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.

The deadline to apply to be an exhibitor will be announced in Spring 2026.

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

OCTOBER
31st-NOVEMBER 1st, 2026

Co-presented by Carnegie Museum of Art

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pghartbookfair@gmail.com
@pghartbookfair


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PRESS
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PGH City Paper


PABF 2024 ARCHIVE

PABF 2023 ARCHIVE

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.

THANK YOU to MaskUp Pittsburgh. We deeply value protecting our community, and strongly encourage masks at this event.

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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

photo courtesy of Jaye Frances Imagery

THANK YOU to our friends,
families, and volunteers.

Allie De Rubeis
Ariana Nedelman
Burdock Irwin
Casey Hausner
Cassy Lincoln
Catherine Shen
Charles Fatur
Eriko Hattori
Eva Phillips
Gil Skupin
Harrison Apple
Helen Jones
Jen Cooney
Jenn Gooch
Johanna Colaizzi
Josie Martin
June Fagan
Kabir Bakshi
Laurel Stevens
Laurence Gao
Lily Tolchin
Max Forsyth
Nick Troutman
Ruby Velasco
Sam Hindman
Sara jordan Fine
Sarah La Ponte
Sarah Louise
Sean Masuda
Tov Elia