Welcome to the Book Arts Guild.   31 years ago a small group of book binders, papermakers and printers started the Guild and it is now the largest, longest lived, active book arts group in the Pacific Northwest.  With over 300 members, BAG reflects the wide variety of arts and crafts sheltered under the book arts umbrella. We've hosted hundreds of lectures by major artists from all over the world, coordinated many workshops with master artists and craftspeople, supported exhibitions, and been active in regional book fairs throughout the group's history. 

On this website you will find upcoming events, both hosted by the Guild and those of interest to its members, and an archive of past activities.   You will find photographs from workshops, exhibits, studio visits and lectures illustrating the wide variety of events BAG has sponsored over the last 31 years.   Please join us.  Our $20 dues are a bargain to attend our monthly meetings with visiting artists specializing in a wide range of media, forms and content.  Take this opportunity to support the book arts regionally and nationally. Join us!!

Latest News

Fall 2010

Fall 2010

August 16, 2010

It has been a full summer for BAG and our fall looks just as full. The exhibit, The Vandercook Proof Press Celebrates Its 100th Birthday, 1909-2009, opened at Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries in July and in October Roni Gross will come and talk about the project. We will also have a gallery talk by Chandler O'Leary for her exhibition in Tacoma in November among other activities.

As proposed in May, the Book Arts Guild website now has a page of links to members' book arts related sites. You will find it by clicking the Members' on this website.

From here you can link to a rich variety of members' work. Learn about what people do; connect with others; get and give inspiration!

Linking to this page is a benefit of membership in BAG. If you would like to link your website or blog whose main focus relates to book arts, please contact Fruma Shrensel at frumashrensel@gmail.com.

BAG also has a Flickr site, to which you may add images.

Link to it from the BAG web site or go directly to http://www.flickr.com/groups/bookartsguild/.  On the Flickr site you will also find images from BAG's past events, lectures and workshops. Look for yourself and your friends over the last 30 + years of The Book Arts Guild!