Do you know where your Ephemera is?
The 2011 Ephemera Exchange is the annual collation of small printed pieces by members and friends of the Book Arts League. It is a terrific opportunity to exercise your creativity and expand your paper arts collection. And best of all, there’s still time to participate! We’ve pushed the deadline [...]

Help send the Centaurus High School Marching Band to New York City this fall by being part of the Lafayette Days Celebration in Old Town.  BAL will be participating by offering book arts demos.  Art Night Out, a pancake breakfast, a parade, and kids’ activities are all part of the family-friendly festivities! For more [...]

The Ewing Farm, an historic centennial farm in Lafayette, is the permanent home for our fully-equipped letterpress printing studio, which includes our historic collection of metal type and restored old printing presses. At our studio, the public can experience an old-fashioned print shop. In addition, visitors can tour the recently [...]

Saturday February 26 at Ewing Farm
The annual general meeting of the Book Arts League is planned for February 26, from 1 to 4 PM, at the Ewing Farm  (driving directions below). We will elect officers to the Board of Directors, discuss upcoming events, and update members and guests on matters of general interest to all. [...]

Five of the nicest and most talented arborists trimmed and evaluated the trees at the Ewing Farm, home of the Book Arts League, 1915 N 95th St., Lafayette on Jan. 29th:Fred Berkelhammer&  James Melton of Berkelhammer Tree Experts, (Louisville); Charley Wagner of Cutting Edge Tree Care LLC (Lafayette), Dan Odell of Tree Care (Lafayette) (who [...]

The Ewing Farm, an historic centennial farm in Lafayette, is the permanent home for our fully-equipped letterpress printing studio, which includes our historic collection of metal type and restored old printing presses. At our studio, the public can experience an old-fashioned print shop. In addition, visitors can tour the recently renovated Farmhouse, which houses our [...]

Come see us at the Lafayette Peach Festival!
When: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: E Chester St & S Public Rd, Lafayette

Monday July 19, 6:30–8 pm, Free
CU Boulder Campus
Norlin Commons room E113
(through the east entrance)
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/about/map.htm
From Press to Pixels: Historical Tools and New/Digital Media
Is there really anything new about producing text and images? From fine letterpress printing to avant–garde experimentation in digital media production, historical media shapes the contemporary and e-media recapitulates the past.
Listen in on a discussion between [...]

Sunday July 18th, 6pm, Free
CU Boulder Campus
Norlin Commons room E113
(through the east entrance)
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/about/map.htm
From Homer to BFF: about how we express ourselves
a slide talk by Brian Allen, an interested amateur
A rapid ride from pre-history to a speculative future in the ways humans communicate. Socrates was not happy about the written word; calligraphic writing’s influence on early printed work; printing types [...]