PABF 

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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.

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PABF is co-directed by Caroline Kern, Chas Wagner, Emma Honcharski, Mary Tremonte, Jacquelyn Johnson.

SEPTEMBER
28th-29th, 2024

Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art

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@pghartbookfair


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PABF 2023 ARCHIVE



(2023) EXHIBITORS BY REGION
PENNSYLVANIA
(__) Blankspace / Joey Behrens
Bekezela Mguni
Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture
Carnegie Mellon University School of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
Container
e.l. Hymns
Empress Editions
Faktur Journal
Fungus Books
Haec City
Higu Rose
Huner Francis Publishing
Iz Horgan & Samuel Horgan
Jake Reinhart & Rachael C Banks & Nathan Pearce
Justseeds
Karen's Book Row
Kim Beck / Flotilla Flotilla
Misfeed Press
Pittsburgh Book Arts Collective
Pittsburgh Zine Fair
Plus Equals
Point Line Projects
PULLPROOF Studio
Sarah Cho & Shelley Zhang
Seaton Street Press
Silver Eye Center for Photography
Sleeper Studio
Spaces Corners
Spellbound Herbal
Studio Racine
Tree News

CALIFORNIA
Poppers the Pony


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Christopher Kardambikis / Paper Cuts Zines
Lavender Lizard Press

ILLINOIS
Jake Reinhart & Rachael C Banks & Nathan Pearce
Michelle Ho
Purple Palms Press



KENTUCKY
Alternate Projects
Jake Reinhart & Rachael C Banks & Nathan Pearce


MARYLAND
Baltimore Photo Space
Girls, on Film
Homie House Press
Katana Lippart

MICHIGAN
Issue Press
Qynce B. Chumley
The Topophiliac Project

MISSOURI
Flatpack Publications
NEW YORK
Combos Press
Cosmic Doghouse Press
Laura Salgarolo
Leah Mackin
Superstars Only
Women's Studio Workshop


NORTH CAROLINA
Sleeper Studio
Stephen Parks




OHIO
Arron Foster
Jess Fijalkovich / Ghost Library

RHODE ISLAND
Iz Horgan & Samuel Horgan


TEXAS
Logan Larsen

VIRGINIA


Clown Kisses Press
Hannah Moog
Kate Fitzpatrick


MILAN, ITALY
Homie House Press

(2023)

PROGRAMMING



PANELS

Carnegie Museum of Art Theater

Saturday, September 9th


Artists at the Center:
Why We Make It!

11:00am-12:00pm
Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo and
Erin Zona have been brought
together by their work at Women’ Studio Workshop as artists an organizers. Their artistic an organizing practices build upo and expand the possibilities o producing artist multiples and printed matter

Archives at the Center:
Where and How It Lives!
1:00pm–2:00pm
Leo Hsu (Silver Eye Center for
Photography), Kate Joranson
(Frick Fine Arts Library at the
University of Pittsburgh), and
Brittany Reilly (Aaronel deRoy
Gruber Foundation) have unique
relationships to archives and the
artist publication. We are excited
to connect their active practices
that center the archives while
building counter-narratives about artists and their histories.

Paper Cuts Panel Discussion
and Podcast Live Recording
3:00pm–4:00pm
Hosted by Christopher Kardambikis, Paper Cuts is an audio exploration of the contemporary world of zine and DIY publishing. Christopher will interview four PABF exhibitors on their publishing practice followe by an audience Q and A session.


HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

Hall of Architecture
All ages welcome!

Join makers and publishers for
drop-in programming during
PABF for hands-on bookmaking
and skill sharing!

Saturday, September 9th


10:30am–3:00pm
How can one piece of paper
become a book? Join Carnegie
Museum of Art Educators in makin books through paper folding.

11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Zine Cart with Jill Chisnell

Sunday,
September 10th


10:30am–3:00pm
How can one piece of paper
become a book? Join Carnegie
Museum of Art Educators in makin books through paper folding.

10:30am–12:30pm
Book binding with Brent Nakamoto. Learn single sewn signature and/or stab binding

1:00pm–3:00pm
Tiny Zine Making/Finding Zine
Inspiration with Fiona Avocado.
Choose content and create
your own zine using a variety
of materials.