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MEDIA
CONTACT
:
Carol Lewis
561-297-0245,
clewis36@fau.edu
FAU Libraries Hosts ‘Champagne Salon’ to Raise Money to Renovate Space in T-6 Building for Papermaking Studio
WHAT:
The
Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for
Book
Arts at Florida Atlantic University
Libraries
is hosting a “Summertime Champagne
Salon”
as a special inaugural fundraiser to raise
money
to renovate space in FAU’s T-6 building
as
a hand papermaking studio.
WHEN:
Saturday,
July 24, from 4 to 7 p.m.
WHERE:
Florida Atlantic University
Wimberly Library
Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for
Book Arts (third floor east)
777
Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
COST:
Minimum donation is
$100 per person or
$185
per couple. Larger donations are
encouraged. Donations are tax-deductible.
CONTACT:
To
reserve tickets, e-mail
jcutrone@fau.edu
or
call 561-297-0226 or
561-297-0226.
“Papermaking is a crucial element of the book arts, and our students are missing out on so much by not learning it here,’’ said John Cutrone, programs coordinator of the Jaffe center. Opening of the hand papermaking studio in the T-6 building, a former World War II barracks, is planned for 2011. Classes will be offered to FAU students and staff, as well as to the public. For the “Summertime Champagne Salon,” the center will be transformed into a glamorous, warm and cozy café. Guests will sip sparkling Chardonnay from Argentina and nibble on crostini with fire-roasted red peppers and basil, asparagus wrapped in smoked salmon, chicken and snow peas, brie en croute and chocolate dipped strawberries. After mingling, the party will move to the Jaffe Book Arts Gallery, the core of the Jaffe center, for a fun, insightful survey of artists’ books. Guests will take home a letterpress printed handmade book, courtesy of Convivio bookworks, a book arts studio in downtown Lake Worth.
-FAU-
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