Exhibitions

Stardust:
25 years of the Jaffe Collection
JCBA Book Arts Gallery & Lobby

STARDUST: 25 Years of the Jaffe Collection is a 25-year retrospective of the Jaffe Center for Book Arts and the collection that inspired it. The exhibition includes artists' books and limited editions featured in the original grand opening on January 6, 2000, and additions to the Jaffe Collection over the past 25 years, including our newest acquisition: "Unabridged" by Karen Hanmer. The show also includes works by our students and works by our Salzberg Residents, plus books and ephemera from the Arthur J. Williams Pop-Up Collection and the Rosa Trillo Clough Archive of Italian Futurism –– two related collections at Florida Atlantic University Libraries that have found good company at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts.

25 YEARS of the JAFFE COLLECTION

2025 brings an important milestone for Book Arts Enthusiasts: It's the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Jaffe Collection, the seed that grew into the Jaffe Center for Book Arts.

Arthur & Mata Jaffe wielded the giant scissors at the ribbon cutting ceremony on the sixth day of January 2000, and here we are, 25 years later, so grateful for your support all these years. We've got plans for small celebrations throughout this important year, starting off with a exhibition opening and gallery talk with book artist Karen Hanmer on Sunday afternoon, February 16.

Exhibition Hours

The portion of the exhibition that is in the Jaffe Book Arts Gallery is available for viewing during our regular hours: Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM. Visits outside these hours are possible, by appointment. To schedule an appointment, fill out the form at the bottom of this page, or email jcutrone@fau.edu. The portion of the exhibition located in our lobby is available for viewing whenever the Wimberly Library is open. Find hours for each day here: https://library.fau.edu/hours
DIRECTIONS & PARKING

JCBA is located on the third floor east of Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library. From I-95 or the Florida Turnpike, exit Glades Road, east. The FAU campus is located just east of I-95. If you enter the campus at FAU's main entrance (the one furthest west on Glades Road... and the first you'll see approaching from I-95), you will enter on West University Drive. Continue straight on West University Drive to the traffic light at Volusia Street. Turn right onto Volusia Street. Parking Garage 1 is on Volusia Street, and the Wimberly Library is the next building east.

The I-95 interchange for Florida Atlantic University (Exit 48A) takes you directly from the interstate to FAU. Once you pass the traffic light at Spanish River Boulevard, you are on the FAU campus on FAU Boulevard. Continue to the traffic signal at the intersection of FAU Boulevard and University Drive (FAU Stadium will be on your right). Turn right onto University Drive. Turn left at the traffic signal at Volusia Street. Parking Garage 1 is on Volusia Street, and the Wimberly Library is the next building east.

Visitors to the FAU campus must pay at the meters or use the ParkMobile app (or visit https://parkmobile.io/) to park on campus. Both are available 24/7. Parking is $2.50 per hour. Vehicles must be parked nose-in.

Visitors using the ParkMobile app or website may park in any yellow or blue lot. Blue spots are designated by normal white lines on the ground. Parking Garage 1, which is the garage adjacent to the Library, is a blue lot. The ParkMobile parking zone for the library's parking lot (Lot 19/20) is Zone 6927. The parking zone for Parking Garage 1, which is the building just west of the library, is Zone 6931.

Vehicles paying by physical meter must park in the yellow metered lot and spaces. These will have yellow lines on the ground as well as “Pay By Plate” signs in front of each. These are found in Lot 19 in front of the Library. Find a campus map here: Maps (fau.edu)