Prairie Art Book Fair

×

Expand

Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber, "Prairie Art Book Fair," 2018, acrylic on panel

Friday, September 7 | 4-8pm

Saturday, September 8 | 11am-7pm

Sunday, September 9 | 11am-5pm

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to present the first gathering in the Prairies of book makers focused on art.

The Prairie Art Book Fair will take place Friday, September 7 to Sunday, September 9, 2018 and will feature free entry, engaging events and showcase the diverse and accomplished publications of over 30 publishers, galleries, and artists from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Minnesota.

The inaugural Prairie Art Book Fair is presented by Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art and is dedicated to exhibiting the diverse and accomplished work of Prairie-based art publishers and booksellers. Plug In ICA sets this initiative in motion as a means to acknowledge the critical relationship between contemporary art and publishing with a regional focus on the Prairies. The weekend includes book launches, readings and talks, and will showcase publications from 30 publishers, artists and galleries ranging from catalogues, artist editions, fiction, poetry, criticism, and periodicals. The Prairie Art Book Fair is free and open to the public.

Events include a launch of local zine Whiny Femmes, collaborative hole punch drawing with Winnipeg born artist Micah Lexier; a talk connecting DIY tattooing and artist multiples by Maxine Proctor (Director and Co-founder of the Toronto Art Book Fair and Managing Editor of BlackFlash Magazine), and a workshop with key presenter Jeff Khonsary (Co-Founding and Artistic Director of Fillip and Director of New Documents) on alternative book fair models, looking at the economics and social space of the book fair model itself.

Exhibitors: aceartinc. • ARP Books • Articulate Ink (Regina) • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers • At Bay Press • Bison Books • BlackFlash Magazine (Saskatoon) • BLINKERS Art & Project Space • Border Crossings • Carnation • Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber • Esker Foundation (Calgary) • Cliff Eyland • Galleries West (Calgary)• Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg • Jeff Khonsary (Fillip and New Documents) (Vancouver/Los Angeles) • MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina) • Martha Street Studio • Parameter Press • Plug In ICA • Public Parking (Winnipeg/Regina/Calgary/Steinbach) • Red Rising Magazine • Remai Modern (Saskatoon) • The Third Rail (Minneapolis) • University of Calgary Press (Calgary) • Urban Shaman Gallery • Video Pool Media Arts Centre • Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff) • Warehouse Journal • Whiny Femmes