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UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Washington Rare Book Group invites APHA members to join them for their annual meeting and lunch at the Ft. McNair officers' Club

Thursday, May 16, 2012, at 12:00 noon, $26 each

A talk by Joy Kiser on "America's Other Audubon" | full description

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Michael Bean, Plate Printer

3609 Toddsbury Lane, Olney, MD.

Wednesday, June 5, 11am

Mike Bean is retired from the Bureau of Engraving & Printing and has invited up to a maximum of 15 so RSVPs to Stuart are mandatory.
Those interested should contact Stuart Bradley at stuartbradley@comcast.net or call 703.683.2335 to sign up.
Mike will operate one of his spider presses and pull some intaglio proofs, answer questions, and show us his museum that he has in his basement.
For anyone who would like to join in we will be going out to lunch afterward.
Event managed by Stuart Bradley.


 

RECENT PAST EVENTS

 

May 11-The chapter gathered at the shop of long-time member Stan Nelson for good food, good conversation and strengthening connections | a bit of the story and lots of photos

April 18/19-planning meeting to the library at the National Gallery of Art and the Symposium Codex Mexico | a bit of the story and lots of photos

April 6 - Mark Samuels Lasner spoke to our group about Pre-Raphaelites and the Book at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. | a bit of the story and a nice photo of Mark




The American Printing History Association encourages the study of printing history and its related arts and skills, including letterpress printing, calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing. APHA is especially, but by no means exclusively, interested in American printing history.

The national organization of the American Printing History Association lists approximately 720 members, 61 of whom are also members of the Chesapeake Chapter. Many members of the Chesapeake Chapter are active letterpress printers.

The Chesapeake Chapter of the American Printing History Association is centered in the Washington, DC area. The adjacent map shows a 100 mile radius.

We invite anyone with an interest to join with us to maintain and promote the craft of letterpress, book binding, book collecting, scholarship and other issues relating to printing history.

New Chapter officers through December 2014 are

Val Lucas, President (bio | email)
Casey Smith, Vice President (bio | email)
Jim Wilder , Treasurer (bio | email)
George Barnum, Secretary (bio | email).

Ray Nichols taking a close look at books at
the library of the National Gallery of Art.



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