ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book and its lessons are based on core teachings from the Center for Book Arts Education Program. We are grateful for the dedication and thoughtfulness of the artist instructors, Ana Cordeiro, Celine Lombardi, Elizabeth Sheehan, and Sarah Smith, who tirelessly worked to translate their teachings into written word and image. We would also like to thank Biruta Auna, Lauren Clay, Kyle Holland, Lee Marchalonis, and Sarah Nicholls, for their contributions to this book.

There are many more people who helped to bring this book together and we are indebted to them all. A special thanks to Judith Cressy, our editor, whose keen eye kept us on task, and to Emilie Ahern, audience development coordinator, for her support throughout the project. Additional thanks go to all of the Center’s artist instructors, past and present, who have passed on their knowledge to new generations of artist instructors. And, finally, a thank you to the Center’s board of directors for their continuous trust and encouragement during the process to further the Center’s mission.

It is because of the constant efforts of all of these people that the Center can present such an excellent book to you, the reader.

—Anne Muntges, education and studio manager, and Alexander Campos, executive director and curator