Welcome

The Book Arts League exists to further the traditional and contemporary arts and crafts of printing, calligraphy, bookbinding, graphic design, typography and papermaking –the cornerstones of the literacy and communications technology on which modern society depend. The League serves as a community resource for the book arts, particularly the 500-year-old craft of letterpress printing.

David Ashley runs the Schneidewend & Lee platen press

An important part of the League’s mission is the preservation of its collection of the traditional printing presses and metal type now rapidly disappearing from the American scene. The Book Arts League worked with the City of Lafayette to repair and restore the historic Ewing Farm as a long-term headquarters, print shop, and workshop space. League activities at Ewing Farm and beyond include affordable book arts classes and hands-on workshops, exhibits, demonstrations, outreach, and participation in community activities.

The League also holds Open Houses, when the Ewing Farm buildings are open to the public.  The next 2012 Open Houses are on Apr 7, Jun 2,  and Aug 4, all from 12-3 pm.  Each Open House is followed by a free showing of a book-arts related film from 3:30-5:30 pm.

All are  invited to come see the restoration efforts, enjoy book arts and letterpress demonstrations, peruse items for sale by our members, and stay for our Movie Matinee. Please sign up for our E news mailing list to receive notices of our Open Houses and Class offerings. We will never share your info.

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The Book Arts League is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a member of the Boulder County Arts Alliance (BCAA) and the Lafayette Old Town Association (LOTA).

Julia Seko, President
Brenda Gallagher, Vice-president
Jeff Becker, Secretary
Diane Wray Tomasso, Treasurer

The Book Arts League
PO Box 1544
Boulder, CO 80306-1544

The Book Arts League wishes to thank Amstec for hosting the web site and e-mail discussion groups used by BAL volunteers, and Laura Tyler for maintaining the discussion groups.