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MANCHESTER ARTISTS BOOK FAIR

Opportunities in Galway and Edinburgh

20/11/2015

A couple of opportunities for book artists, as tweeted by Sarah Bodman of UWE.

Call for interest - Artists’ Books Exhibition at Galway International Arts Festival 2016. Info and link to email: http://www.impressionsbiennial.com

Applications open for the Artists' BookMarket @fruitmarket in Edinburgh 27/28 Feb 2016. Deadline: 12th January 2016. http://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/artists-bookmarket/444 …

PAGES Leeds is taking submissions for 2016

22/9/2015

Pages Leeds International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair are taking submissions for next year - they take submissions through Curator Space.

Opportunities up and (a little bit) down the country

28/4/2015

We might not be able to bring you information about this year's Manchester's artists' book fair as yet, but meanwhile There Are Others out there...

First up, a new fair:

Calling All Book Artists!

We are happy to announce that we are starting up an Artist’s Book Fair at West Studios in Chesterfield on the 6th and 7th of June 2015, and we need you!

West Studios is based at Chesterfield College and is a new and exciting creative development. We house 16 creative businesses in 4 large shared studio spaces, as well as offering a meeting room, exhibition space, gallery shop, retail space and drop-in studio. Please visit West Studios’ Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WestS41

Our event space can hold up to 18 tables which will be available on a first come first served basis. The tables will measure approximately 6’x2’6” and will be provided with a chair, but please bring your own table covering. Fixing to the walls is not allowed, however in some areas things could be hung from the wall.

If you would like to take part in this year’s fair the fee will be £25 for a full table or £12 half a table, payable in advance. Applications to participate are open, and if you have any further questions please contact us at: weststudios@chesterfield.ac.uk or telephone 01246 500799.

Please visit our Chesterfield Artist Book Fair Facebook page, http://on.fb.me/1CUglwt

Secondly, a fair at the Baltic:

Call for Exhibitors: Artists’ Book Market at BALTIC, Gateshead, UK

Friday 10th & Saturday 11th July 2015, 10.00-17.00 BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead plays host to a national two day Artists’ Book Market. Submissions for tables are welcome from artists, bookmakers, small press publishers, artist’s groups, zine artists, bookbinders, trade and suppliers. Exhibitors’ stalls are 90 x 180 cm approx.

Prices for stalls are as follows:- Individual artist/imprint/collective: £60- College/university: £120 - Trade/supplier: £150

CALL FOR ARTIST’S BOOK INTERVENTIONS: An opportunity to propose ideas for talks, demonstrations, performances, screenings and other interventions that could last between 15 minutes – 2 hours. Selected interventions will receive a bursary of £100 as well as curatorial/technical support and documentation.

Deadline for submissions for exhibitors’ stalls and/or interventions is 18th May 2015.Selected applicants will be notified by 22 May 2015. To secure a stall the exhibitors’ fee must be paid within14 days from receipt of invoice.

For further details on how to apply and to download submission forms please go to: www.balticmill.com or contact the organiser, Theresa Easton:theresa_easton@yahoo.co.uk

So come on, all you lovely book artists, apply today!

It's been a while...

18/1/2015

Where does the time go? Instead of weeks it has been months since photos from the 2014 fair should have been uploaded (sorry about that), but at last they're there, and gradually being labelled so that people know who's who.

Looking at the photos of the marbling demonstration was a reminder of how much fun visitors and exhibitors alike had, taking their own turn at mixing colours and making marbling magic. So you might like to know that Sue Shaw will be running a marbling course at Hot Bed Press this spring. Places are limited, but if you would like to book yourself a place or find out more, try here.

And for anyone chasing down book arts fairs around the country, how about Counter, in Plymouth? It should be taking place this year at the end of October.

And don't forget the Zitouna Press talk at Hot Bed Press tomorrow

19/10/2014

25 YEARS OF ZITOUNA - EVENING TALK WITH RONI GROSS
Monday 20th October 2014
From: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Tomorrow - Monday 20th October - £10 (£5 Members) Based in New York, Zitouna have issued multiples for the past 25 years. Begun as a means of celebrating the secular holidays Halloween and Valentine’s Day these projects developed into explorations of the themes of love and death. The objects have taken many forms over the years: from constructed rolodex to broadsides, photographic puzzles, volvelles and flip books. Letterpress, offset and xerox prints, photography, watercolour and collage are some of the mediums employed. Many of the pieces are in the permanent collections of universities and museums (including Harvard, Yale, Brooklyn Museum, New York Public Library).

Cost: £10.00 / £5.00 members -

No need to book, just arrive and pay on the door!

Bristol's BABE 2015 now taking bookings

23/9/2014

The Bristol fair only comes around every two years - get booking.

Bristol Artist’s Book Event at Arnolfini
Saturday 11th April and Sunday 12th April 2015
11am - 6pm Saturday and 11am – 5pm Sunday

Arnolfini and The Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, are very pleased to announce the fifth Bristol Artist’s Book Event (BABE) at Arnolfini! BABE will take place on Saturday 11th April and Sunday 12th April 2015 with stands over the galleries and auditorium space of Arnolfini.

As stands are going fast, early booking is advised, email Sarah Bodman Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk telling us what you want from the list below. Tables are allocated on a first come first served basis so don’t delay!

auditorium large stand - downstairs in the dark space (table 180 cm, +2 chairs) 95.00
galleries 2 and 3 large stand - first floor white space (table 180 cm, +2 chairs) 95.00
small stand in light studio - second floor white space (table 160 cm, + 2 chairs) 75.00
small stand in dark studio - second floor dark space (table 160 cm, + 2 chairs) 75.00

There will also be workshops, tours of the event, ‘book surgeries’, exhibitions of books and events running over the weekend. We really hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you! Sarah, Tom, Phil, Holly and Helen

Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
www.arnolfini.org.uk

Hot Bed Press and a WHOLE WEEK of book arts courses, straight after the fair

29/8/2014

What can you offer the person who loves book arts? Why, more book arts of course! And so Hot Bed Press has organised a week of courses - six of them, count them - following hard on the heels of this year's fair. Running from Monday 20th to Sunday 26th October, there are morning courses, whole day courses, even a weekend course, and in addition Roni Gross, New York book artist (also at the fair), will be talking about 25 years of Zitouna on the Monday evening.

You can read all about them on the 'What else is on' page (each course title takes you to a booking page) or go direct to the Hot Bed Press website - the talk and all the courses will be at Hot Bed Press in Salford.

A Christmas Artists' Book Market on the Tyne

13/7/2014

It's good to see that the number of book arts fairs is thriving. After last year's fair at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts, another has been scheduled for this December:

ARTISTS’ BOOK MARKET AT

Friday 5 & Saturday 6 December 2014
10.00-17.00

CALL FOR EXHIBITORS

For two days only, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead plays host to a national two day Artists’ Book Market. Submissions are welcome from artists, bookmakers, small press publishers, artist’s groups, zine artists and bookbinders.

APPLICATION DETAILS

Deadline for submission: 1 October 2014

Selected applicants will be notified by 8 October 2014
To secure your stall the exhibitors’ fee must be paid by 17 October 2014
Exhibitors’ fee = £60 per table (90 x 180cm)

For further details on how to apply and to download submission forms please go to: www.balticmill.com or contact the organiser, Theresa Easton theresa_easton@yahoo.co.uk .

balticmill.com

Liverpool's Artists' Book Fair - the first in the renovated Central Library

7/7/2014

Liverpool Central Library hosted the Liverpool Artists' Book Fair on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July, in a truly British mix of endless rain (Friday) and glorious sunshine (Saturday). The children's circular Discover library was a lovely venue for the event and I think both exhibitors and visitors enjoyed their time there. The exhibition of artists' books old and new in the Hornby Library (which finished on Sunday 6th) was also a delight, with some works suspended above the room.

The organiser, Simon Ryder, hopes to be able to hold the fair again in 2015, .

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26/2/2014

The Leeds International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair will be taking place at its new venue, The Tetley, on Friday 7th (6-9pm), Saturday 8th (11am-6pm) and Sunday 9th March (11am-5pm), with lots of excellent exhibitors attending. It's sure to be as good as ever. For the last few years the fair has been in the Parkinson Court so it'll be interesting to see it in a different setting.