A Visit to the San Francisco Center For The Book

Me @ The SF Center For The Book!

It's been a dream of mine to visit the San Francisco Center For The Book ever since I first learned and blogged about this place back in January 2012 here on Captivated Reader.

Since my husband and I have moved up to the San Francisco Bay Area, we finally made the pilgrimage to the San Francisco Center For The Book yesterday afternoon.

I liked the location of the San Francisco Center For The Book. It's away from the tourist area... Yippee!! They have friendly staff members, many cool workshops held throughout the year, exhibits, opening receptions for exhibits, and so much more!! I want to take one of their bookbinding or letterpress classes in the future.

Here's more information about the San Francisco Center For The Book from their website:

The San Francisco Center for the Book is a center of inspiration for the book arts world, featuring the art & craft of letterpress printing, bookbinding, and artists bookmaking. We are dedicated to the art of the book! 

The San Francisco Center for the Book is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that fosters the joy of books and bookmaking, the history, artistry, and continuing presence of books in our culture and enduring importance as a medium of self-expression. We provide both a home for Bay Area book artists and a place where the wider community can discover book arts. Everyone is welcome here, experienced practitioners and newcomers alike.

San Francisco Center for the Book offers 400 workshops annually, which offer learning opportunities at all levels: from introductory classes, to focused advanced and master courses spanning the range of bookbinding and letterpress printing techniques, from traditional methods to cutting-edge printing techniques and experimental book forms.

Exhibitions at San Francisco Center for the Book are designed to inform and inspire visitors. Free public programs include opening receptions for exhibitions in the gallery, book release parties for our publications, gallery talks, tours, open houses, mixers and other community events including the annual Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival and Holiday Fair.

Have you visited any interesting book related places lately?

Until my next post, happy reading!!