WASHINGTON RARE BOOK GROUP
announces its February event:
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center for Print, Paper & Book Arts
(8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring MD)
on Friday, Feb. 25, 2005, at 5:30 p.m.
Founded by artist Helen Frederick in 1981, Pyramid Atlantic is a non-profit
center for the art of hand-papermaking, print-making, and the book,
providing a wide array of services and programs: it hosts artists and
conservators in residence, offers classes, talks, and exhibitions, and
publishes print and artist-book editions. Its new facility in Silver Spring
features a paper mill, print shop, letterpress studio, and bindery.
Please join us for a tour of the Center and a visit with its Master
Bookbinder (and WRBG member) Linda Rollins. Linda has studied bookbinding
and restoration in North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Florida since 1993 and
operates her bindery, Capella Book Arts, at Pyramid Atlantic.
Afterwards, those who wish are welcome to join us for dinner at Panera, a
soup/salad/sandwich restaurant nearby.
In addition, Pyramid Atlantic is offering two gallery talks later in the
evening, and any WRBG members who are interested are welcome to stay (or
return) for them.
There is a limit of 16 people for the tour, so please R.S.V.P. to Leslie
Overstreet at (202) 633-1176 or overstreetl@si.edu by Wednesday, Feb. 23,
and state whether you'll be staying on for the dinner or not.
Directions:
Metro - at the Silver Spring stop on the Red line, take the Wayne Ave. exit,
go two blocks to Georgia Ave., and Pyramid Atlantic is just down a bit to
the right at the corner of Georgia Ave. and Ripley St. (About a 5 minute
walk.)
Driving - there is street parking if you're a daring sort, and also a large
metered county parking lot at the corner of Dixon Ave. and Boniface St.,
between Georgia and Ramsey.
For more information, visit Pyramid Atlantic's website
www.PyramidAtlanticArtCenter.org
.We look forward to seeing you there.
Leslie Overstreet, President