Education Resources
Below is a list of schools and organizations that offer courses in bookbinding and the book arts. These range from one-day workshops to degree programmes. Inclusion in this list should not be construed as an endorsement by CBBAG.
The focus is on Canadian opportunities, but where appropriate are included locations in the United States and outside of North America. Any additions please contact cbbag@cbbag.ca
Schools and Organizations Offering Book Arts Education
Canada
The Alcuin Society – www.alcuinsociety.com
AQRAL (Association Québécoise des relieurs et des artisans du livres) – www.relieursduquebec.ca
Arts Underground – www.artsunderground.ca
Atelier aux mille et une feuilles – www.relieur.ca
Au Papier Japonais – www.aupapierjaponais.com
Book History & Print Culture (University of Toronto) – www.bhpctoronto.com
Calligraphers’ Guild of Manitoba – www.calligraphymanitoba.com
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild – www.cbbag.ca
Carleton University Book Arts Lab – www.library.carleton.ca/research/subject-guides/book-arts-detailed-guide
Centre des métiers du cuir de Montréal – www.cmcm.qc.ca
Centre for Craft Nova Scotia – www.craftcourses.ca
C2 Centre for Craft https://c2centreforcraft.ca/
Haliburton School of the Arts – www.flemingcollege.ca/school/haliburton-school-of-the-arts
The Japanese Paper Place – www.japanesepaperplace.com
La Tranchefile – www.latranchefile.com
Massey College Library – www.masseycollege.ca/library
McGill University Book Arts Laboratory – www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks/book-arts-laboratory
NSCAD University – https://nscad.ca
OCAD University – www.ocadu.ca/academics
Ottawa School of Art – https://artottawa.ca
Paperhouse Studio – www.paperhousestudio.com
The Papertrail – www.papertrail.ca
Queen’s University – www.queensu.ca/art/art-conservation
Red Deer College – www.rdc.ab.ca
Saint John Arts Centre – www.sjartscentre.ca
Void Gallery – www.facebook.com/voidgallery/
United States
American Academy of Bookbinding – www.bookbindingacademy.org
Austin Book Arts Centre – www.atxbookarts.org
Book Arts Guild – www.bookartsguild.org
Book Arts LA – www.bookartsla.org
Center for Book Arts – www.centerforbookarts.org
Chena River Marblers – www.chenarivermarblers.com
Creative Arts Workshop – www.creativeartsworkshop.org
Frederick Book Arts Centre – www.frederickbookarts.org
Guild of Bookworkers – www.guildofbookworkers.org
The Hand Bookbinders of California – www.handbookbinders.org
Hollander’s – www.hollanders.com
Jaffe Center for Book Arts – www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/index.php
Minneapolis College of Art and Design – https://mcad.edu/continuing-education
Minnesota Centre for Book Arts – www.mnbookarts.org
The Morgan Conservatory – www.morganconservatory.org
North Bennet St. School – www.nbss.edu
North Redwoods Book Arts Guild – www.norbag.net
Old Way Workshops – https://cargocollective.com/oldway
Paper and Book Intensive – www.paperbookintensive.org
Penland School of Crafts – www.penland.org
Pyramid Atlantic Art Centre – www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org
Rare Book School – https://rarebookschool.org
San Francisco Center for the Book – www.sfcb.org
Seastone Papers – www.seastonepapers.com
The School for Bookbinding Arts – www.schoolforbookbindingarts.com
University of Alabama (Book Arts Program) – www.bookarts.ua.edu
University of Iowa Center for the Book – https://uicb.uiowa.edu/
Wells College Book Arts Center – www.wells.edu/academics/book-arts-center
Western New York Book Arts Center – www.wnybookarts.org
Outside of North America
Atelier d’Arts Appliqués du Vésinet – www.aaav.asso.fr
Bookbinding Out of the Box – www.bookbindingoutofthebox.com
Buchbinder-Colleg – www.buchbinder-colleg.de
Centro del Bel Libro Ascona – www.cbl-ascona.ch
City Lit – www.citylit.ac.uk
Designer Bookbinders – www.designerbookbinders.org.uk
Florence School of Fine Arts – www.theflorenceschool.it
Learn Bookbinding – www.learnbookbinding.co.uk
London Centre for Book Arts – www.londonbookarts.org
London Rare Books School – www.ies.sas.ac.uk/london-rare-books-school
Meister der Einbandkunst – www.mde-einbandkunst.eu
NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders – www.nswbookbinders.org
Paris Ateliers – www.paris-ateliers.org
Queensland Bookbinders Guild Inc – www.qbg.org.au
Santa Reparata International School of Art – www.santareparata.org
Scuola Intarnazionale di Grafica – www.scuolagrafica.it
The Society of Bookbinders – www.societyofbookbinders.com
University of the West of England, Centre for Fine Print Research – www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/cpd
West Dean College – www.westdean.org.uk
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