Three people stand in the foreground, with two in the back. All people seem to be actively in conversation, behind a table of snacks in the Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts Studio.

Events at the Center

The KCC’83CBA offers events and workshops, including the annual Book Arts Bazaar, for celebrating the innovative and engaging nature of book arts.

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Photograph of the Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts Studio in the Crewe Center for the Arts located on the University of Southern Maine Portland campus. The studio space is empty, facing a wall of windows behind an etching press and classroom tables and chairs.


Summer Book Arts

Spend 2-weeks studying Book Arts in Portland, Maine. Participants work with USM faculty and visiting artists, learning a variety of techniques specific to book arts.

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A crowded exhibition hall shows book vendors at tables surrounded by customers and student visitors. The foreground shoes a person with their back turned toward the viewer, busy in conversation with the book vendor.


Annual Book Arts Bazaar

Information about the Annual Book Arts Bazaar and photos from our 2026 event. Stay posted for details on our 2027 happening!

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Book Arts Workshops

The KCC’83CBA offers a range of dynamic and engaging book arts workshops open to all individuals and skill levels. A different workshop is offered in the Fall & Spring.

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Image of Artist Books in glass display case at the Pope Cheney Art Studio.


Pope-Cheney Art Studio

The Pope-Cheney Art Studio at the University of Southern Maine’s Wishcamper Center hosts ongoing exhibitions of artists books highlighting the diverse voices within the Book Arts community.

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Accordion books by artist Sue Rogers. The images are displayed with their pages spread open, revealing paper cutouts and paper illustrations.


Giving Tuesday

Consider making a gift to the Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts and to the future of our expanding book arts program. Recurring and one-time gifts are welcome!

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El Toro, Repurposed book, by Art Student Olivia Dyer. A book with colorful pages is displayed with the spine facing backward, and the pages facing the viewer.

Minor in Book Arts

Expand your visual book arts knowledge and gain bookmaking and printmaking skills by minoring in Book Arts at the KCC’83CBA.

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Photograph of Rebecca Goodale working on a book project alongside a colleague at a work table in front of a window.

Scholarship Honors Esteemed USM Associate Professor and Book Artist, Rebecca Goodale

The Rebecca Goodale Book Arts Scholarship provides financial support for a student majoring in the visual arts, with preference given to a declared Book Arts minor.

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