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This page last updated on
March 29, 2012
Exhibits are an important function of the Guild. They allow members to display their work in all the various styles of the book arts: fine bindings, artists books, calligraphy, letterpress printing and decorated paper. Exhibits are organized both at the national level as well as by the regional chapters.
Please help support GBW exhibits
Make a donation using the secure online donation form. Please indicate the purpose of the donation is for GBW exhibits.
National Exhibits
New exhibits are organized every three years and travel around the United States. The themes for past exhibitions have varied from a set book (where all bind the same book) to such diverse topics as fine printing, flight and the alphabet.
An exhibition catalog is printed for each exhibit. Many past catalogs are available for sale. More recent exhibits have been made available online on our Gallery page.
Chapter Exhibits
Many of the regional Chapters also sponsor their own exhibitions, which travel around their particular area of the country. Some examples of past and present Chapter exhibitions are listed on the Chapter Exhibits page.
Upcoming Exhibit: Horizon
Guild of Book Workers 2012-2014 Traveling Exhibition
The Guild of Book Workers invites all members to participate in its 2012-2014 traveling exhibition, Horizon. Whether by contemplating the apparent horizon, personal horizons, or the horizon of the book as a binding or an object, this exhibition will showcase the current work of the members of the Guild of Book Workers while offering a glimpse into what is just beyond. Guild of Book Workers members are invited to interpret “horizon” as broadly or as narrowly as they wish.
Exhibition Catalog Prepub Sale
The catalog for the next GBW National exhibit is on sale now for the prepublication price of just $35. Order your copy today before the price goes up on August 1, 2012.
Catalog Donations
Donations for the Horizon exhibit catalog are gratefully appreciated. You can use the online entry from to make a donation (if you are entering the exhibit) or you can print out the paper donation form and mail it in.
If you prefer making an online donation and are not entering the exhibit, you can use the GBW secure online donation form. Please indicate your donation is for the Horizon exhibit catalog.
Intent to Enter: Closed
The Intent to Enter ended September 30, 2011.
Online Entry Form
The entry deadline for Horizonswas March 7, 2012.
Jurors
Works will be juried from digital images. Submissions must be received between January 1 and March 1, 2012. Artists will be notified of selection by April 15. Jurors will be Minnesota Bookbinder and Book Arts Instructor, Jana Pullman, University of Utah Binding Instructor and Studio Coordinator in the Book Arts Program, Emily Tipps, and New Hampshire book artist and photographer, Rutherford Witthus.
Eligibility
All entrants must be members in good standing of the Guild of Book Workers at the time of submission and carry a current membership throughout the entire run of the exhibition. Member registration may accompany entry, along with entry fee. Entrants may submit one or two works. Entry fee for the first entry will be $30 and $10 for the second entry. Submitted works must have been created since 2009 and may not have been previously shown in a Guild of Book Workers exhibition (Chapter exhibitions excluded).
Catalog
The Guild of Book Workers will produce a full color printed catalog with photographs and descriptions of each work, as well as biographies of the artists. All exhibition participants will receive a complimentary copy of the printed catalog. Please consider making a tax deductible donation to the catalog fundraiser. (Please indicate the purpose of the donation is for the Horizon's exhibit catalog.)
Exhibition Schedule:
To be announced.
For more information
Please contact Amy LeePard , Exhibitions Chair.