Kara Petraglia
President
Kara Petraglia is a book artist, writer, and nonprofit fundraiser, with a BFA in Painting from the University of Florida, and an MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from the University of the Arts. Kara grew up in South Florida, only to return to her New York roots in 2007. After pursuing a career in nonprofit arts fundraising and services, Kara decided to return to the studio, relocating to the Greater Philadelphia Area.
Currently, she is a freelance fundraising operations consultant in Greater Philadelphia, and spends time in her studio thinking about salt, water, and time.
Amanda D’Amico
Secretary
Amanda D’Amico is a book artist working under the imprint Tiny Revolutionary Press. She is the Master Printer at the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, and teaches at the University of the Arts and Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She serves on the boards of the Philadelphia Center for the Book and The Soapbox: Community Print Shop and Zine Library, is the Vice Co-Chair of Events for the College Book Art Association, and is an artist member of the Impractical Laborers in Service of the Speculative Arts. Her artist’s books have been collected and exhibited nationally.
Alina Josan
Free Library of Philadelphia Liaison
Alina Josan has called Philadelphia home for over twenty years, finding time to make artwork while working in dozens of local archives, conservation labs and libraries. She studied painting and art history at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and library science at Drexel University. As an Art Department librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia, she continues the tradition of extensive collaboration with the Philadelphia Center for the Book.