Origami Book Workshop with Rona Gurkewitz
In-person program; Sunday, October 4, 2026 2:00pm, Suzzallo Library 5th floor conference Room, University of Washington, Seattle campus
To give an idea of how many will attend, please register here.
Join a fun hands-on session to learn how to fold modular origami book forms, led by Rona Gurkewitz. Paper for folding will be provided. You only need to bring your hands!
Rona Gurkewitz was drawn to mathematics early in life and discovered computer science and origami later. She worked with Lillian Oppenheimer and Laura Kruskal in the early days of popularizing origami in the United States. She is a creative folder, inventing original designs as well as new, mathematical ways of explaining complex modular models. She is the author of four published origami books, with co-author Bennett Arnstein, that have sold over 150,000 copies. She has given talks and workshops at conferences in the USA, the United Kingdom and Japan. Some of her designs are in the Mingei International Museum's permanent collection.
Rona earned BA and MA degrees in Mathematics from UCLA and MS and MPhil degrees in Computer Science from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. She taught in the Mathematics and Computer Science departments at Western Connecticut State University. Now Professor Emerita, Rona lives in Seattle, where she teaches part-time and remotely. Learn more about her work at ronasorigamiplace.com/
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The Fifth Floor Conference is directly accessible via the elevators and stairs in the middle of Suzzallo Library. (The elevators at the ground level of Allen Library north--beneath the crows installation-- go only as far as the fourth floor. You can walk through the building from the Allen Library elevators to the Suzzallo elevators on any floor below the fifth.)
See floor maps with elevator locations:
UW Seattle is served by several Metro buses, and light rail.
Parking on campus is FREE on Sundays. The Central Plaza Garage under Red Square is the closest parking to Suzzallo Library. Enter the garage from 15th Avenue NE at NE 41st Street. The Kane Hall exit from the garage is closest to Suzzallo.
