ABOUT
Book Arts Roadshow to provides Book Arts instruction to and hands-on learning experiences for children, families & grown-ups at museums, libraries, public events, and for educators by working with schools and school districts. Book Arts Roadshow is on-the-go!
C.K.Itamura, Co-Founder C.K.Itamura is a Yonsei, Nikkei interdisciplinary artist based in California. Her conceptual, visual, performance and community engagement art serve to engage intergenerational audiences in the exploration of observation, contemplation and expressive imagination. C.K. is a recipient of the 2019 Discovered Awards for Emerging Visual Artists made possible, in part, by Creative Sonoma and Community Foundation Sonoma County. C.K. is an Artist-in-Residence of San Francisco Unified School District Library Department and San Francisco Arts Education Project, and works with San Francisco Public Library, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Mateo County Libraries, San Mateo County Office of Education and South San Francisco Unified School District via Young Audiences of Northern California, and others to create and provide: professional development workshops for educators; hands-on art-making workshops for students; and to make art-making accessible to the general public.
Cheryl Ball, Co-Founder is a native San Franciscan who has always loved books and paper. Cheryl is an ILSP Apprentice with the Alameda County Office of Education. Cheryl has taken Master Classes in bookbinding with Dominic Riley and Michael Burke, and has completed the Bookbinding Certification at the San Francisco Center for the Book. She brought her love of bookmaking to her former position at a San Francisco Public Elementary-Middle School as their Art Coordinator and now, the students there create original story filled bound books and participate in the Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition each year.
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ARTS EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF THE BAY AREA
Book Arts Roadshow is an official member of the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area.
