The North Bennet Street School, the New England Guild of Book Workers, and the American Academy of Bookbinding present an exhibition in the Windgate Gallery at 150 North Street in Boston now through September 14, Monday through Friday, 9 – 5, entitled La couleur du vent. ARA Canada in partnership with the École Estienne, organized an international exhibition of bookbinding that originated in Paris and traveled to Quebec City, Montreal and Trois-Rivières. This exhibit includes the work of fifty one binders. The invitation to participate was extended to former students of the Ecole Estienne in Paris and member bookbinders of ARA Canada.
The book selected for this project is titled La couleur du vent ( The color of the wind.) It is a collection of poems by Gilles Vigneault, illustrated and designed by Nastassja Imiolek under the artistic direction of Cécile Côté. Visit the project website, www.aracanada.org, to see more.
