Collaborators

WNYBAC exists only though dynamic collaboration between artists, students, businesses and other non-proifit organizations.

Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
A regional one day event that brings together booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) in a venue where they can share ideas, showcase their art, and peddle their wares.

Burchfield Penney Arts Center
The museum for Western New York Arts and artists.

Cradle Beach Camp
The first childrens book workshop was given in the Summer of 2006 at Cradle Beach Camp. Kids made their own hardcover scrapbooks

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Multi-disciplinary arts center in Buffalo, NY which for over 20 years has presented contemporary art to audiences in the Western New York region.

Just Buffalo Literary Center
Just Buffalo Literary Center was founded in 1975. Their mission is to create and strengthen communities through the literary arts. The organization’s primary activities include author readings, education programs for youth, and interdisciplinary performances.

Karpeles Manuscript Museum
The first public speaker event from the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative featured book artist Andy Farkas in July of 2006 with future events in the planning stages.

Roycroft Campus Corporation
The historical Arts & Crafts community of Elbert Hubbard and Co. is currently undergoing a revival towards re-introducing working artisans on the premisis. WNYBAC is partnering on many of the book arts related events and workshops.

Pecha Kucha Buffalo
Participants work within a format, a structure, a parlor game, a chance to talk about their current interests and listen to others doing the same by getting a six-minute pitch in which they can show 20 slides, and talk for 20 seconds about each one.

CEPA Gallery
WNYBAC coordinated a cross-border ehhibition from Hamilton Ontarios that was shown at CEPA during Typecon In Buffalo. Future collaborations in the planning stages

Buffalo & Erie County Central Public Library
WNYBAC members and advisory board members (Tim Conroy & Josephy Murray) Curated "Typographic Rarities from the collection" which assembled some of the most well known rare books including the Kelmscxott Chaucer and a Shakepeare first folio

Woody Guthrie Foundation
The grammy award wiining CD package for the Live Wire featured wood type printing assistance done by WNYBAC

Supplies for Book arts

WNYBAC Board of Directors
Carima El-Behairy
Eva Hassett
Charles Grieco
Adele Henderson
Richard Kegler
Hal Leader
Michelle Stevens

Advisory Board
Michael Basinski
Diane Bond
David McNamara
Joseph Murray
Sandra Olsen
Barbara Rowe
Jeff Sherven
Kyle Schlesinger
Peter Sowiski
Doug Swift

Interns
Madeleine Cutrona
Sarah Hofheins

Program Director
Abbey Hendrickson

Exectutive Director
Richard Kegler

Members

Lifetime WNYBAC Members
Monica Angle
Carima El-Behairy
Richard Kegler
Hal Leader
Robert Skerker
Leslie Zemsky

Founding WNYBAC Members
Mark Hatley
Adele Henderson
Dwight & Moira Moldenhauer
BoxCar Press

Corporate Members
Buffalo & Erie Co Public Library
P22 type foundry
Printing Prep
Quality Bindery
SOTA
Starshaped Press
Wells Book Arts Center

Individual Members

Melissa Blasz
Diane Bond
Chambers Family
Nancy S Collins
Jon Coltz
Tim Conroy
Ami Dalal
Don Dehoff
Janine Desmond
Adrian Dedecker III
Joseph DiDomizio
Ben Dunkle
Cynthia Endres
Rebecca Farnham
Carol Fillip
Timothy Frerichs
Chris Fritton
Nancy Gil
Amy Greenan
Grieco Family
Heather Gravert
James Grieshaber
Justin Hall
Eva Hassett
Kevin Hayes
Hero Design
Miriam Hill
Russell Hulsing
Eric Jackson-Forsberg
Dana Jenkins
Sarah Justeson
Colin Kahn
Michelle Kearns
Alan Kegler
Kevin Kegler
Raymond Kegler
K.C. Kratt
Harold Kyle
Shu Lai
Hal Leader
Nicole Lecht
John Leszak
Emily Luce
Dennis Maloney
Douglas Manson
Ellen Markel
James Maynard
Brendan McCafferty
Lynne McElhaney
Paul McKenna
David McNamara
Arlene McNair
Greg Meadows
Kristianne Meal
Edric Mesmer
Linda Meyer
Carol Milliron
Joseph Murphy
Joseph Murray
Sue O'Donnell
Michelle O'Connor
Deirdre O'Mahony
Kevin Opp
Bridget Quinn-Carey
Gina Pennock
Shawn Peters
Carol Fillip
Dennis Piatkowski
Amy Pickard
Tamye Riggs
Barbara Rowe
Bertha Ruben
Renee Ruffino
Mackenzie Sasser
Nina Scioli
Jeffrey Sherven
Mary Simpson
Joanne Smith
Pat Smith
W. Morgan Smith
Shasti O'Leary-Soudant
Abigail Spaulding
Joshua Spaulding
Karen Lee Spaulding
Sandy Starks
Leta & Dean Stathacos
Maki Tanigaki
Jessica Tanny
Jacqueline Trace
Margaret Urban
Cynthia VanNess
Erin Vehoef
Lesley Wald
Carol Wannemacher
Megan Weaver
Joe Weber
Rachel Wiecking
Cindy Williams
Hallie Winter

Additional Collaborators
Volunteers, Donors & More-deserving of great thanks