Greetings, GBW! *The Guild of Bookworkers New England Chapter Annual Meeting *is just a week away! Please join us at *Shepherd and Maudsleigh Studio on Tuesday, August 26th at 6:30pm* for an evening of gathering with friends, debriefing about the past year, and coming up with plans for the future! We would really love to hear from all of you and find out what you'd like to see more of going forward. Our *loose* agenda for the evening is as follows: - *Snacks and mingles! Get a plate of food and say hi to your pals.* - *Annual Report Debrief: quick discussion about all the things we did last year * - *Open up the floor to your ideas about what you'd like to see next year. Workshops? Talks? Exhibitions? We are SO excited to hear your thoughts and get planning!* - *Free time to tour the space and observe Boston-based multimedia artist Lily Yù Jié while she works on a new copper etching! Attendees are welcome to ask Lily questions about their process. (More about Lily can be found at the bottom of this email)* - *Eat more snacks! * We especially encourage students and others who are new to the bookbinding community to attend this event. We are a big, friendly, welcoming group of craft-minded folks and we always want to engage with and encourage new craftspeople. If you know of anyone just starting out or looking to learn more, please bring them along to the meeting! For those who are too far away to make the in-person event, please reach out with your thoughts about how we can be more inclusive of the larger community. New England is a big place and we are working to reach folks who are further afield. Below, you will find Shepherd & Maudsleigh's address and Lily Yù Jié's bio. If you have any questions about the meeting, the Guild, or the snack menu, please reach out to anyone on our team! *Sephora Bergiste (Chapter Chair): newengland@guildofbookworkers.org <newengland@guildofbookworkers.org>India Patel and Nicoline Meyer (Programs co-chairs): negbwprograms@gmail.com <negbwprograms@gmail.com>Abra Mueller (Communications chair): negbwcommunications@gmail.com <negbwcommunications@gmail.com>* Can't wait to see you next week! Best, Abra (Communications Chair) and the rest of the NEGBW Crew ********************************************** Shepherd & Maudsleigh is located at: 27 Dunstan st West Newton, MA 02465 **Dunstan St is a one way street off of Watertown St. and there is FREE off-street parking** *From Lily Yù Jié's website: * https://mesocarp.myportfolio.com/about Lily is a Chinese American printmaker primarily working in intaglio and illustration. They also experiment with relief, painting, collage, bookmaking, and sound. BFA printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2022. "My work explores themes of life, death, and grief through observation of cycles of nature. My recent work is focused on spiritual differences between the so-called East and West. The alchemical copperplate etching process speaks to the subject of death and rebirth; lines of shimmering copper, transmuted by acid and ink into a final print. The compositions reference classical religious art of the European Renaissance and Baroque periods, upon which imagery that speaks to my relationship with spirituality is superimposed. Abstractions of energetic forces found in nature are also incorporated as a personal iconography." -- *Sephora Bergiste* Chair, New England Chapter Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> | The National Organization for All the Book Arts newengland@guildofbookworkers.org | Pronouns (She series)