Schedule: Jul 15, 16 & 17, 2021 — 5pm - 6pm (PT); 
6pm - 7pm (MT); 7pm - 8pm (CT); 8pm - 9pm (ET); 

Don't forget to register to attend FOBA's virtual conference. The three-day series of online events are free but you must pre-register.

Here's the line-up:

Thursday, July 15, 5:00-6:00 PDT
FOBA 2021 Welcome Reception & Where We Live Juried Exhibit Panel Discussion

Friday, July 16, 5:00-6:00 PDT
Featured Speaker Tia Blassingame: Book Arts Futures

Saturday, July 17, 5:00-6:00 PDT
Challenge Book Roundtable
Deadline for entering the Challenge Book Project: June 23

All events are centered around the theme “Where We Live." Each event requires a separate registration.
More information and registration here.

Announcing the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference

 
You're invited to attend our Focus on Book Arts Virtual Conference, July 15-17, 2021. This three day series of online events, centered around the theme "Where We
Live," will include featured speakers, a juried exhibit, artist reception, a challenge book, and vendor marketplace. Join your friends and fellow book artists and participate from the comfort of your home!

Announcing our FOBA 2021 featured speaker: Tia Blassingame

A book artist and printmaker exploring the intersection of race, history, and perception, Tia Blassingame often incorporates archival research and her own poetry in her artist’s book projects for nuanced discussions of racism in the United States. In 2019, Blassingame founded the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective to bring Book History and Print Culture scholars into conversation and collaboration with Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) book artists, papermakers, curators, letterpress printers, printmakers for building community and support systems.

Blassingame is an Assistant Professor of Book Arts at Scripps College and serves as the Director of Scripps College Press.

Visit Blassingame's Primrose Press website to learn more and to view her work.

Join Tia Blassingame for her talk "Book Arts Futures: Musings on the Future of the Field" on Friday, July 16 at the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference.

For more information about the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference, visit our website. We'll be sharing more details and opportunities soon.

Don't forget that we've rescheduled our in-person Focus on Book Arts conference in Forest Grove, OR; be sure to mark your calendars and save the dates for July 15-19, 2022.
 Gather online at the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference, July 15-17.

Artist Opportunities at the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference

Challenge Book Project

Participating in FOBA's challenge book project is a fun way to get inspired and generate new work! Following our theme, "Where We Live: Where Our Hearts Reside," and specific criteria will allow you to take new and creative directions. We invite you to accept our challenge and follow our prompts to create a new book or box. For more details, visit the Challenge Book page on our website.

Juried Exhibition

Focus on Book Arts invites submissions of artist’s books for a juried, virtual exhibition on the theme “Where We Live.” We welcome literal and figurative interpretations of the theme. Jurors Laura Russell and Erin Mickelson will select award winners and images for the catalog and virtual exhibit. For more details and how to submit your work, visit the Juried Exhibition page on our website. 
Participate in the FOBA 2021 Virtual Conference