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/

Executive Director of the San Francisco Center for the Book, Jeff Thomas (California, USA)
Executive Director of the San Francisco Center for the Book, Jeff Thomas (California, USA)
Executive Director, San Francisco Center for the Book, Jeff Thomas, 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, Hedi Kyle, Tia Blassingame, Claire Van Vliet, Codex book art fair, Printed Matter Art Book fair, Jessica Spring, Risograph, 3D Printed Typefaces, M & H Type Foundry, the Book Makers Documentary, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Executive Director, San Francisco Center for the Book, Jeff Thomas, 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, Hedi Kyle, Tia Blassingame, Claire Van Vliet, Codex book art fair, Printed Matter Art Book fair, Jessica Spring, Risograph, 3D Printed Typefaces, M & H Type Foundry, the Book Makers Documentary, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Executive Director of the San Francisco Center for the Book, Jeff Thomas (California, USA)
Executive Director, San Francisco Center for the Book, Jeff Thomas, 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, Hedi Kyle, Tia Blassingame, Claire Van Vliet, Codex book art fair, Printed Matter Art Book fair, Jessica Spring, Risograph, 3D Printed Typefaces, M & H Type Foundry, the Book Makers Documentary, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley