Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord - Coming Tue!

Book artist and calligrapher, Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord will be at ECCA on Tuesday, March 2nd (rescheduled from the snow storm), 6:30-8:30 to give an illustrated talk on her journey and inspiration as an artist. (More details below.) This evening is free and open to the public. Join us at ECCA, 30 Linden Street, Exeter, for a fun and fascinating presentation and discussion.

Bookfair fundraiser

ECCA is having a bookfair fundraiser at Barnes & Noble on Sat. March 13, 1-5. We'll have music, author/illustrator Carey Armstrong-Ellis, cartoon drawing demonstration, portfolio development discussion, and art projects. Join the fun and buy some books. A percentage of purchases on books and music, and in the cafe will go directly to ECCA. Use this voucher with our bookfair number for your purchases at any Barnes & Noble store, by phone, or online to ensure that ECCA gets a donation for your purchase.

Do we have tea cups?

Our first Family Tea Cup making day, a joint project between ECCA and Passport to Peace (a Three Cups of Tea project) was a huge success. We had a steady crowd of all ages coming through to make pinch-pot tea cups to donate to the project.

Look for more of these community events to come!

Susan K. Gaylord Rescheduled

With the expected storm, we've decided to reschedule tonight's Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord event. We don't want anyone taking the risk of driving at the worst part of the storm, or missing the event because of the snow, and our location has parking/plowing issues that will make it difficult for everyone.

We are rescheduling the event to Tuesday March 2nd, 6:30-8:30.

Hopefully that still works for people.

Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord - Coming Tue!

Book artist and calligrapher, Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord will be at ECCA on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6:30-8:30 to give an illustrated talk on her journey and inspiration as an artist. (More details below.) This evening is free and open to the public. Join us at ECCA, 30 Linden Street, Exeter, for a fun and fascinating presentation and discussion.

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An Evening with Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord

An Artist's Journey: From Calligraphy to Book Arts and Beyond
An illustrated talk with Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord.


Susan subscribes to the belief that the only work you can do better than any one else is that which is truly your own. Her journey as an artist, thirty years and counting, has been an exercise in patience as she has striven to do work that is a true expression of herself and her place in the world. In her ten years of calligraphy, she progressed from traditional work to expressive gestures. When she began to use her own texts, she sought a more intimate format and discovered the artist's book. Her early books with text evolved into wordless and image-less sculptural works using natural materials, textures, stitching, and beads. Since completing The Spirit Book Series in 2005, she has brought lettering and words back into her two-dimensional work along with imagery created in Photoshop and created installations both indoors and out.

February 16, 6:30-8:30 pm
Exeter Center for Creative Arts, 30 Linden St, Exeter, NH (in the Tuck Learning Campus, formerly the Exeter Area High School)

This event is free and open to the public. Registration requested, 603.778-8441, but not required, or email ecca@rcn.com