For the third yr in a row, Minnesota Avenue Mission Basis presents the San Francisco Artwork E book Truthful (SFABF), going down July 10–13, 2025, within the metropolis’s Dogpatch neighborhood. Probably the most anticipated free, large-scale annual Bay Space arts occasions, SFABF celebrates artwork publishing and print tradition, bringing collectively unbiased publishers, artists, designers, collectors, and lovers from world wide. The truthful helps maintain the creation and distribution of printed materials by supporting the unbiased publishing group, fostering engagement, and putting the distinctive historical past and views of the Bay Space in dialogue with nationwide and worldwide publishing communities.
SFABF25 welcomes over 150 unbiased exhibitors, 30 of whom are worldwide, touring from nations together with Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and Nicaragua. The truthful showcases a variety of printed materials, together with artists’ books, zines, monographs, artwork catalogues, periodicals, and extra.
Including to the joy, Minnesota Avenue Mission Basis is increasing SFABF programming this yr. Guests are invited into the Screening Gallery and Exhibition Warehouse at 1201 Minnesota Avenue to expertise new and never-before-seen applications, together with the West Coast debut of 2024 Paris Photograph – Aperture PhotoBook Awards and a sequence of screening applications curated by San Francisco Cinematheque.
SFABF25 guests may also expertise quite a lot of e-book launches, signings, and particular tasks, with programming curated by David Senior, Director of Library at San Francisco Museum of Trendy Artwork (SFMOMA), introduced by exhibitors and native arts organizations, together with Fort Mason Heart for Arts & Tradition, Letterform Archive, San Francisco Heart for the E book, / (Slash), the Wattis Institute for Up to date Arts, and extra.
SFABF fundraiser editions by two Bay Space artists will even be obtainable: a display print by Sarah Hotchkiss produced with Poppy Press, and a restricted variety of distinctive multiples by Sean McFarland produced with Lightsource SF.
To be taught extra, go to sfartbookfair.com.
