Upcoming events
All upcoming meetings, workshops, and exhibitions will be listed on the calendar of events. Please refer to it for info on dates, times, and locations, and look for announcements and changes on Instagram or Facebook.
Unless otherwise noted, regular member meetings and workshops will be held on the second Thursday of each month from 6–8 PM (except for the month of July).
We usually meet at:
Winter Park Library (1052 W. Morse Blvd. Winter Park, FL 32789)
And occasionally at:
Rollins College Department of Art and Art History’s Printmaking and Book Arts Studio inside the Cornell Fine Arts Center, next to the Rollins Museum of Art (1000 Holt Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789).
THE PREDICTION KIT: Workshop with Chrissy Kolaya and Rachel Simmons
Image of Prediction Kit, 2024, limited edition artist’s book by Chrissy Kolaya and Rachel Simmons
The Society for Speculation was founded in2023 by writer Chrissy Kolaya and artist Rachel Simmons to explore serious and absurd ideas about fortune-telling, magic, forecasting, and other forms of prediction and divination. Their artist's books, presentations, and workshops engage the public in a dialogue about future prediction and its role in contemporary society.
Their current project, The Prediction Press & Divination Tool Kit, brings these ideas to life through this interactive community workshop. Combining relief printmaking with reflective writing, participants create their own tools of prediction and divination for self-reflection, while exploring together the universal urge to know what's coming next in our lives.
Participants will be led in a guided writing and art experience, leaving the workshop with a handmade prediction map.
All materials will be provided!
Risograph Workshop with Rachel Simmons
RISOGRAPH Workshop
Create colorful layered prints or zines using the Risograph. Risograph are stencil duplicators (working with color separation like screen printing) that use vibrant soy-based inks in rich colors, creating unique textural qualities perfect for small-circulation DIY publications and prints. In this workshop, we’ll layer imagery from sketchbooks, books, and magazines to explore creative expression. Participants can work individually or in pairs.
PROCESS:
Build collage imagery for a two-color print or zine, sized at 11” x 17”
Print both color runs on the risograph
Fold, share, and exchange zines and prints!
WHAT TO BRING:
Visual artists: Sketchbooks, old books, or magazines with interesting imagery
Writers: Works-in-progress, found texts, or come ready to write in response to images
Paper & ink will be provided!
LOCATION:
Rollins College Book Art + Printmaking Studio 1000 Holt Ave. Winter Park, FL 32804
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - Limited space available, open to guild members and Rollins students. Registration will open one week before!
June Meeting & Workshop
Artist’s Talk + Fishbone Fold Workshop with Rachel Simmons
Book Arts Guild of Central Florida, June 18, 2026, 6-8 pm at the Winter Park Library
Learn about Rachel’s newest limited edition artist’s book about the Florida springs and try out the fishbone fold, designed by Hedi Kyle, a featured element in this new work.
CBAA
CBAA Pivot(al) Meeting
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Book art education is at a turning point. The future of our field will be shaped by the ideas we share, the skills we pass on, and the relationships we build together. Now is the time to gather, collaborate, and imagine what comes next.
On Saturday, June 13, 2026, CBAA: The Association for Book Art Education will connect communities across the country through regional Pivot(al) hubs hosted by book arts centers, universities, libraries, and studios. We invite you to join us by hosting or attending a hub in your community.
May Meeting & Workshop with Marie Patrick
Disrupting the Coptic Stitch: A New Approach to Coptic Binding with Marie Patrick
Have you ever experimented with a traditional bookbinding technique to see if you can envisioned something entirely new? This workshop will be demonstrating the outcome of this discovery. By the end of this class, you will have learned to bind several signatures using an alternative take on the traditional coptic binding method. A new approach to coptic binding. A binding method that you never see anywhere else.
Supplies Needed: None
Class Capacity: Maximum 15
This workshop will take place on May 21st from 6-8pm at the Winter Park Library’s Murrah Community Room.
April Meeting & Workshop with Christopher Saclolo
Long Stitch Bookbinding Workshop with Christopher Saclolo
In this workshop, participants will create a blank book model learning a variation of the long stitch binding. This binding method requires no glue, just sewing.
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Please bring the following tools to participate in the workshop:
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
X Acto knife
Mat board for cutting
Curved Needle
Awl
Bonefolder
Optional material to bring:
Color thread of your choice (i.e. embroidery thread)
Beeswax
March Meeting & collage Workshop with rachel jerusha kinbar
(re)emerge by rachel jerusha kinbar
Collage Workshop with rachel jerusha kinbar
Join us on Thursday, March 19th, at the Winter Park Library! In this hands-on workshop we will be exploring collage as a medium of self-expression. We'll talk a bit about materials and techniques, with most of our time spent collaging. Plain paper, magazines and books, other mixed media/collaging materials, some glue sticks, and some cutting tools will be available for everyone's use.
Additional supplies needed:
Cutting tools (scissors, cutting mats, etc.)
Glue sticks
Any papers/materials you would like to use or share
Reverse Piano Hinge Workshop
Join guild members Wendy Cagen and Linda Ross for a workshop on the Reverse Piano Hinge (aka Australian Reverse Piano Hinge) book — a 3-signature book that does not require sewing or glue.
Participants will need to bring the following tools:
Pencil
Eraser
Ruler
Scissors
Bone folder (optional)
Supplies will be provided. Registration is required and space is limited. Click here to register.
Looks Good on Paper, Second Edition
Looks Good On Paper: Second Edition
Deland, Florida
Featuring the Central Florida Printmakers and the Book Arts Guild of Central Florida
January 20, 2026 – March 21, 2026
Exhibit Reception: Thursday, January 22, 6-8 pm
Swap & Share
Bring your unwanted arts & crafts materials to swap with others, and feel free to share a recently completed project or work-in-progress to get the new year off to a great start. We’ll meet in the community room on the second floor of the Winter Park Library.
Registration is free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP.
Orlando Zine Fest
Orlando Zine Fest is back for anther year at Blackbird Comics & Coffehouse in Maitland, FL. Bring your zines to trade as you browse & buy zines from local zinesters. Details can be found @orlandozinefest on IG. Applications are open November 7th.
Canceled - Risograph WORKSHOP with rachel simmons
RISOGRAPH Workshop
Create colorful layered prints or zines using the Risograph. Risograph are stencil duplicators (working with color separation like screen printing) that use vibrant soy-based inks in rich colors, creating unique textural qualities perfect for small-circulation DIY publications and prints. In this workshop, we’ll layer imagery from sketchbooks, books, and magazines to explore creative expression. Participants can work individually or in pairs.
PROCESS:
Build collage imagery for a two-color print or zine, sized at 11” x 17”
Print both color runs on the risograph
Fold, share, and exchange zines and prints!
WHAT TO BRING:
Visual artists: Sketchbooks, old books, or magazines with interesting imagery
Writers: Works-in-progress, found texts, or come ready to write in response to images
Paper & ink will be provided!
LOCATION:
Rollins College Book Art + Printmaking Studio 1000 Holt Ave. Winter Park, FL 32804
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - Limited space available, open to guild members and Rollins students. Registration will open one week before!
BAGCFL WORKSHOP with jenifer patrick
Join the Book Arts Guild on Thursday, October 16th 6-8 pm at the Scriptorium ( also known as the Winter Park Library’s Community Room, second floor)
We will be making a Vade Mecum—Latin for ”go with me”— a handbook or manual kept nearby for easy reference.
creative paper pulp painting workshop with rachel Simmons
CREATIVE PAPER PULP PAINTING WORKSHOP
Discover the Magic of Painting with Paper Pulp!
Immerse yourself in this unique artistic adventure where paper becomes your paint! Open to both Rollins students and guild members, this exciting workshop invites you to explore the vibrant possibilities of painted handmade paper.
What will you create? Together, we'll collaborate on artistic paper sheets using squeeze bottles and molds to bring your imagination to life! Every participant will contribute to this collective creative experience—who knows what beautiful connections and inspirations might emerge through our shared artistic exploration?
Bring your creative energy and:
Scrap paper you'd like to transform into pulp
Cookie cutters for creating interesting shapes
Your design ideas and artistic vision to share
Come with an open mind and leave with both artwork and new creative connections!
Location: Rollins College Book Art + Printmaking Studio 1000 Holt Ave. Winter Park, FL 32804
Instructor: Rachel Simmons
REGISTRATION REQUIRED — Space is limited, please email bookartsguildcf@gmail.com to claim a spot.
BAGCFL MEETING & Tunnel Book WORKSHOP with Stephanie Rodriguez
Tunnel Books: Portals to a Portrait
With Stephanie Rodriguez
NOTE: THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO GUILD MEMBERS ONLY. PLEASE EMAIL BOOKARTSGUILDCF@GMAIL.ORG TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT.
Create a world of shadow and light, where paper becomes a passageway and your story unfolds in layers. In this workshop, you’ll build a tunnel book as a portal into your inner realm — guided by found imagery and intuitive prompts. Templates for the book structure will be provided. Attendees should bring the following materials:
BRING THESE SUUPLIES:
Scissors
Glue Stick
Ruler
Decorative Papers & printed materials
Magazines
Printed photos (especially a selfie!)
Clippings
COLLABORATIVE ROOM 3, WINTER PARK LIBRARY, 1052 W MORSE BLVD WINTER PARK, FL 32789
Looks Good Reception
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER: Prints by The Central Florida Printmakers and Handmade Books by the Book Arts Guild of Central Florida
Exhibition Dates: June 6 - June 27
Reception: Thursday, June 13, 6-8 PM (with food trucks)
Location: Casselberry Art House, 127 Quail Pond Circle, Casselberry, FL
POetry Workshop with nikki fragala-barnes
A Room with Many Doors: Creative Text & Poetry Workshop with Nikki Fragala-Barnes
Thursday, June 12, 6-8 pm
A Room with Many Doors: Creative text and poetry as portals for memory and meaning
Experimental poet and conceptual book artist Nikki Fragala Barnes will facilitate this book arts workshop using found and original texts. Barnes will include sources for poems and lyrics to use as material in artist books as well as prompts and exercises for generating creative original lines to feature in your projects. We will draw on our personal and collective experiences and memories to soothe and disrupt.
You are invited to bring a work in progress or other scraps / papers and favorite pens/markers/paint pens.
Materials will be provided for use during the workshop.
Link to register https://www.winterparklibrary.org/event/book-arts-guild-central-florida-73898
COMMUNITY ROOM, WINTER PARK LIBRARY, 1052 W MORSE BLVD WINTER PARK, FL 32789
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER: Prints by The Central Florida Printmakers and Handmade Books by the Book Arts Guild of Central Florida
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER: Prints by The Central Florida Printmakers and Handmade Books by the Book Arts Guild of Central Florida
Exhibition Dates: June 6 - June 27
Reception: Thursday, June 13, 6-8 PM (with food trucks)
Location: Casselberry Art House, 127 Quail Pond Circle, Casselberry, FL
MAY JOURNALING Workshop WITH MEGHAN MEDINA
MAY JOURNALING Workshop WITH MEGHAN MEDINA
Spread from one of Meghan’s journals, image provided by the artist
Location
COMMUNITY ROOM, WINTER PARK LIBRARY, 1052 W MORSE BLVD WINTER PARK, FL 32789
Register here https://www.winterparklibrary.org/event/book-arts-guild-central-florida-73897
Workshop Description:
In this workshop, participants will learn how to play with materials and create collaged art journal pages. Text is optional, but writing prompts will be provided. The goal is to play, have fun, and create something different from your regular practice or explore something completely new.
Materials List:
Collage items (photos, text, ephemera, old journal pages, stickers, washi tape, etc.)
Bone folder
Scissors or straightedge blade
Cutting mat
Glue stick or glue tape
Notebook, journal, altered book, or loose pages to work on
Any other items for embellishments (beads, paper clips, small frames, sequins, paint pens, glitter glue)
Bookbinding Workshop: Long Stitch Binding with Supported Laced Cover with Chris Saclolo
A variation of the long stitch binding with supportive laces, photo by Chris Saclolo
Bookbinding Workshop: Long Stitch Binding with Supported Laced Cover with Chris Saclolo
In this workshop, participants will create a blank book model learning a variation of the long stitch binding with supportive laces for cover attachment. This binding method requires no glue, just sewing.
Please bring the following tools to participate in the workshop:
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
X Acto knife
Mat board for cutting
Needle
Awl
Bonefolder
Optional material to bring:
Medium/Heavyweight color/decorative paper (for cover) measuring 5.5” x 17”
Winter Park Library, Community Room, Winter Park, FL
Register here: https://www.winterparklibrary.org/event/book-arts-guild-central-florida-73896
Basic Bookbinding: Making a Case-Bound Book WITH PIPER HEAD
Basic Bookbinding: Making a Case-Bound Book
Guild member and book artist Piper Head will lead participants in making a simple case-bound book with three pamphlet stitch signatures.
Participants will need to bring these tools:
Exacto knife
Mat
Bonefolder
Glue sticks
Materials will be provided by the instructor.
COMMUNITY ROOM, WINTER PARK LIBRARY, 1052 W MORSE BLVD WINTER PARK, FL 32789
Registration is required and space is limited https://www.winterparklibrary.org/event/book-arts-guild-central-florida-73895
BAGCF Annual Meeting & Materials Swap
Members meeting and materials swap at Winter Park Library Community Room.
Register at: https://www.winterparklibrary.org/event/book-arts-guild-central-florida-73893
Secret Belgian Binding Workshop with Chris Saclolo
Secret Belgian binding book by Chris Saclolo
Members Only Summer pot luck show and Tell
If you are a current BAGCFL member, please join us Friday, July 12 from 6-8 pm for a pot luck and show and tell. Bring any work you’ve recently completed or even a work-in-progress! Also feel free to bring a delicious dish to share. It’s happening at Rollins in the print and book art studio.
Book Arts Workshop with Wendy Cagen
Join book and mixed media artist Wendy Cagen for Piano Hinge Book Workshop at the Cornell Fine Arts Center at Rollins College. This workshop is free and open to the public.
Parking: Ollie Avenue Rollins parking garage (free) https://goo.gl/maps/3zazvhRDGwBXtUAc6
Walk from the garage along Lake Virginia until you reach the Cornell Fine Arts Center, just past the Museum. We are working in studio 110.
CBAA National Meeting at Rollins
Critial Reading: Book Art in Dialogue with the Collection
June 7–8, 2024
Co-hosts: Prof. Rachel Simmons (Rollins College), Prof. Ben Rinehart (Lawrence University)
Under the theme Critical Reading, the 2024 CBAA biennial meeting will include a keynote presentation, a members meeting, a museum exhibition featuring CBAA members’ work, papermaking and community zine activities, as well as a field trip to Flying Horse Editions. This gathering, held in person at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida June 7–8, 2024, presents an opportunity for our community to reconnect in person for the first time since January of 2020. The exhibition, Critical Reading: Book Art in Dialogue with the Collection will be on view at the Rollins Museum of Art with an exclusive evening reception for attendees. Board and member meetings will also be conducted as well as a papermaking activity with Ben Rinehart, and a collaborative typewriter zine project with members of the Book Arts Guild of Central Florida. Attendees will also have the chance to tour downtown Winter Park, view contemporary art at the Alfond Inn, and visit Flying Horse Editions in downtown Orlando for happy hour printing and an exhibition of artists’ books presented by David Benjamin and Chris Saclolo from The University of Central Florida’s Library Special Collections.