Beginner Bookbinding Workshop

This class is produced by by Greenhouse Print Space, and hosted at Kansas City Artists Coalition

By Kansas City Artists Coalition

Date and time

Location

Kansas City Artists Coalition

3200 Gillham Road Kansas City, MO 64109

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 5 hours

During this 4 hr workshop you will learn two of the most useful and easy bookbinding techniques: pamphlet stitch & soft cover long stitch("limp bound book")

You will receive hands on education as the instructor Thayer Bray will take you step by step through each sewing and binding method.At the end of the class you will have two handmade books that you bound yourself! Along with a handy instruction manual to help you along with future independent book projects.

Supplies:Thayer will provide paper, card stock, thread, needles, a very few awlsand folding tools, and a very small amount of buckram. All neccesary materials

*This is an intro/ class.

*This class requires moderate hand strength and a dexterity.

Thayer N.G. Bray is a draw-er, printmaker, bookbinder, and sculptor based in Kansas City. He earned a BFA in printmaking and a minor in Art History from KU in 2009 and an MBA from UMKC in 2023. For almost a decade he was shop assistant, then edition printer, at the Lawrence Lithography Workshop in Kansas City, MO. His last solo show, Caregivers, was exhibited in May 2023 in Kansas City. He is the Director of Exhibitions at Kansas City Artists Coalition, and the owner and director of Greenhouse Print Space, Greehouse Print Space is an artist-run, community access print studio in Kansas City. GPS has the largest collection of presses and print equipment outside of academia in the KC region, and offers access passes, studio spaces, classes and workshops, and a monthly, free to attend Print Club.

Organized by

Kansas City Artists Coalition

The Kansas City Artists Coalition was created to change the lives of artists living in Kansas City, Missouri.

On March 5, 1975 a large group of artists gathered in the studio of local artists Philomene Bennett and Lou Marak to address “How the Artist Can Benefit from Centralization.” Overwhelmingly the group felt a self-initiated organization was the only alternative to isolation, elitism, apathy, and ignorance. The ultimate result of that meeting was the incorporation of the Kansas City Artist Coalition in August 1976.

The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC or Artists Coalition) is an artist-centered, artist-run alternative space that presents a variety of exhibitions of contemporary artists' work in its galleries.

$81.88