Join a professional artist and bookbinder to create your own blank book, which you will fill with words and image at later programs in this series!
This program is part of a series The Book as Art and Self Expression: Creating Your Story which is designed to bring in professional artists, writers and musicians as instructors to the public at our libraries. The series of programs, if attended in totality, will lead participants through creating and binding their own book and then writing and illustrating it. These programs are informed and inspired by the revolutionary voices of our founding fathers.
This program is FREE and open to the public |Ages 16+
Registration is required and space is limited. To register for this program, click here.
If your plans change, please use the cancel feature to make your spot available for someone on the waiting list. These programs are being repeated on different dates/times at our other library locations so if this time no longer works for you, please check if one of the other sessions may meet your needs.
Participation in the prior programs is not required, but those who have done so should bring their book to each session.
This project was supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250) and is being held as a partnership between the Orange County Public Library and the Arts Center in Orange.
About our Instructor
Laura Chalfant has worked in publication layout & design for several colleges and universities. Her commissioned artworks have been printed in brochures and are displayed by prominent members of the City of Petersburg and UVA. She has been an art teacher for more than 20 years. She has taught in private and public schools as well as co-op organizations. After working and teaching for the Petersburg Area Art League (PAAL), Laura became Vice-President of the Board of Directors where she led the charge in art education and the Virginia Standards of Learning for PAAL.
She has taught and worked with different media, but her love of photography and watercolor are where her voice is clear, and her stories are most impactful. Having traveled to many countries and experienced many cultures, her artistic viewpoint is focused on nature journaling and environmental preservation.