After years of searching for a space and as a way to organize his treasure-trove of unique artisan goods and ephemera, John Cutrone, the director of the Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU Libraries and his husband, Seth Thompson, an IT support specialist, have decided to pull the trigger and open a retail outlet: Convivio Bookworks. The store, at 1110 North G St. in Lake … [Read more...]
FAU’s Wayzgoose celebration ‘makes book’ in Boca
By Myles Ludwig John Cutrone is a tireless cheerleader for the hand printed and the art of the book. He heads FAU’s Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for the Book Arts (JCBA) located in the school’s Wimberly Library, a treasure chest of the book as an art; i.e. the container, rather than necessarily the contents. I am a fan. On Oct. 29, John put together the first edition of … [Read more...]