Preview: Friday, July 22, 6–10 pm
Saturday, July 23, 11am-6pm
Sunday, July 24, 11am-5pm

The 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair presents its inaugural festival of artists’ publications. This multi-day event is free and open to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, zines, printed ephemera and artists' multiples. These works, ranging from five to several hundred dollars, will be presented by 70 independent publishers, antiquarian dealers, artists, collectors and enthusiasts. Over the course of the weekend, the fair will be complemented by a diverse range of talks, book launches and signings.

A preview will be held on the evening of Friday, July 22, 2016 from 6 to 10 pm, that will feature live music and refreshments. This event is free and open to the public.

PARTICIPANTS
[ 2nd floor projects ] (SF); 2NC Books/Motto (LA/Berlin); 2nd Cannons Publications (LA); 6 Decades Books (SF); 871 Fine Arts (SF); The Aesthetic Union (SF); Altman Siegel (SF); Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books (PDX); ARTBOOK | D.A.P. (NY); Atelier Éditions Publisher (LA); Basement (SF); Capricious Publisher (NY); Casemore Kirkeby (SF); Colpa (SF); Container Corps (PDX); Creative Growth Art Center (OAK); Darin Klein (LA); Deadbeat Club (LA); Disorder Press (SF/NOLA); Division Leap (PDX); Eggy Press (Berkeley); Electric Works (SF); Endless Editions (NY); Et Al Publications (SF); ExtraCurricular Press (SF); Franchise Magazine (CA); Gallery 16 (SF); Hamburger Eyes (LA); Hesse Press (LA); Houseboat Press (SF); The Ice Plant (LA); Inventory Press (NY); John DeMerritt Bookbinding (CA); Kadist (SF); Kayrock Screenprinting (NY); Kunstcapades (SF); The Lab (SF); Land and Sea (OAK); Last Gasp (SF); Little Big Man Books (LA); Little Paper Planes (SF); Louis Schmidt (LA); Mack Books (UK); Mandujano_Cell (LA); McSweeney's (SF); modlitbooks (SF); Monograph Bookwerks (PDX); Never Press (LA); New Documents (LA); Night Diver Press (OAK); Owl Cave Books (SF); Paper Monument (NY); Park Life (SF); People I've Loved (OAK); Peradam (NY); Pier 24 Photography (SF); The Posters (LA); Publication Studio Oakland (OAK); RAM Publications + Distribution (LA); Ratio 3 (SF); RE/Search Publications (SF); RITE Editions (SF); SFAQ (SF); SFMOMA (SF); Southern Exposure (SF); Steven Leiber Basement (SF); Stripe SF/Jon Sueda (CA); TBW Books (OAK); The THING Quarterly (SF); Tiny Splendor (OAK/Berkeley); Um Yeah Arts (CA); Unity Press (OAK); Unpiano Books (NY); Vacancy Projects (LA); Visible Publications (SF); YBCA (SF)

PROGRAMMING + EVENTS

FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016

DJ Primo
6PM - 10PM

Performance by Carletta Sue Kay
8PM

SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2016

Allison Smith Book Signing
11AM, Southern Exposure, Booth #A1

Sean McFarland Book Signing
12PM, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, 1st Floor

Michael Jang Book Signing
1PM, Atelier Éditions, Booth #A29

ABCheeeese! Book Release Party
1-3PM, TBW Books, Booth #A44

Deanna & Ed Templeton Book Signing 
2PM, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, 1st Floor
Presented by Um Yeah Arts

Joe Roberts Poster Signing
2PM, The Posters, Booth #C4

Lawrence Ferlinghetti in Conversation with Kate Eilertsen 
3PM, Rena Bransten Gallery, 2nd Floor
RSVP Required

Todd Hido Artist Talk 
4PM, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, 1st Floor

AFTER HOURS

Et al. Etc. - bad case of the uglies (or Freedom and Abstraction? Keep Your Shadow in a Heavy Coat?)
Opening Saturday, July 23, 6PM - 9PM

Bass & Reiner presents The Ninth Gate
Saturday, July 23, 9PM

After Party @ The Rock Bar
Saturday, July 23rd, 10PM - 2AM
ADULT FACE PAINT vs. LET'S GET WEIRD!
PRESENTS ALL NIGHT ART WORLD AFTER PARTY!
CAPITAL...MILK OF THE POPPY, SF ART BOOK FAIR, ET AL ETC, YAUTEPEC (MEXICO CITY) AND SF MOMA AFTER, AFTER, AFTER PARTY!!! RECORDS BY: JONATHAN RUNCIO, MICHAEL FRIEDMAN, BOB LINDER, MATTHEW CLIFFORD GREEN, PEDRO ALEJANDRO VERDIN, JOSHUA ABELOW

SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016

Dave King Artist Talk
12PM, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, 1st Floor

Dave King Book Signing
2PM, Needles & Pens, Booth #C6
 
Dave Dyment Artist Talk
1PM, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery, 1st Floor

Elisheva Biernoff Book Launch & Signing
1PM, RITE Editions, Booth #C5

Additional Ongoing Programming

Civic TV Screening in the Media Room
July 22 - 24, 2016

G16 Pop-Up Gallery @ 1275 Minnesota Street, 2nd Floor 
July 15 - 31, 2016

DeMerritt/Pauwels Editions Pop-Up @ 1275 Minnesota Street, 2nd Floor
July 12-31, 2016

Kunstcapades Live Radio Show, Booth #B11
July 22-24, 2016

Art Book Show @ Bass & Reiner, 1275 Minnesota Street,
2nd Floor
July 16 - September 3rd, 2016

The fair is organized by Minnesota Street Project, Colpa Press and Park Life. 

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