# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Alchemy of the Artist's Book with Basma Kavanagh
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am – Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: We are excited to host a bookmaking workshop, The Alchemy of the Artist's Book with Basma Kavanagh in the studio on 
Saturday and Sunday November 29 &30 (12 hours total) 10am-4pm

In essence, the artist’s book is a sculpture. Often kinetic and interactive, artists’ books are energized by the interplay of form and content. Their infinite variety can not only revitalize and expand our perception of “books” generally, it can also transform our understanding of the basic codex—stacked sheets bound on one side—revealing a surprising, sculptural object hidden in plain sight.
How does one combine diverse materials, ideas, images, words, and structural possibilities into an organic, cohesive whole? In this intensive weekend workshop, we will explore some of the many possible forms an artist book can take, learning to let our materials and intuition guide this mysterious—and satisfying— process. Through discussion, learning a few basic book forms, creating models and quick one-of-a-kind projects, planning editioned work, and dabbling in letterpress and relief printmaking, participants will leave this workshop with many options for continuing to explore artist’s books on their own or in future workshops.

Elephant Grass Printmakers, 240 St. George St. (2nd Floor), Annapolis Royal
Cost: $200 for EGPS members, $220 for non-members
Materials available for purchase. Max. 8 participants
For more information, or to register, contact elephantgrassprint@gmail.com  Registration is limited.

Basma is a Lebanese Canadian artist whose multidisciplinary practice includes writing, drawing, printmaking, artist’s books, textiles, land-based explorations, and performance. She has taught and practiced book arts in various hinterlands since 2010. Basma has been an artist in residence at the Penland School of Craft, the Banff Centre, and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Her work has been supported by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia, and the Manitoba Arts Council. She lives and works in Nova Scotia, within Mi’kma’ki.
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- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Annapolis Royal
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 240 St George Street, B0S 1A0
- **lat**: 44.74432
- **long**: -65.51941
- **full address**: 240 St George Street, B0S 1A0, 240 St George St, Annapolis Royal, NS B0S, Canada

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- **organizer**: Elephant Grass Printmakers Society (https://allevents.in/org/elephant-grass-printmakers-society/23513964)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 240 St George Street, B0S 1A0, 240 St George St, Annapolis Royal, NS B0S, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Elephant Grass Printmakers Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, workshops, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Alchemy of the Artist's Book with Basma Kavanagh ?
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