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Executive Director of the San Francisco Center for the Book, Jeff Thomas (California, USA)


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We discuss:

– non-profit vs corporate culture

– fundraising
– issues of grant funding
– lack of operating budget available vs special programs
– artists’ books
– book artists
– altered books
– whether to use white gloves or not
– new technologies in bookmaking
– the investment of time and money needed to produce a book
– who collects artist books

 

3 people that he recommends:

Hedi Kyle – https://www.artofthefold.com/hedi-kyle
Tia Blassingame – https://www.primrosepress.com
Claire Van Vliet – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Van_Vliet

 

People + Places mentioned:

Codex book art fair – https://www.codexfoundation.org
Printed Matter Art Book fair – https://www.printedmatter.org
Jessica Spring – https://springtidepress.com
Risograph – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risograph
3D Printed Typefaces – http://www.chalkstudios.co.uk/project/a23d-3d-printed-letterpress/
M & H Type Foundry – https://www.arionpress.com/mandh-about
the Book Makers Documentary – https://www.thebookmakersfilm.com
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley – https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/rare-books-collection

 

https://www.sfcb.org

 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://www.matthewdols.com

 

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com

Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcript available: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-155-executive-director-of-the-san-francisco-center-for-the-book-jeff-thomas-california-usa/

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