion" on completion of all six of the core courses, whether In-Studio or the Monitoring Stream courses in the Home Study programme. The 6 are Bookbinding I, Bookbinding II (including Endpapers), and Bookbidning III (including Introduction to Leather), Restoration & Repair, Finishing, and Paper Treatments for Binders (note: Paper Treatments for Binders is only available as an in-studio workshop). This is not a formal accreditation. However, CBBAG has had students who were already working in conservation jobs who started back at the beginning with CBBAG, completed the 6 courses, and were extremely pleased with the mass of material they had learned and found it extremely useful in their work.

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INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHIES

Pam Belshaw has studied marbling with CBBAG’s Shelagh Smith, Lucie Lapierre, Iris Nevin, and Salim Sahin. She is eager to share her passion and knowledge for marbling. Some of her marbled work was most recently on display in Montreal for the UNESCO World Book Capital exhibition

Betsy Palmer Eldridge apprenticed as a bookbinder in Hamburg, Germany, studied finishing with Jules Fache in Paris, and worked in conservation with Carolyn Horton and Associates in New York in the 1960s. She has had her own studio in Toronto since 1975, and has taught courses and workshops in bookbinding and conservation since in 1984. She has been active in professional organizations both nationally and internationally, and has served as the chair of the CBBAG Education Committee.

Caterina Florio is a Toronto textile conservator. Following graduate studies at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy at the University of Florence she has done contract work. She has worked in a variety of collections including those of the Gallery of Costume in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Archives of Ontario, the Bata Shoe Museum, and the Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto.

Louise Margaret Granahan has been a CBBAG instructor for nine years. She has a PhD. in multicultural children's literature from OISE/UT and is currently working on her 6th University degree - a Master of Divinity from Emmanuel College, U of T. Louise has written two books as well as many poems and academic articles. She teaches Grade 6 at Roden Public School in Toronto.

John Guppy represents the Origami Society of Toronto. www.origamitoronto.org

Barbara Helander holds two degrees (B.Ed., M.Sc.) and her major in both was clothing and textiles. Her professional career was spent in apparel manufacturing where she worked in a variety of capacities ranging from product development to quality assurance. She currently acts as a textile consultant and also teaches textiles at Seneca College. In her spare time, Barbara runs a small keepsake business that includes creating one-of-a-kind books. Over the last six years she has worked her way through the core CBBAG courses and was pleased to earn her certificate in the spring of 2010.

Joe Landry studied bookbinding and conservation at the London College of Printing and at West Dean College in Sussex. His time at West Dean was spent indulging his particular interest in historic binding structures. Between academic commitments, Joe spent two summers working and teaching at the Seminario Montefiascone in Italy. Joe is currently teaching at NASCAD University and running a book and paper conservation studio.

Dan Mezza is a papermaker, bookbinder and restorer living in London, Ontario. He studied bookbinding with Don Taylor and Betsy Palmer Eldridge, and papermaking with Helmut Becker. Dan is a graduate of the Visual Arts Programme at the University of Western Ontario and is a past president of CBBAG.

Cherryl Moote has been a paper artist for over thirty years. Her specialities include bookbinding, calligraphy, card making, rubber stamping and paper surfacing. Cherryl has taught throughout North America and has published a series of books for paper enthusiasts. Cherryl’s company, Moote Points Inc., will be releasing a new book in the fall of 2011 which is called Fold. Grateful for the impact of many artistic mentors, she devotes a large part of her career to teaching, inspiring, connecting with and coaching other artists around the world. Cherryl's natural teaching talent shines through in all her materials, allowing you to learn new techniques with maximum enjoyment and success. To see samples of Cherryl’s work go to her company website at www.mootepoints.com and visit the gallery sections.

Rose Newlove is a graduate of the Fleming College conservation program and works as a book and paper conservator in Toronto. She has studied bookbinding at CBBAG with Don Taylor and Betsy Palmer Eldridge and at the American Academy of Bookbinding conservation stream with Don Etherington.

Don Taylor is a bookbinder and restorer who works and teaches in Toronto. He was trained in bookbinding and design at Sheridan College and the Three Schools of Art and has studied with Betsy Palmer Eldridge. His work is exhibited widely and is represented in public and private collections across Canada. He has taught for CBBAG since 1984. www.dontaylorbookbinder.com/

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