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DATE / TIME EVENT
FRIDAY, JULY 23
10:30-11am EST/
7:30-8am PST
Welcome! Opening Remarks from GAP President Mindy Shapiro
Brief Welcome and Orientation by Bianca Levan
11am-1pm EST/
8am-10am PST
Workshop Session 1:
Jason Koons: Mark Making in Papercut: Creating Texture and Value
Melanie Kehoss: Glow: Incorporate Backlighting into your Papercuts
1-1:30pm EST / 10-10:30am PSTWellness Break with Luann
1:30pm EST/
10:30am PST
Workshop Session 2:
Barbara Stoop: Using Painted Papers
Carolyn Guest: The Odds and Evens of Folded Paper Cutting
3:45pm EST/
12:45pm PST
Guest Speaker: Tamar Shadur – Papercuts & Tapestries: A Mother-Daughter Collaboration
5:15-6:45pm EST/
2:15-3:45pm PST
Movie Night: Silhouette Secrets (2015; dir. Andi Reiss), hosted by Cindi Rose
A modern-day silhouette artist takes a journey back in time to explore the history of his shadowy art, asking the question “Where did it come from?”. On the way he meets the world’s fastest silhouette artist, who challenges him to a duel of scissors! The journey takes him from a windswept seaside pier – on the north coast of Wales – to an Audi showroom in Houston, Texas, and finishes with an intriguing answer to his question.
SATURDAY, JULY 24
10:30-11am EST/
7:30-8am PST
Coffee Chat with Rock Paper Store
Come find out more about this woman-created and owned, ecologically conscious new art material in a face-to-face chat with Rock Paper Store folks.
11am-1pm EST/
8am-10am PST
Workshop Session 3:
Lucy Liu: Chinese Papercutting Workshop and Demo
Cindy Stinson: Layered Paper
1-1:30pm EST / 10-10:30am PSTWellness Break with Luann
1:30pm EST/
10:30am PST
Workshop Session 4:
Marie-Helene Grabman: Make a Tunnel Book
Gina Pisello: Altered Books: Transforming the Familiar
3:45pm EST/
12:45pm PST

Guest Speaker: Annie Howe – Beyond the Original: Papercuts in Collaborations, Products, & Other Markets
5:15-6:45pm EST/
2:15-3:45pm PST
Social / Work Time
plus
Silent Auction Highlights hosted by Bianca Levan
SUNDAY, JULY 25
10:30-11am EST/
7:30-8am PST
Coffee Chat with Anna and Kenda of Excel Blades
11am-1pm EST/
8am-10am PST
Workshop Session 5:
Linda Dahlgren: Who Needs Paper? Tips and Techniques for Leaf Cutting

Jerise Fogel: Use Your Words! Fun with Papercut Lettering and Design
1-1:30pm EST / 10-10:30am PSTWellness Break with Luann
1:30pm EST/
10:30am PST
Highlights from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection of Hand-cut Silhouettes: a virtual tour of the Gallery with Robyn Asleson, Head Curator
3:45pm EST/
12:45pm PST
Papercutting Roots:
a series of presentations about papercutting traditions around the world, hosted by Marie-Helene Grabman
5:15-6:45pm EST/
2:15-3:45pm PST
Trivia Night and Raffle, hosted by Mindy Shapiro
MONDAY, JULY 26
10:30-11am EST/
7:30-8am PST
Coffee Chat: Charles Burns Cuts Silhouettes
Join the busiest silhouettist in the UK and star of the movie Silhouette Secrets, Charles Burns, as he cuts silhouettes live and in person via the magic of Zoom. Even have your portrait cut! See link for contact information.
11am-1pm EST/
8am-10am PST
Workshop Session 6
Rosa Leff: Papercut Cityscapes
Dena Levie: Zooming Papercutting Workshops: Challenges and Opportunities
1-1:30pm EST / 10-10:30am PSTWellness Break with Luann
1:30pm EST/
10:30am PST
Guild of American Papercutters’ Open Board Meeting (All welcome!)
3:45pm EST/
12:45pm PST
Virtual Tour of the Guild of Papercutters’ National Museum at Laurel Arts
plus
Scattergories and Scavenger Hunt Games! Hosted by Melanie Kehoss with Damian Schaab