DETAILS: http://www.vancouverartbookfair.com
Free and open to the public, VA/BF is the only international art book fair in Canada and one of only two on the West Coast. In 2014 the event is anticipated to attract over 1,500 visitors from across the Greater Vancouver Area and beyond.
Presented by Project Space, VA/BF is a two-day festival of artists’ publishing featuring nearly one hundred local, national and international publishers, as well as a diverse line-up of programs, performances an...
DETAILS: http://www.vancouverartbookfair.com
Free and open to the public, VA/BF is the only international art book fair in Canada and one of only two on the West Coast. In 2014 the event is anticipated to attract over 1,500 visitors from across the Greater Vancouver Area and beyond.
Presented by Project Space, VA/BF is a two-day festival of artists’ publishing featuring nearly one hundred local, national and international publishers, as well as a diverse line-up of programs, performances and installations. Featured artists travel to Vancouver from across Canada and the globe, and produce everything from books, magazines, zines and printed ephemera to digital, performative or other experimental forms of publication.
MEMBERS PREVIEW
Friday, October 3, 6–8pm
Vancouver Art Gallery Annex
Members get an exclusive preview of VA/BF by showing their Member cards at the door. Get yours at: http://www.projectspace.ca/membership
VA/BF RECEPTION
Friday, October 3, 9pm
UNIT/PITT Projects, 236 E Pender St
A social event for exhibitors and the public the night before VA/BF. Featuring the release of the latest iteration of ISSUE magazine.
ARTISTS’ BOOKS WEEK
September 29 to October 5, 2014
Full schedule at:
http://2014.vancouverartbookfair.com/artistsbooksweek/
SUBMIT YOUR EVENT: info@projectspace.ca
VA/BF will also produce Artists’ Books Week, a parallel series of events hosted in spaces across Vancouver by a variety of artists, curators, collectives and institutions across the city who are actively creating and presenting work in this medium.
MORE BOOKS
In 2014, the Fair will also coincide with the Vancouver Book Fair, taking place next door at UBC Robson Square, which features collectible, antiquarian and rare books.
