pictured above, left to right:
Sara Gilfert, founder
Barb Campagnola, Director
Dave Panich BOD chair

Paper Circle is dedicated to the celebration, preservation and advancement of the paper and book arts. Our values, mission and what we do today sprang from the dreams of our founder, Sara Gilfert. She describes herself as having been "infected with the love of paper" over 25 years ago, though the idea of founding a non-profit was a mere twinkling in her eye back then. It began in her home studio in 2001. With Rural Action as a fiscal agent in 2003, three eager and talented apprentices and a burning desire to share her love and experience with as wide a circle of people
as possible, Sara founded
Paper Circle.

In 2003 the newly founded Paper Circle - with all of Sara's equipment - moved to its present home on the historic square of Nelsonville. This historic gem of an old coal-mining town, offered empty storefronts, low rents and a very high aesthetic. Today over 20 galleries and studios and shops are located on
or near the square.

Paper Circle today is
a 2400 square foot
gallery, with six exhibitions
annually, an art studio
for workshops and classes,
a shop and a community
center for youth.

Please visit our
programs page
to access our
offerings, including
Circle Round the Square
our summer
youth arts initiative,
entering its
fifth year.

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2007 financials