San Francisco Center for the Book Book Arts Mentorship Award 2025
San Francisco Center for the Book has announced its second national mentorship award in book arts for Summer 2025 with experienced mentors Julie Chen and Zach Clark who are committed to nurturing the next generation of book artists.
With the support of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, SFCB will be offering two one-on-one mentorships for experienced book artists held at its base in Potrero Hill.
This program provides mid-career and established artists from underrepresented communities with the opportunity to learn from professionals in the bookbinding, letterpress, and artists book fields. Priority will be given to applicants who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people from other racially marginalized groups.
The two mentees will each receive a $3,000 stipend to cover program expenses, including travel, lodging, per diem, materials, and miscellaneous costs. Both mentorships will take place June 23-27, 2025.
Applications are now open and will close on March 2. Full details are available here but applicants must propose a project that is a good fit with their selected mentor's areas of interest, must live outside the nine counties of the metropolitan San Francisco Bay Area, be over 21 years old , and not be enrolled in a degree-granting program . There is no application fee.
