The Schedule

 From the GPL Book Arts Project:

My book art (and forensic) interpretation of the poem Little Red Riding Hood by Anne Sexton.   I made this to use as an example for our Thursday's Build-Your-Own-Fairy-Tale Book Art demo in the Teen Zone.  More photos at the end of the blog.

Just a quick blog to get everyone up to speed:  Over the weekend, the Gadsden Times ran an article about the GPL Book Arts Project.

This morning, I did a promo for the Project on a radio talk show with some friends of mine over at 102.9.  My phone has been ringing pretty much all day with calls from folks wanting additional info and wanting to pre-register for classes.  There is no turning back now…

Here is our GPL Book Arts Project public programming schedule for the next three months:

January 5, 3:30PM-Papermaking for Children.
Pre-register in the Children’s Department, 256.549.4699, ext.118.
January 12, 4PM-Teen Zone Build-Your-Own-Fairy-Tale Book Art.  Pre-register in the Teen Zone, 256.549.4699, ext. 122.
January 26, 4PM-Teen Zone Papermaking.
Pre-register in the Teen Zone, 256.549.4699, ext. 122.
January 31, 5:30PM-Papermaking with artist Joan Robertson.
This class is for individuals 16 or older.
Pre-register with Carol at 256.549.4699, ext. 107.
February 7, 5:30PM-Letterpress Printing Demonstration.
Pre-register with Carol at 256.549.4699, ext. 107.
February 16, 5:30PM-Bookmaking with artist Hilary Blackwood.  Pre-register with Carol at 256.549.4699, ext. 107.
February 28, 5:30PM-Altered Book Workshop:  Folded-Page Art.  Pre-register with Carol at 256.549.4699, ext. 107.
March 1, 5:30PM-Poetry reading with author Irene Latham.
March 23, 5:30PM-Paper, Print & Poetry (P3).  Exhibition & Reception.

My outreach schedule is solid for the next three weeks, with papermaking, letterpress printing and bookmaking at local middle and high schools.  The following two months will be more of the same, but with some folded page art and some creative writing workshops thrown in for good measure.  I will be taking vitamins, drinking Emergen-C, wearing sensible shoes, and doing daily yoga to keep this schedule on track.  What was I thinking?!?