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Pittsburgh Art Book Fair (PABF) and Carnegie Museum of Art invite you to join a community of makers, readers, and appreciators of artist books. The annual PABF is a free annual event dedicated to printed matter featuring local, national, and international exhibitors. Meet artists, publishers, and other art book enthusiasts while browsing participating vendors and shopping an incredible range of artist books, zines, and publications.

The deadline to apply to be an exhibitor is May 1st, 2025.

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PABF is co-directed by Emma Honcharski, Mary Tremonte, and Jacquelyn Johnson.

SEPTEMBER
20th-21st, 2025

Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art

2024 EXHIBITORS
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2024 PROGRAMS

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PABF 2023 ARCHIVE



 

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2025
Sept. 20–21




Carnegie Museum of Art 
Hall of Sculpture

Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art, the Pittsburgh Art Book Fair (PABF) is a free, annual celebration of printed matter featuring local, national, and international exhibitors.

pghartbookfair@gmail.com
@pghartbookfair

︎ Support PABF on Kofi
PABF Co-Directors: Emma Honcharski, Mary Tremonte, Jacquelyn Johnson

pghartbookfair@gmail.com
@pghartbookfair

THANK YOU to Caroline Kern and Chas Wagner, 2 of PABF’s founding co-directors.

THANK YOU to Carnegie Museum of Art, especially Dana Bishop Root, Brette Richmond, Blaine Siegel, Delaney Oakes, and Jordan Bohannon.

THANK YOU to the studio schools at Carnegie Mellon University: 
CMU School of Architecture
CMU School of Art
CMU School of Design
Special thanks to Charlie White.

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Emma Honcharski is a writer and co-founder of Dinner Bell Magazine, a print publication of food writing and art. She works in media strategy and production, and enjoys bringing people together offline.

Mary Tremonte is an artist, printmaker and DJ who has worked in the creation and presentation of printed matter for over 25 years. She is a founding member of Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and co-organizer of Queer Ecology Hanky Project.

Jacquelyn Johnson is an artist, photographer, and garment sewist. In addition to self publishing (Cool Dry Place), she has supported many other artist publications through research, fabrication, and documentation
THANK YOU to our friends,
families, and volunteers.

Aida Mirebrahimi
Alastair Thompson
Arpita Choudhury
Bowen Sjolander
Christina Hansen
Daxton DiPiazza
Eden Munday
Elizabeth Dileonardi
Elizabeth Liang
Emma Minnows
Harrison Apple
Jacob Paul
Jenn Gooch
Johanna Colaizzi
Kara Selberis
Karen Lue
Laura Ricketts
Laurel Stevens
Lloyd Wallace
Marcus Rahauser
Max Forsyth
Michaela Blanc
Middy Vella
Nicole Paterson
Olive Dileonardi
Paula Kupfer
Rebecca Lynch
Rocco Dileonardi
Rosabel Kurth
Sarah Chen
Sean Dileonardi
Sean Morrissey
Sonny Nicholson
Stephanie Garrison
Victoria Sterling
Zachary Luettgen



EXHIBITORS


(___) blankspace / Joey Behrens

51 Personae

Alchemic Print

Alex Belardo Kostiw

Almost Perfect Press

Amalgam

Amelia Kieras

Antenna Press

B_KS@

Basil Al-Araj Revolutionary Mobile Library

BearBear

Becky Sungja Kim & Hwasun "Sunni" Park

bench press

Boundless Bound Publishing

BOVINE press

Broccoli

BULK Space

Carnegie Museum of Art

Christine Lorenz

Clarine Lee

Clown Kisses Press

CMU School of Architecture

CMU School of Art

CMU School of Design

Combos Press

Conflict Kitchen

Container

Current Editions

Each and Every

Empress Editions

Erin Moore

Ezra Blank + Zeja Z. Copes






Femme Salée

Flower Press

Forest Magic Press

Gather Around Projects

GAUCHE

Girls, on Film

Greenhorns

Haec City / Also Books

HAMBRE HAMBRE HAMBRE

Hannah Moog

Headmaster

higu rose

HOMOCATS

inner loop press

Irma Freeman Center

Issue Press

John Fleenor

Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative

Karen’s Book Row

Kate Fitzpatrick

Knust/Extrapool

Koyubi Studio

Kurt Boone Books

Late Comeback Press

Late Night Copies Press

LORRAINE

Maake Magazine

MAKERMAKER

Michael Gill Books And Prints

MishMash

Missy Hall Nicholson

Moody

Natia Ser





Other Forms

Outlandish Press

Pajewski Studios

Paper Cuts

Pegacorn Press//Caroline Kern

pitymilk press/bathmatics

Publication Studio

Random Man Editions

Rathaus Press

Risotrip Print Shop Co.

Sequence giftshop

Shelly Zhang and Jessie Chen

SIDE Editions

Silver Eye Center for Photography

Sojourners for Justice Press

Spaces Corners

Spark Journal

Specific Ideas

Studio PDP

Taxonomy Press

Temporary Services / Half Letter Press

The Commentary by Wick Monet

Thick Press

THUNGRY

TOMATO TOMATO TOMATO

Tree News

Two Steps Press

Vernal Pool / Corinne Teed

Who Press’d Press

Written In Air

Written Names Fanzine

Zsuzsi Matolcscy




(2024)

EXHIBITORS BY REGION


PENNSYLVANIA
(___)blankspace / Joey Behrens *
Alchemic Print *
april april *
Bekezela Mguni *
Charlie Welch
Christine Lorenz *
CMU School of Architecture *
CMU School of Art *
CMU School of Design *
Container *
Corinne Teed / Vernal Pool
Fungus Books & Records *
Gather Around Projects
Haec City / Also Books *
higu rose *
Huner Francis *
IIIII columns
Justseeds *
Karen's Book Row *
Kim Beck / Flotilla Flotilla *
Many Folds Press / FORTUNE
Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University *
Pittsburgh Zine Fair *
Romance *
Silver Eye Center for Photography *
Spaces Corners *
Tree News
 
local *

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COLORADO
Benschop Books

CALIFORNIA
Current Editions
Special Effects


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Lavender Lizard Press

FLORIDA
Shortt Editions

ILLINOIS
bench press
Other Forms
Purple Palms Press
Temporary Services / Half Letter Press


INDIANA
Temporary Services / Half Letter Press
Two Steps Press


LOUISIANA
Trashboy

MARYLAND
Homie House Press
Saint Lucy Books


MASSACHUSETTS
Juan Madrid

MICHIGAN
BULK Space
Flower Press
Issue Press


MINNESOTA
Late Night Copies Pre

NEW YORK
Combos Press
Cosmic Dog House Press
EXTRA CREDIT
Forest Magic Press
Pinko Magazine
Research & Destroy New York City
Scott McCarney VisualBooks
Sojourners for Justice Press
Superstars Only

NEW JERSEY
Kurt Boone Books

NORTH CAROLINA
Stephen Parks / Constant Ritual

OHIO
Empress Editions
Specific Ideas


OREGON
Broccoli
Inverted Press
Pine Island Press


VIRGINIA
Clown Kisses Press
Late Comeback Press
Kate Fitzpatrick
Sissy Boy Press


CANADA

NOVA SCOTIA
Copy Shop Books

ONTARIO
Alicia's Klassic Kool Shoppe
Jamiyla Lowe


QUEBEC
B&D Press

THE NETHERLANDS
Set Margins' publications

MILAN, ITALY
Homie House Press


EXHIBITOR PROFILES



(___) Blankspace / Joey Behrens

Small run artist books and publications connected to (___); a home undergoing renovation and site for experimental co-creation and creative inquiry.

@834_____blankspace______
@joey.behrens
(___) Blankspace / Joey Behrens
Pittsburgh, PA