Exhibitions
Photos of Group Exhibition: Beyond Codex: Living Archives
Curated by Shahar Kramer and Anthony Tino.
On view April 21-June 25, 2022
Artists include: Michael Rakowitz; Mina Shoaib; Hardworking Goodlooking; Jumbo; Matjaž Tančič; Mindy Seu; Betsy Damon; Liliana Farber; Irmak Canevi & Marie von Heyl; Abie Franklin; T. Shanaathanan; Ai Weiwei, Xu Bing, & Zeng Xiaojun.
Beyond Codex: Living Archives (Installation View at Center for Book Arts) June 2022 
Saga, 2017 by Mina Shoab. Handmade book and pigment prints. 
Terram in Aspectu, 2022 by Liliana Farber. Artists’ Book: Inkjet prints accordion bound in aluminum covers. 
3DPRK, 2016 by Matjaz Tancic. Artists’ Book: screen printed box with 3D viewer and prints. 
A House with Date Palm Will Never Starve, 2018 by Michael Rakowitz. Zine: laser printed. 
Cover of exhibition catalogue for Beyond Codex: Living Archives. 
Interior spread from exhibition catalogue for Beyond Codex: Living Archives showing the work of Filipino Folk Foundry. 
Interior spread from exhibition catalogue for Beyond Codex: Living Archives showing the work of Mina Shoab.
Photos of Group Exhibition: Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artist Books
Curated by Megan N. Liberty
Opening in Spring 2023
Artists include: Hariet Bart, Barton Lidice Benes, Helen M. Brunner, Frances Butler, Ulises Carrión, Sas Colby, Betsy Davids, Agnes Denes, Martha Dermisache, Mindell Dubansky, Robert Filliou, Sharon Gilbert, Jacqui Holmes, Amos Paul Kenedy Jr, Susan E. King, Alison Knowles, Suzanne Lacy, Ellen Lanyon, Sol Lewit, Gordon Matta-Clark, Louise Neaderland, Yoko Ono, Benjamin Patterson, Howardena Pendell, Lilliana Porter, Ed Ruscha, Lucas Samaras, Carolee Schneemann, Clarissa Sligh, Barbara T. Smith, Keith Smith, Michelle Stewart, Melody Sumner, Sylvia de Swaan, Cecilia Vicuña, and Reginald Walker.
Art Crow/Jim Crow, 1988 by Howardena Pindell. Medium: artists’ book utilizing photo etching and letterpress, accordion bound. 
Lifebook, 1976-78 by Sas Colby. Artists’ book: fabric pages with hand and machine stitching and photo transfers, buttons, and memorabilia 
What’s happening with Momma?, 1988 by Clarissa Sligh. Artists’ book: 1 folded sheet of 10 screen printed pages pages. 
Black Wolf, 1980 by Michelle Stuart. Natural Guatemalan graphite, paper, glue 11 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 2 inches 
Book, 1968 by Lucas Samaras. Artists’ book: silkscreen, offset, embossed, thermography die cut, 10 x 10 inches. 
Sites and Passages, 1992 by Betsy Davids. Unique book 
Margins, 1975 by Ulises Carrión. Artists book 
Haqazzuzza, 1985 by Reginald Walker. Artists’ book: rubber stamps and coptic binding. 6 x 7 x 1 inches. 
Cover concept for the exhibition catalogue of Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books 
Spread from exhibition catalogue for Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books 
Spread from exhibition catalogue for Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books
Photos of Solo Project Exhibition: Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad
On view January 14 – March 26, 2022
Artist: Golnar Adili
Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad (Installation view) by Golnar Adili 2022 
Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad (Installation view) by Golnar Adili 2022 
Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad (Installation view) by Golnar Adili 2022 
Golnar Adili, ‘Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad’ installation view, 2022, Image by Oswaldo García. 
Golnar Adili, ‘Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad’ installation view, 2022, Image by Oswaldo García. 
Golnar Adili, ‘Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad’ installation view, 2022, Image by Oswaldo García.
Workshops
Photos of In-Person Workshops
Open to General Public
Artist Instructors: Elizabeth Castaldo, Roni Gross, Amber Braverman, Sarah Smith, and more
Students learn how to make a hardcover book from Artist Instructor Celine Lombardi. 
Letterpress blocks reading “Black Lives Matter” for protest posters made by Artist-in-Residence Rachel Hillery 
Instructor Roni Gross teaches a workshop about how to print on a letterpress. 
Students learning how to bind a book. 
Instructor Amber Braverman teaches a student typesetting. 
Student learning to make a clamshell box.
Video Excerpted from Virtual Workshop: Posters for Protest with Beth Sheehan
Open to the general public
Video Excerpted from Virtual Educational Lecture
Online artist talk by former CBA Artist-in-Residence Tammy Nguyen
Open to the general public
Artist Opportunities
Photos of Workspace Artists-in-Residence and Artwork Created While in Residence
Artists-in-Residence: Claudia Cortinez, NIC Kay, Devin Morris, Hongyi Jian, Rowan Renee, Rhonda Khalifeh, Yusuf Hassan
Claudia Cortinez, 2020 Workspace Artist-in-Residence 
Mirando el Cielo, 2022 by Claudia Cortínez 
NIC Kay, 2020 Workspace Artist-in-Residence 
us for is this (photo album), 2022 by NIC Kay 
Devin Morris, 2020 Workspace Artist-in-Residence 
Hongyi Jiang, 2020 Workspace Artist-in-Residence 
Rowan Renee, 2021 Workspace Artist-in-Residence 
No Spirit For Me: Case File, 2021 by Rowan Renee 
Rhonda Khalifeh, 2021 Workspace Artist-in-Residence 
Yusuf Hassan, 2021 Workspace Artist-in-Residence
Photos of Book Artists-in-Residence and Artwork Created While in Residence
Artists-in-Residence: Linda Zeb Hang, Rachel Hillery, Vincent Chong, Oswaldo García, Lizania Cruz, Alva Mooses
Linda Zeb Hang, 2020 Book Artist-in-Residence 
Rachel Hillery, 2020 Book Artist-in-Residence 
Vincent Chong, 2020 Book Artist-in-Residence 
I love you more than you’ll ever know, 2020-2022 by Vincent Chong 
I love you more than you’ll ever know, 2020-2022 by Vincent Chong 
Oswaldo Garcia, 2021 Book Artist-in-Residence 
Voices, 2021 by Oswaldo Garcia 
Voices, 2021 by Oswaldo Garcia 
Lizania Cruz, 2021 Book Artist-in-Residence 
The Plaintiffs Records, 2021 by Lizania Cruz 
Alva Mooses, 2021 Book Artist-in-Residence
Video Excerpt of Poetry Reading and Publishing Collaboration
Presented publicly on May 26, 2022
Poets: Lynn Xu, Shyanne Figueroa Bennett, Shane McCrae
Artists: Gwen Smith, Rodrigo Moreira, Vanessa Sandoval
Photos of Poetry Broadsides and Chapbooks from Reading and Publishing Collaborations
Poets: Simone White, Kumau Bratwaite, Lynn Xu, Benjamin Aleshire, Shyanne Figueroa Bennett
Artists: Alva Mooses, Claudia Cortinez, Vanessa Sandoval Oswaldo Garcia, Gwen Smith, Allison Carter
Broadside of poetry by Shyanne Figueroa Bennett designed by Gwen Smith, 2022 
Broadside of poem by Shane McCrae designed and printed by Vanessa Sandoval, 2022 
Broadside of poetry by Lynn Xu designed and printed by Rodrigo Moreira, 2022 
Broadside of poem by designed by Oswaldo Garcia, 2021 
Broadside of poem by designed by Oswaldo Garcia, 2021 
Broadside of poem by Benjamin Aleshire designed by Allison Carter, 2021 
Broadside of poem by Benjamin Aleshire designed by Allison Carter, 2021 
Chapbook of poetry by Simone White designed and produced by Alva Mooses, 2021 
‘Open Letter’ by poet Simone White, Chapbook designed and produced by 2021 Book Artist-in-Residence Alva Mooses. 
Broadside of poetry by Kamau Brathwaite designed by Claudia Cortinez, 2021