In June of 1995, Les Amis de la Reliure d'Art
du Canada was founded. It is an official chapter of an
international association devoted to promoting art bookbinding
on the national and international stage.
Created in July 12th, 1982, in Toulouse
(France) by Marcel Garrigou, the international association
Les Amis de la Reliure d'Art - and its different chapters-
has taken on the mandate of promoting all forms of bookbinding:
ancient, modern and contemporary. Its main objectives are to
make known the art of bookbinding to the public at large; to
encourage and help bookbinding professionals and, mostly, to
stimulate the development of this activity; to organize, within
a permanent structure, a common meeting group for booklovers and
artists.
Its principal means of
action are the organization of exhibition; the setting up of symposiums, debates, lectures or any
other presentation likely to attract media attention; the
establishment of contacts or links with other societies and
associations having similar objectives and
more particularly bibliophilism societies, as well as other
interested professional organizations.
