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Benefits of Membership in CBAA
Informational & Educational Resources
CBAA members have exclusive access to:
- Shared information about learning and teaching book art and related fields, including syllabi, best teaching practices, reading lists, and assignments
In addition to other accessible resources you can use and contribute to, like:
- Free artist talks, presentations, and demonstrations through the CBAA Community Book Arts Series
- CBAA’s Book Art + Social Justice Resource List, highlighting underrepresented voices and resources in the field
- CBAA’s Book Art Theory blog, an interdisciplinary and generative space for dialogue, criticism, and new ideas in the field, with particular attention to work that engages ethical, political, and social topics
- CBAA’s Journal, Openings: Studies in Book Art, featuring critical, historical, and theoretical peer-reviewed articles, book and exhibition reviews, interviews about book art and its pedagogy, art features, and more
Funding & Professional Development
Only CBAA members can:
- Receive CBAA project grants, awards, scholarships, and stipends
- Search the CBAA bulletin board for residency and internship opportunities, in addition to employment opportunities
- Join any of CBAA’s working committees
- Be nominated to the CBAA board of directors
Networking & Teaching Opportunities
Only CBAA members can:
- Attend Biennial Conferences and National Meetings
- Present papers, talks, and other events at CBAA Conferences
- Participate in the Annual Juried Members Exhibition, and other regional and national members events and exhibitions
- Share recent work and achievements as a featured Artist of the Month
- Contribute to CBAA’s working committees and leadership team
- Access the CBAA member directory, and share bios, websites, and contact info with other book artists
And More!
CBAA Members also:
- Receive occasional limited-edition prints and ephemera by mail
- Have access to discounts with other book art organizations
- Can become Passport Members, through a discounted joint membership with the Fine Press Book Association, to receive all standard membership benefits of both organizations—including two print issues of Parenthesis per year and tabling opportunities at the Manhattan and Oxford Fine Press Book Fairs
- Support their community; membership dues and donations nurture artists’ growth and expand the book art field
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