Octavofest: Celebrating the Book and Paper Arts
Glenda Thornton, a presenter for Octavofest 2018, with pop-up books from her extensive collection.
Featured Guest: James Canary, Conservator, Octavofest 2018. (Photo courtesy of Latse Library.)
The Great Wall by Guy Laramee, Octavofest 2014.
"Global Arts and Culture: Japanese Origami" with Haruhide Osugi of the Japan Outreach Initiative, Octavofest 2017.
Making pop-up books with Art Books Cleveland Book Artist, Melissa O'Grady, Octavofest 2014.
Octavofest Window at the Statler Arms, 2012.
A "button" book made at the Langston Hughes Branch, Cleveland Public Library, Octavofest 2015.
Children display their tunnel books at the All The Books Are Stages event, Octavofest 2016.
Folding Book Art at Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library, Octavofest 2014.
Plain Jane Paper Arts by Jane LaFazio, Octavofest 2014.
Miniature Book Lecture by Todd Sommerfeld, Octavofest 2014.
Contemporary Artists Books by Art Books Cleveland exhibition at the Art Galleries, CSU, Octavofest 2016.
Warhol Mania @ The Ingalls Library, Cleveland Museum of Art, Octavofest 2011.
Papermaking Demonstration at the Cleveland Public Library, Octavofest 2010.
JANUARY 2020:
OCTAVOFEST HAS ENDED
After 11 years of celebrating the story of the book and paper arts...
...with audiences from schools, libraries, stores, museums, non-profit centers, and other public entities all around northeast Ohio, Octavofest has come to an end.
Over the years, we learned about our rich local resources and the exciting world of contemporary book and paper arts. We visited venues where printmakers, paper sculptors, conservators, book artists, and bookbinders were exploring, creating, preserving, and exhibiting works that use two of humankind’s greatest technologies: books and paper. This website will remain online as an archive to our past schedule of events