ARA Activities

XIth FIRA International Design Bookbinding Forum Nîmes (Fr)

Event date
20 June 2014 - 14 September 2014
Location
Carré d'Art Bibliothèque 16 Place de la Maison Carrée, 30000 Nîmes, France
Organization
ARA France

ARA France is organizing the XIth FIRA , in partnership with the city of Nîmes and its renowned Carré d'Art Library, the emblematic place for arts and culture of Nîmes.

FORUM: from 20 to 22 june 2014.
Exhibition from 20 june to 14 september 2014

More detailed programme and registration bulletin for the "Forum days" will be available at the end of january 2014.
See attachments.

BELGIAN WRITERS, A BINDING HOMAGE

2014 - UN HABIT POUR LES ECRIVAINS BELGES
Event date
26 April 2014 - 07 June 2014
Location
Bibliotheca Wittockiana - 23 rue de Bemel 1150 Bruxelles
Organization
ARA Belgica

CHANGE OF DATES FOR THE VERNISSAGE: Open from saturday 26 April 2014 at 17h00.

It is not unusual that Belgian writers are not known as “Belgian” authors,even in their own country. Therefore, ARA Belgica, in cooperation with the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, decided to enhance the Belgian literary world through its coming event.
The Bibliotheca Wittockiana, renowned for its outstanding standards and know-how with regard to binding techniques, is the ideal place to host such a prestigious collection of classic or contemporary literature.

AUTOUR DU LIVRE

AUTOUR DU LIVRE
Event date
22 June 2013 - 22 June 2013
Location
Villeneuve d’Ascq, Wasquehal, Wambrechies (Lille)
Organization
ARA Belgica

Voici le programme de la journée du samedi 22 juin à Lille

Villeneuve d’Ascq: Visite de la Bibliothèque du LAM de 10h à 11h30 par Corinne Barbant
Repas à la carte au restaurant du musée

Wasquehal, "Porte Latine" à 13h: Démonstration de la taille douce (pointe sèche, gaufrage) et gaufrage typographique par Christine Vandrisse, plasticienne lid ARA Belgica

ARA CANADA ET ÉCOLE ESTIENNE: La couleur du vent in PARIS

ARA CANADA ET ÉCOLE ESTIENNE: La couleur du vent
Event date
21 May 2013 - 28 June 2013
Location
dans le hall de l’École Estienne, 18 boulevard Auguste-Blanqui 75013 Paris
Organization
ARA Canada

See pictures on:
http://www.aracanada.org/galeries_photos/couleur_vent_anglais/index.html

. Tel. +33 1 55 43 47 47. www.ecole-estienne.fr
International design binding exhibition on a set book

IN OTHER COUNTRY

Quebec City :

From September 27 to October 25 2013, Chrystine-Brouillet Library, 264 Racine, Quebec City, Canada. Monday to Friday from 13h to 20h, Saturday and Sunday from 10h to 17h. Tel. 418 641-6120. www.bibliothequedequebec.qc

Montreal :

PARIS RELIE ARA France

PARIS RELIE ARA France
Event date
20 December 2012 - 09 January 2013
Location
Mairie 6e arrondissement - 78 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris
Organization
ARA France

Vernissage le jeudi 20décembre 2012 à 19 heures.

Ouverture du lundi au vendredi de 11h30 à 17h. Le jeudi jusqu'aà 19h et le samedi de 10h à 12h.

LES ESCALIERS de QUEBEC -International design bookbinding exhibition- ARA CANADA- 2012

2012 - LES ESCALIERS de QUEBEC - exposition Internationale ARA CANADA-
Event date
28 September 2012 - 26 October 2012
Organization
ARA Canada

update 26 june 2011
Still 15 copies of" Escaliers de Québec": 3 / 25 and 12 H.C.

Quebec City boasts nearly 30 sets of outdoor stairs that link the Upper Town with the Lower Town of the Old City. Each stairway has its own name, personality and history. The oldest one is the "Escalier Casse-Cou" ("Neck Breaker Staircase"); it appears on architectural plans dating back to 1660. The longest one is the "Escalier du Cap-Blanc" staircase, leading to the Plaines of Abraham, with its 398 stairs.

Xth F.I.R.A. INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF FINE BOOKBINDING

X e F.I.R.A. FORUM INTERNATIONAL DE LA RELIURE D'ART & EXPOSITION de RELIURES jusqu'au 9 juillet 2011
Event date
26 May 2011 - 29 May 2011
Location
Belgique, BRUGES
Organization
ARA Belgica

231 participants from 21 countries.

Since ARA's creation in 1982, the prestigious FIRA event has been organized in various countries. After Monaco in 1988, Basel in 1990, Toulouse in 1992, Luxemburg in 1994, Montreal in 1996, Venice in 1999, Athens in 2002, Limoges in 2005, Freiburg (CH) in 2007, it will now be Bruges' turn to be host to the FIRA in 2011. This medieval Belgian city in a country located on the crossroad of Germanic and Latin cultures, has not only a great potential for such a cultural event but offers also a perfect setting which will be enjoyed by the participants.

Ontwerp van papier voor kunst boekbinding door de ARA-leden-

Event date
28 March 2010 - 28 March 2010
Location
sociale zetel - vijfseweg 21 8790 Waregem
Organization
ARA Belgica

ARA Belgica organiseert een uitgebreide vergadering. Alle leden die papieren ontwerpen en vervaardigen zijn uitgenodigd om een presentatie te houden.
In geval U interesse hebt voor een presentatie van uw werken, gelieve ons te contacteren.

De leden mogen vergezeld worden.
Drankjes en versnaperingen zullen de samenkomst afronden in een gezellige sfeer.

Het spreekt vanzelf dat alleen de ARA leden die hun bijdrage voor 2010 vereffend hebben deel kunnen nemen.