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Exhibits & Lectures

Updated 2/07

Monday April 16, 2007
"Artists Books Are the Bargain of the Art World"
Gallery talk/lecture by Peter Thomas at the Susan Hensel Gallery

March 2 - April 28, 2007
Reader's Art 7: Frugal Finds for Prudent Collectors (See our book Time IS)
Susan Hensel Gallery 3441 Cedar Ave S. Minneapolis MN 612 722 2324

February 12 - June 17, 2007.
California Printers in the Fine Press Tradition. 1975-2006. Green Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, See our book Paper From Plants

2006

December 5-25, 2006. 4th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2006, Gallery "Arka", Vilnius, Lithuania.
www.arts.lt

November 1-16. Hunt and Gather Gallery. Sante Fe, NM.
Miniature Books by Peter and Donna Thomas.
Contact: www.huntandgather.net

October 7-8 Oak Knoll Book Fest.
Contact: Oak Knoll Books <oakknoll@oakknoll.com>

February 3 - April 28, 2006 Photobooks now. An exhibition of booksworks by photographers and artists. The San Francisco Center for the Book.300 De Haro St. San Francisco.
See one of our camera books from More Making Books by Hand.

Jan 14 -March 19 2006: One of our books is in the Pacific Center for the Book Arts Show: Book Works.at theSan Francisco Public Library. 6th floor.
It includes our new book The History of Papermaking in the Philippines

2005

Fri Nov 11 5pm-8pm. Book Signing Party for More Making Books By Hand at the San Francisco Center for the Book
Come to a book-signing party, a celebration for Peter and Donna Thomas' new book, More Making Books by Hand, published by Quarry/Rockport Books. Meet the authors and see the actual books featured in this publication, as well as some of their ukulele books. A rousing ukulele performance at 6:30 includes the the world premier of a new, book-arts folk song
The San Francisco Center for the Book.
300 De Haro St, San Francisco, CA 94103
phone: 415-565-0545

October 1-2
Santa Cruz County Open Studios 831-475-1455

September 15- November:
Cerritos Public Library. Cerritos, CA
"The Ukulele Book Series"
Gallery talk October 25, call library for details

May 1 - June 30, 2005
Cincinnati Public Library
"The Ukulele Book Series"
Gallery talk June 4, call library for details

May 22, 2005, Peter will be in LA selling our books at the ARLIS
(http://arlis-sc.libraries.claremont.edu/ABCLA/ABCaboutLA.html)

March 20, 2005 – Sunday 2:00pm
"Miniature Books"
This will be a lecture by Peter and Donna Thomas, sponsored by the McCune Collection; a superb collection of rare and unique books, printing equipment and binding tools left as a bequest to the City of Vallejo by Dr. Donovan J. McCune. The particular strengths of the Collection are in: Fine Printing and Binding, Californiana, Latin & Greek texts, including Incunabula.

February 17, 2005. UCSC Friends of the Library. Lecture. The Literary Book as a Work of Art. To be held at the Central Branch of the Public Library.7 - 8:30 pm. Call (831) 459-5870 for more information.

January 27, 2005. Bookshop Santa Cruz. Publication Party for More Making Books by Hand. Authors will show their books and give a talk.

Sept 30- Oct 2, 2004.. The Moveable Book Society's 5th Conference in San Diego. Peter will be showing our books and giving a talk on the Artists' Book.

July 18, 2004. 2pm. Lecture "The Artist's Book: Four Dimensional Art" at the Monterey Museum of Art.

May 8 - September 5, 2004
Off the Press, Handmade and Letterpress Books from UCSC Special Collections.
Monterey Museum of Art. 559 Pacific Street, Monterey CA.This show features a display with seven of our miniature books.

March 3 -April 3, 2004
The Ukulele Book Series
Center for the Arts
110 W. College. Murfreesboro, TN (615) 904-2787

May 21 - July 2, 2004
Peter and Donna Thomas: The Ukulele Series & Other Sculptural Books
The Applachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee
615-597-6803

March 5 - May 14, 2004
Fateful Attractions: Fine Printing and Bookmaking in Santa Cruz
The San Francisco Center for the Book
415-565-0545 www.sfcb.org

October 23, 2003 - July 17, 2005
In Flight: The Guild of Book Workers Traveling Exhibit
Our book is" The History and Dangers of Flight
http://palimpset.stanford.edu/byorg/gbw

 


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