Artists’ Book Market BALTIC – 45 exhibitors taking part!

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Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th June 10.00-17.00 FREE

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead plays host to an annual & national two day Artists’ Book Market.  45  national and regional artists, bookmakers, small press publishers, artist’s groups, zine artists and bookbinders will be exhibiting and selling their work direct to the public.

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This two day event is FREE and accompanied by a series of artists interventions: James Wilkinson gives a brief history of zine making; Chloe Spicer’s Library Rave has you dancing with books; while  Sunderland’s Foundation Press use their Risograph to create a performance stage;  David Faithfull creates a Palindromic Artists’ Book Intervention;  Nancy  Campbell invites audiences to partake in The Astonishing Polar Tombola; there’s a warm welcome by  Nuclear Family and finally Sound Book Project does exactly what it says on the tin with artists and musicians using books as musical instruments!

James Wilkinson Zines
James Wilkinson Zines

45 Artists’ Book Market Exhibitors

Hestan Isle Press/ Mark Pawson/disinfotainment/ Stichill Marigold Press/ Charlotte Vallance Illustration & Design/ Francesca Ricci/ kitbooks/ Chloe Spicer with Object Book / KAMIKAZE PRESS / artisanine/ ArtStream/ Anne Proctor Moonkwayk Studio/ Set of Drawers Illustrators/ Sarah Bissell / Pedestrian Publishing/ Steve Dales/ Elizabeth Jardine Godwin/ Kit and Caboodle/ The Selfish Dream/ Rosie James/ BBB Books / SALT+SHAW/ COPY/ Staithes Studios/ Sue Bennett/ the drawing collective/ Gemma Lacey/ Red Plate Press/ Pat Hodson/  Mike Ainsworth/ Tamsin Daisy Rees/ Badbooks / The Shipping Press/ Silvia Barlaam  / University of Derby/ Gordian Projects/ Longbarrow Press/ Nuclear Family / Christopher J Robinson / Roberts Print/ Mireille Fauchon/ Sara Wicks/ The B.L.N.T. Collective / Theresa Easton/ Sumi Perera [SuperPress  EDITIONS]/ Weproductions/ NewBridge Bookshop/ Collective 26:86/ Chris Wilson

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Theresa Easton is a printmaker and Fine Art Lecturer at Newcastle University working with letterpress and zines. Printmaking provides a platform for Easton’s interpretation of social history and cultural commentary. As an artist with a socially engaged practice, Easton enjoys a collaborative approach to making artwork and developing ideas alongside participants. Community participation features as a driving force in her work. An active members of Artists’ Union England (AUE), Easton’s practice is steeped in her activism and community values.

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