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The Shop How to Art Book Fair Zine by Paul Shortt
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How to Art Book Fair Zine by Paul Shortt

$12.00

“‘How to Art Book Fair’ features advice on how to plan, participate, and succeed in an art book or zine fest. This book features sections on pricing, selling, table layout, being a good tablemate, talking to fair organizers, trading, and more. With extra advice from over 15 art book fair experts, this book will guide you through everything you need to table at an art book fair.

This third edition also features new sections on how to virtually art book fair, how to participate post-Covid-19, packing essentials, and advice on how to start and run your own art book fair.

The book features extra advice from: Amber Eve Anderson, Alison Baitz, Amy Burek, Ethan Crenson, Celeste Fichter, Marc Fischer, Paul John, Christopher Kardambikis, Gary Kachadourian, Antoine Lefebvre, Leah Mackin, Marlene Obermayer, Erik Pedersen, Michalis Pichler, Ingrid Schindall, Daniel Spottswood, Daphne Taranto, Panayiotis Terzis, Anthony Tino, and Andrew Jeffrey Wright.” - Paul Shortt

8.5”x5.5”

*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.

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“‘How to Art Book Fair’ features advice on how to plan, participate, and succeed in an art book or zine fest. This book features sections on pricing, selling, table layout, being a good tablemate, talking to fair organizers, trading, and more. With extra advice from over 15 art book fair experts, this book will guide you through everything you need to table at an art book fair.

This third edition also features new sections on how to virtually art book fair, how to participate post-Covid-19, packing essentials, and advice on how to start and run your own art book fair.

The book features extra advice from: Amber Eve Anderson, Alison Baitz, Amy Burek, Ethan Crenson, Celeste Fichter, Marc Fischer, Paul John, Christopher Kardambikis, Gary Kachadourian, Antoine Lefebvre, Leah Mackin, Marlene Obermayer, Erik Pedersen, Michalis Pichler, Ingrid Schindall, Daniel Spottswood, Daphne Taranto, Panayiotis Terzis, Anthony Tino, and Andrew Jeffrey Wright.” - Paul Shortt

8.5”x5.5”

*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.

“‘How to Art Book Fair’ features advice on how to plan, participate, and succeed in an art book or zine fest. This book features sections on pricing, selling, table layout, being a good tablemate, talking to fair organizers, trading, and more. With extra advice from over 15 art book fair experts, this book will guide you through everything you need to table at an art book fair.

This third edition also features new sections on how to virtually art book fair, how to participate post-Covid-19, packing essentials, and advice on how to start and run your own art book fair.

The book features extra advice from: Amber Eve Anderson, Alison Baitz, Amy Burek, Ethan Crenson, Celeste Fichter, Marc Fischer, Paul John, Christopher Kardambikis, Gary Kachadourian, Antoine Lefebvre, Leah Mackin, Marlene Obermayer, Erik Pedersen, Michalis Pichler, Ingrid Schindall, Daniel Spottswood, Daphne Taranto, Panayiotis Terzis, Anthony Tino, and Andrew Jeffrey Wright.” - Paul Shortt

8.5”x5.5”

*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.

Paul Shortt (he/him) received his MFA in New Media Art from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute. He has participated in over 80 group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. He has participated in over 40 Art Book and Zine fairs including Printed Matter Art Book Fair’s in New York City, NY and Los Angeles, CA in addition to art book fairs in Vienna, Austria, Toronto, Canada, and Baltimore, MD. His artist books are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, and Yale University. Shortt has spoken about his work at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri and the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortt is currently based Gainesville, Florida.

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