Book Arts Roadshow
About
Book Arts Roadshow provides hands-on book arts instruction to children, teens, families, adults, and educators at museums, libraries, schools and other venues. Book Arts Roadshow is always on-the-go!
Here’s what we do:
We provide Book Arts instruction for for teachers and students thru schools, school libraries and school districts.
We also offer and hands-on Book Arts learning experiences for seniors/adults, teens, ‘tweens and children thru public libraries, museums, and other organizations.
Additionally, here’s a selection of some special activities we’re proud to be a part of:
We have partnered with San Mateo County Libraries for over 5 years in a row to provide Book Arts workshops that are available to adults at all of the branches throughout San Mateo County. This free-to-participate series is made possible by San Mateo County Libraries.
We’ve partnered with Contemporary Jewish Museum for six years in a row to offer Bookmaking Workshop for K-12 Educators of the San Francisco Unified School District and other San Francisco schools in preparation for the annual Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition. This free-to-participate series is made possible thru a grant from the Ezra Jack Kets Foundation.
We’ve partnered with San Franciso Public Library to create a series of 6 “Make + Do” Bookmaking Videos for Kids & Families.. To watch, click on the button below (or go to San Francisco Public Library’s YouTube Channel and search for “Book Arts Roadshow”). This series is made possible by the Friends of SF Public Library.
Some things we also offer:
We also offer bookmaking Team Builder Workshops for corporate groups of any size.
Our Private Bookmaking Parties are a great way to get together with friends and family while learning how to make books. We provide the fun, lively bookmaking instruction!
C.K.Itamura, Co-Founder C.K.Itamura is a Yonsei, Nikkei interdisciplinary artist based in California. Her conceptual, visual, performance and community engagement art serve to engage intergenerational audiences in the exploration of observation, contemplation and expressive imagination. C.K. is a recipient of the 2019 Discovered Awards for Emerging Visual Artists made possible, in part, by Creative Sonoma and Community Foundation Sonoma County. C.K. is an Artist-in-Residence of San Francisco Unified School District Library Department and San Francisco Arts Education Project, and works with San Francisco Public Library, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Mateo County Libraries, San Mateo County Office of Education and South San Francisco Unified School District via Young Audiences of Northern California, and others to create and provide: professional development workshops for educators; hands-on art-making workshops for students; and to make art-making accessible to the general public.
Cheryl Ball, Co-Founder is a native San Franciscan who has always loved books and paper. Cheryl is an ILSP Apprentice with the Alameda County Office of Education. Cheryl has taken Master Classes in bookbinding with Dominic Riley and Michael Burke, and has completed the Bookbinding Certification at the San Francisco Center for the Book. She brought her love of bookmaking to her former position at a San Francisco Public Elementary-Middle School as their Art Coordinator and now, the students there create original story filled bound books and participate in the Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition each year.