Welcome!
Northwoods Book Arts Guild
is a community of artists actively learning about and creating artist books in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Guild promotes all aspects of book arts through education, participation in exhibitions, and community outreach.
NBG is affiliated with the North Star Community Foundation. The Foundation serves as our fiscal agent. All monetary transactions on our site, including membership and donations, are re-directed to the NSCF site in a new window.
Our Studio is located in the Caribou Building, Suite 205 at 3550 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709. “Paper Birches”, our cooperative supply inventory, is also located there, as are most of our classes and workshops.
NBG Workshop – A Boreal Herbarium – 01.13.2022
NBG members are invited to participate in creating a collaborative Boreal Herbarium for the exhibition, In Time Of Change: Boreal Forest Stories, scheduled for September 2022 in the Bear Gallery.
read more
NBG Demo – 3 Hole Pamphlet Stitch – 12.18.21
In collaboration with the Anchorage Zine Fair organized by Tent City Press, the Northwoods Book Arts Guild will host a brief demonstration of the 3 Hole Pamphlet Stitch on Zoom.
read more
NBG Exhibition – Books As Art 3 – 11.5-27.21
Dear NBG Community,
I am thrilled to announce the opening of Books as Art 3 this Friday, November 5, 2021. Last Sunday, 164 handmade books were delivered to the Bear Gallery. For those of us coordinating the InTake Event, it was an exciting afternoon. I felt a keen sense of delight as each artist opened their box or bag and set their books on the table.
NBG Exhibition Opening – 11.05.21
This Facebook Live event will include Books As Art 3 Overview and Introduction to the Northwoods Set Book Project with reading by poet Christopher Lee Miles, author of Armor & Ornament.
read moreNBG Program Meeting – 11.19.21 – Our First 10 Years
Our First 10 Years: Looking Back, Looking Forward
read moreNBG Newsletters
BrowseGuild Workshops
Join us for a scheduled workshop or class!
Contact any NBG Board member if you have an idea for a class you would like to lead or to take.
Scholarships are available for NBG members to cover bookmaking workshop instructional fees. Apply by completing the Marilyn Askelin Memorial Workshop Scholarship Request Form (docx or pdf).
NBG Book Challenge
Paper Birches
“Paper Birches,” our Guild book arts supply program, is open at the NBG Studio located in Suite 205 at the Caribou Building, 3550 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Supplies may be purchased at Open Book events, meetings, and workshops held at The Folk School. You may also contact any Guild Board member to make an appointment to meet at the studio.
NOW IN STOCK: BFK Rives, Arches text wove, Shizen and Khadi papers; book board and piercing cradle kits; metal measuring edges, linen tape, and folder stock; MacTac and Jade 403 PVA adhesives; waxed linen thread by the spool or by the yard.
Let us know of materials or supplies that you’d like to have available to you– by buying together we can take advantage of bulk discounts and save on shipping. This makes it possible to spend more on beautiful papers!
Books As Art 3 Exhibition
NBG Interest Survey
Have a workshop idea to share? Interested in instructing? Want to suggest a new book exchange theme? Complete the online survey and let us know!