Tuscaloosa, USA · est. 1985
University of Alabama MFA Book Arts Program
A graduate program in making books by hand, offering a 60-credit MFA covering letterpress printing, typography, hand bookbinding, hand papermaking and book history. It describes itself as the oldest dedicated book-making program of its kind in the country.
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About the press
Based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the University of Alabama Book Arts Program offers a 60-credit MFA emphasizing the book as an integrated unit combining materials, processes and format with visual and textual voice. Its facilities include a type lab, bookbindery and the Lost Arch Papermill, and faculty and students produce letterpress fine press editions and hand-bound artists' books.