Thanks go out to our wonderful 2013 sponsors!
FCBF official booksellers:
The 2013 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Last Child in the Woods and the Nature Priniciple by Richard Louv at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 22-24 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
The Paper Fox Printmaking Workshop invites the public to attend their annual print sale and benefit at Wriston Art Center on the Lawrence University campus on Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public. People of all ages are encouraged to attend and learn more about contemporary practices in printmaking through the lens of traditional fine art printing. The Intermediate and Advanced Printmaking class as well as Director Benjamin D. Rinehart will be offering a variety of activities suitable for all ages during this special event. During the Benefit there will be print sales and subscriptions available for purchase, printing and paper making demonstrations, on-going workshops, a visual presentation of participating artists, and other printed ephemera.
The purpose of the Paper Fox Printmaking Workshop is to foster a competitive visiting artist program catering to artists from around the world. Paper Fox is able to print any form of relief, lithography (plate & stone), intaglio/etching, letterpress (150 drawers of wooden type), silkscreen, papermaking, and book making.
Tags: Focused on middle school and high school girls, the public is invited to attend this community presentation about self-esteem, body image, and empowerment.
Free and open to the public; the museum is only open for this special activity. Register by calling 734-3226, ext.23 or by emailing Kehelmkamp@tds.net.
Kelly Parks Snider explores contemporary social issues through art. Snider is the author and illustrator of the children's book, Zilly, a modern-day fable, and co-founder of projectgirl.org.
If you participated in the 2013 Fox Cities Book Festival, we would love to get your feedback. Please take a moment to complete this brief survey. Thank you!
Big thanks go to Atlas Coffee Mill for hosting monthly meetings for the Fox Cities Book Festival Board! We appreciate your support of the Festival and just can't thank you enough for providing a welcoming meeting space for us to plan and dream.