October Newsletter
Empire State Rare Book & Print Fair October 5-7 ++FALL CLASSES Last chance to sign up!
Happy October— Thanks again for coming to Art on Paper and Brooklyn Book Festival. It was so nice to see eveyone ++ great to meet so many new people who enjoyed (and bought!!) our work.
Our busy pace continues. Tomorrow is the preview for Empire State Rare Book & Print Fair. And the following week, we will participate in Sunset Park Open Studios. Some classes have closed registration—but you can still sign up for a couple more.
Our newest project is EarBooks Classics Abridged. We are still binding them—but will have a few at the fair tomorrow.
OCTOBER 5th - 7th, 2023 Purgatory Pie Press is excited to exhibit at the first Empire State Rare Book+Print Fair at St. Bart's::Park Ave & 51st St, New York City
(St Bart’s even has a page from the Gutenberg Bible)
Preview Night::Thursday, October 5th 4:30 – 8:30 pm
wine, live music, canapes
Tickets: $125
Friday, October 6th: 11 am – 6 pm
Tickets: $15, students $10
Saturday October 7th: 11am– 5 pm
Tickets: $15, students $10
Admission FREE 3–5 pm.
Sunset Park Open Studios
Oct 14/15, Saturday + Sunday 1-5pm
Brooklyn Army Terminal Bldg B 7i #W16, 140 58th St, Brooklyn 11220
N/R subway to 59th St Bklyn (NOT Bloomingdales) or NYC Ferry RW + SB both stop at Sunset Park Brooklyn Army Terminal
Rsvp to esther@purgatorypiepress.com for more complete directions
Artist Books for Printmakers
Esther K Smith:: Manhattan Graphics Center
Oct 9 - Nov 6 Mondays 6:30-9:30 pm :: 5 sessions
class limited to 6 students so Register NOW!! (Registration closes Saturday)
Make 5+ artist books from start to finish. Make quick models and then develop them into books. Reuse your prints! Make one-of-a-kind books, collaborative group books—and limited editions—as well as sketchbooks, albums, etc. Each session will focus on a different structure, building skills as the class progresses. Accordion and other folded structures—including flag books—simple pop-ups, stab stitch & flip books, single signature stitching and multisignature books. Guest artists, discussions about selling work—and how artist books can help interest curators in collecting your other works.
Type on the Streets
Dikko Faust Center for Book Arts, New York City
Saturday October 28 :: 12 noon–3pm
Type on the Streets: Architectural and Vernacular Signage in New York City
Register here
Enjoy a unique New York City walking tour highlighting 19th & 20th-century architectural typography on apartment buildings, manhole & vault covers, paint-on-brick advertising signs, and more. You can make your own rubbings of found typography.
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To support Purgatory Pie Press, buy our limited editions, take our classes, and come to us for custom printing and design.
To donate: Venmo or Zelle = esther@purgatorypiepress.com OR email me about making tax deductable donations via Segue Foundation.
Thanks again (and again!!!) for all your past support.
Love, Esther