2025 Courses
Course registration opens Monday, January 13th, 2025
ALL COURSES will require students to “Join Waitlist” at the time of open registration.
Please join our email list in the “Stay Connected” section at the bottom of this page to keep updated on all schedule announcements and changes.
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Registration Walk-Through and Q&A PDF
View a short walk-through of our registration and financial aid process and download the slide pdf to access important links
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Open•Set Exhibition Schedule
San Francisco Center for the Book
Open•Set’s Open Category Exhibition
January 18 – March 24, 2025
in conjunction with SF Art Week January 18-26, 2025
Gallery Walk Through with Lang Ingalls January 21, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 RSVP HERE
Opening Reception January 24, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 RSVP HERE
American Bookbinders Museum
Open•Set’s Set Category Exhibition
January 11 – March 29, 2025
Grand Opening Weekend January 24 & 25, 2025
Open•Set 2025 Exhibition Catalog
The 2025 catalog is available for purchase. Catalogs ship on February 3.
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AAB Open Studio
December 15, 2024 – April 18, 2025
Open Bookbinding Studio program offers binders a dedicated space to create, make, and share their work during winter and spring months. Our purpose-built facility features workspaces equipped with tables, tools, and specialized equipment for your bookbinding needs. The Open Bookbinding Studio is an incubator for emerging and established bookbinders and is an essential part of Telluride’s creative community.
FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HERE
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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF BOOKBINDING
Founded in Telluride, Colorado, in 1993 by Tini Miura, Einen Miura, and Daniel Tucker, the American Academy of Bookbinding is an internationally known diploma-oriented bookbinding school where students of all levels have the opportunity to initiate and improve their skills in a generous and supportive learning environment. A program of the Ah Haa School for the Arts, the American Academy of Bookbinding conducts intensive courses in the art of fine leather binding, book repair, paper conservation, book history, and other related subjects. Our goal is to provide a superior bookbinding education and to award professional-level diplomas to those students who develop the knowledge and skills to produce the highest quality of work.
The American Academy of Bookbinding is unique in the United States in its ability to offer a flexible low-residency diploma program in bookbinding, taught by some of the most experienced and highly regarded bookbinders and conservators in the world. Students can progress through the diploma program at a pace that works best for their circumstances, attending classes as often as their busy lives allow. There are also many introductory courses offered, and students may attend some classes with little or no experience. The training that students receive at the American Academy of Bookbinding will provide them with a level of skill and understanding that ensures quality and confidence in their work, whether they are already established professionals or are just getting started in the field.
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The American Academy of Bookbinding is a program of the Ah Haa School for the Arts.
Given the right circumstances — great space, instructors, great comrades, and fellow students — one can discover new directions for their art, and I certainly did.
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