Art Class 70. Intro to Bookbinding with Phoenix Tran | AAC inside Bread & Salt Building | Athenaeum Art Center | Logan Heights
June 10, 2025: 6 PM - 9 PM
June 17, 2025: 6 PM - 9 PM
June 24, 2025: 6 PM - 9 PM
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Discover the tactile and expansive art of bookbinding, a medium that lends itself to various art practices. The class will enfold basic methods of bookbinding, where students will learn multiple processes of stitching and folding. Students will walk away from the class with multiple books to fill up however they please, ending the class with one simple fully realized book project. Although students may have bookbinding experience, this course assumes no formal training in the arts.
Materials: Bee’s wax, thread, sewing needles, bone folder, punch awl, X-Acto blades, ruler, cutting mat, neutral pH adhesive, various papers.
Max students: 8
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Athenaeum Art Center
Art classes are offered currently at our La Jolla home, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and are now being offered at our newest studio,Athenaeum Art Center, at Bread & Salt in Logan Heights. Our experienced instructors are all exhibiting artists themselves. They teach classes in painting, drawing, watercolor, mixed media, sculpture, photography and print making. Several classes can be taken for credit through UCSD Extension. Classes are offered on a quarterly schedule and students can find out about the class schedule either online or from our quarterly school brochure. We are making adjustments to our class registration system online. When ordering your class through the website it will read as "tickets." Please feel free to call us and order over the phone if you have any concerns. Parking: There is a free parking lot in the alley off Dewey St. behind the Athenaeum Art Center between Julian Ave. and Kearney Ave. available for use by students. There is also ample free street parking on Julian Avenue that is untimed. A limited number of handicapped spots are available in front of the entrance to the Bread & Salt building. For further information, to register and/or receive a copy of our current brochure, please call (858) 454-5872. Financial support is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for the Arts and Culture.