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Book Arts

Name: Book Arts
Address: 468 Washington Street, Buffalo, NY, 14203, US
Telephone: +17163481430
Price range: $
Rating: 4.7

http://www.wnybookarts.org

https://wnybookarts.org/book-arts-is-literally-falling-apart-fundraiser/
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Located in the heart of downtown Buffalo, the WNY Book Arts Center is a community print shop and studio for letterpress, screen printing, book binding, paper making, calligraphy, origami, and more! We are a nonprofit organization and a working museum dedicated to preserving the book arts through collaboration and innovation, bridging antique equipment and processes with modern artmaking techniques

, and celebrating the heritage of Buffalo’s’ printing industry. We are proud to act as a hub to create and foster a collaborative community by providing opportunities to artists and educators, and all those in creative pursuits.

06/11/2026

🫟So many thanks to all who INKED IT UP with us at our 15th(!) annual BookFest 🫟

It was a gorgeous day of celebrating printmaking, book arts, and the unique joy of ink, paper, metal and wood (type). And, of course, the steamroller-turned-printing-press did not fail to impress! ; )

Endless gratitude to Book Arts staff, board, teaching artists, members, and volunteers for making the day so special for all.

Congrats to our artist-members on another enthralling Members Show. Make sure to check out the exhibition - Good Impressions - on view until July 18th!

Thank you to our vendors , and !

Many thanks to our presenting sponsor for this year’s BookFest: Daemen University! And to our supporting sponsors: American Paving & Excavating, Buffalo Place, Print & Graphic Communications Association, University at Buffalo, and Douglas Development.

While we’re sad it’s over, we are INKING IT UP year-round at Book Arts so pop in for a class, exhibition, the next “fest”, and to support local artists in our treasure-chest of a shop anytime.

06/10/2026

Did all that printmaking at BookFest get you amped to keep inking it up? We’ve got a number of printmaking workshops coming up in June!

LETTERPRESS TAROT CARD PRINTING CLASS w/ Jameson Alea on June 13 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

In this class, you’ll make your own letterpress tarot or oracle card, while learning how to use the platen press or various proof presses in the Book Arts Studio to make small prints. We will talk about typesetting basics, as well as divinatory symbolism, and the teaching artist will help you design a simple one color card that you’ll print yourself. Everyone will end up with a mini oracle deck featuring each of the cards made in class! *This one sells out fast!

LINOCUT BLOCK PRINTING – MAKE YOUR OWN MINI PRINT w/ Laurissa Widrick on June 17 & 24 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Learn the basics of linocut block printing by carving and printing your own 3×4” print! Participants will learn about the block printing process by carving their own design from linoleum using carving tools, as well as printing their design on paper by hand with ink. *This is a two-session class.

HAND CARVED BLOCK PRINTING ON FABRIC CLASS w/ Talia Ryan on June 27 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Get creative in our Block Printing on Fabric Class! Design and carve your own 4×6″ linoleum stamp to be printed with fabric block printing ink. Attendees will be provided one cotton tea towel or tote to print their stamp, but may also bring their own fabric items (up to 1 per person) to print if desired. Consider up-cycling a wearable item from your closet! Cotton/cotton blend works best

Note: Our letterpress & screenprint workshops are sold out in June. Don’t forget to register!

06/08/2026

Summer is here and we’ve got ZINES on the mind! Join us this week for two workshops great for zinemakers. (And perhaps even a good way to start prepping for the 2026 ZineFest in August?? Details to come very soon!)

Here’s Laura and Jordan selling their wares at the last ZineFest!

ABOUT JUNK JOURNAL ZINE MAKING
A “junk journal” is a book filled with personal and recycled materials. We’ll be making a zine full of our own “junk.” Collect receipts, cards, notes, tags, etc: anything that catches your eye or your heart. Bring these items to Book Arts and together we’ll each create our own “junk” zine full of our collected items.

ABOUT JORDAN
Jordan Roth (she/they) is a storyteller, curator, and zine-maker based in Western New York. Through collage, photography, painting, and other forms, they create art from an intersectional q***r and feminist perspective.

ABOUT THE COPIER & BEYOND
In this class we’ll explore a variety of techniques to customize books, zines and other paper crafts. This class is perfect for zine makers, artists, teachers, collage artists, and anyone looking for fast, clever ways to make your creations stand out.

Some techniques covered will include: photocopy transfer, stencil making, acrylic lift (transfer images from magazines & other paper based media to create copies), and rubber stamp carving.

ABOUT LAURA
Laura Chenault is an interdisciplinary artist creating art from a feminist and a post-modernist perspective. She has a BFA in photography from the University of Illinois. The disciplines she works in are photography, collage, book arts, installation art, performance, printmaking, and film making. In addition to making art, she is passionate about building communities, sharing skills, mentoring, and teaching.

She owns specializing in one of a kind books and short print runs of poetry chapbooks, art books, short stories, children’s books, genealogies & memoirs, custom wedding & baby books, and photo books.

06/06/2026

Good Impressions – 18th Annual Book Arts Members Show is NOW on view!

JUNE 6TH – JULY 18TH, 2026

Join us today (Saturday June 6th) for our Opening Reception between 11am-4pm during our 15th Annual BookFest, a free and family friendly festival of hands-on art making workshops, celebrating all things print!

Over 50 artists featured, including: Knox Vaughan, Geoffrey Gatza, Jordan “Jo” Roth, Thom Knab, John Ozimek, Polly Little, Jennifer Farrell, Mark Lavatelli, Jane Ashwill, Madeline Bartley, Jamey Alea, Jennifer Fendya, Michael Morgulis, Jackie Carpenter, Radhne Zola, Sharon Murphy, Kimberly Hart, Richard Kegler, Kalmia Strong, Kevin Connors, Michael Gill, Barbara Rowe, Emma Harnden, Catherine Maier, Rachel Joe, Lara Star Martini, Ruby Merritt, Nathan Deganis-Librera, Brian Duffy, Bianca L. McGraw, Kathie Aspaas, Kathleen Sherin, Talia Ryan, Christopher Weitz, Rosemary Williams, Koala Manne, Tami Fuller, Jozef Bajus, Becky Koenig, Diane Bush, Deanna Garwol, Roberta Anderson, Mary Siedlikowski, Tatiana Ryckman, Peter Sowiski, Amanda Maciuba, Billy Huggins, Julie Setele, Laura Chenault, Lauren Hudson, Alyssa Fiumara, David Pierro, Ali Lazik, Cheryl Jackson, Gardener Astalos, Tammy McGovern

We are so inspired by and grateful for our members who keep the book arts alive & thriving!

06/05/2026

THE BOOKFEST STEAMROLLER HAS ARRIVED!

Tomorrow (Sat, June 6th) artist-designed blocks will get inked up for large-scale printing on the pavement, including this massive piece by artist Amanda Maciuba (who helped us source the steamroller)!

Here’s what Amanda has to say about this special block she made!

“I created my print using the CNC routers at Mount Holyoke College’s Fimbel Lab. The wonderful staff there took my 11” x 14” drawing and transformed it into an approximately 3 foot by 6 foot wood cut in under a week.

The routing itself took around 6.5 hours to complete! The image is a repeat pattern in four directions that shows abstracted natural patterns based on the water, beaches and marshes of Lake Erie. It features some invasive phragmites, zebra and quagga mussels.

In addition to the steamroller print I will be using WNYBAC’s letterpresses to create work about Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the Niagara River and the surrounding watersheds.”

Amanda’s work Tide is also part of our 2026 Members Show - Good Impressions, which also opens during BookFest!

Many thanks to Amanda for connecting us with her family’s business, American Paving and Excavating, who generously donated the equipment so we can turn the machine into a printing press for the day! (Shoutout to her brother Mitch for organizing the equipment donation and her cousin Dirk for dropping this beast off downtown for us!)

See you at BookFest!

06/04/2026

Rain or shine, BookFest will be a GREAT TIME 🌦️
Come out THIS Saturday (June 6th from 11am-4pm) for our 15th annual BookFest!

Pull a letterpress poster on Olga, a 1930’s printing press!

Make your own sensory journal with artist, Rachel Derrington.

Try paper marbling with and copperplate etching with .

Watch BookFest’s most beloved spectacle: steamroller printmaking — where a construction steamroller becomes a printing press, and artist-designed blocks get inked up for large-scale printing on the pavement!

Snag some local art from or . Grab an iced coffee from & a book from !

Check out our annual Members Show - Good Impressions - featuring more than 50 artists!

And don’t forget to bring a shirt/tote from home to screeprint using one of our artist-made designs! Or you can buy a plain shirt/tote/tea towel from us : )

Many thanks to our presenting sponsor for this year’s BookFest: Daemen University! And to our supporting sponsors: American Paving & Excavating, Buffalo Place, Print & Graphic Communications Association, University at Buffalo, and Douglas Development!

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A playful, hands-on celebration of book arts, printmaking, and creative curiosity — BookFest invites everyone to INK IT UP and experience the joy of ink, paper, metal and wood (type).
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06/03/2026

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT for BookFest!

Along with work from the 75+ artists in our Book Arts shop, we’ll have a number of local artists at BookFest this Saturday selling their beautiful, weird + wonderful (and thirst-quenching!) wares!

KiyomiCutsKo will be selling handmade paper crafts: from traditional flat lay paper-cut pieces, to three dimensional paper flower cloches, origami and kirigami pieces. As well as paper-cut “prints” of her original paper-cut designs. (slides 1-4)

Bianca L. McGraw will be keeping us caffeinated with her ever-popular iced coffee bar creations! (slide 5)

Our super awesome neighbors Evening House Books will be selling a selection of their weird & wonderful collection. (slide 6)

And, it wouldn’t be BookFest without artist Nathan Deganis-Librera selling his gorgeous, bright prints! (slide 7-9)

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About BookFest: The 15th annual BookFest (Saturday, June 6th from 11am-4pm) is a playful, hands-on celebration of book arts, printmaking, and creative curiosity — BookFest invites everyone to INK IT UP and experience the joy of ink, paper, metal and wood (type).

Many thanks to our presenting sponsor for this year’s BookFest: Daemen University! And to our supporting sponsors: American Paving & Excavating, Buffalo Place, Print & Graphic Communications Association, University at Buffalo, and Douglas Development

06/02/2026

We INK IT UP year-round at Book Arts! Our annual BookFest is all about celebrating the tactile beauty of the book arts & printmaking, the bright wonder that happens when ink meets paper, metal and wood (type).

Join us this Saturday, June 6th to experience it yourself!

05/30/2026

🫟We’re INKING IT UP at BookFest in 1 week 🫟(That’s Saturday, June 6th from 11am-4pm!)

A celebration of Book Arts and printmaking, BookFest is essentially Book Arts’ annual open house. We’ll have free print & artmaking demos all day that will be fun for all ages!

Get to know our 1930’s printing press, Olga, by pulling a letterpress poster!

Bring t-shirts, tote-bags and other cloth items from home to screenprint using artist-made designs! (Or buy one from us!)

Customize a bookmark on an antique typewriter using readymade paper - aka off-prints from artist projects in our studio!

Take part in a copperplate etching demo with artist !

Make your own sensory journal with our current Studio Gallery exhibition artist, Rachel Derrington!

Try your hand at the beautiful process of paper marbling with teaching artist Tami Fuller of !

Watch as our summer resident artist makes steamroller prints using her giant artist block. Shoutout to American Paving & Excavating for the steamroller support!

Come through!

Address

468 Washington Street
Buffalo, NY
14203

Opening Hours

Tuesday	12:30pm - 5pm
Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 2pm

Telephone

+17163481430

Website

https://linktr.ee/wnybookartscenter

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