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New Orleans Book Fair

Bring your handbound books!

The NOLA Bookfair will be on Nov 6, 2010 from 11 am- 6 pm on the 500-600 blocks of Frenchman Street in Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans. It is an annual celebration of independent publishing and alternative media featuring small presses, zinesters, book artists, rabblerousers and more. Here's the link: www.nolabookfair.com

We would like to have a presence at the fair and show our wares and handbound books. So please bring any type of handbound book you can share. We will be gathering the books in the September and October guild meetings. Eugenia will be organizing our participation in the event and will be hosting our table. If anyone else would like to join her, they are welcome. It's pretty fun! Lots of different book stuff displayed around.

NOLAA Logo

September Meeting

As you have heard and read here, it is time to update the NOLAA logo. We need everyones input. So our September meeting will be a brainstorming session. Remember back to our last Peter workshop where we had the design layout exercise. He provided different styles and sizes of a quote, then we cut and paste to come up with different designs. Well we will be using this excerise to brainstorm for our new logo. Different styles and sizes the logo words will be provided, along with different fleur de lis. We will review and use all that Peter taught us about good design and layout.

The criteria for the redesign, will be to emphasize “lettering” and “New Orleans”, de-emphasize “arts association”, and add a fleur de lis. Also, the logo can be any shape. Just remember the logo must contain the words “New Orleans Lettering Arts Association”, this cannot be changed.

This is an exciting task and I look forward to seeing all the members after our summer break.

Upcoming 2011 Art Show

Prepare to take Advantage

We have the wonderful opportunity of having Mystic Blue Sign host our Annual Calligraphy Exhibit for 2011. The exhibit will run from the first Sat of April thru the first weekend of May, which will be the 2nd weekend of Jazz Festival. This will be a high traffic venue and a great opportunity to show the public what calligraphic art is all about. There is plenty of time to get your pieces together and to create something new.

You can check out Mystic Blues Signs here. Or better yet visit their space now and get inspired.

Thanks Eugenia for scheduling this opportunity!

Our Reggie Ezell Students

Check out our Reggie Page for photos and student comments on the gilding class.

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Check out Reggie's website for detailed description of the Primitive to Modern course.