The Dallas Art Book Fair returns to Dallas Contemporary as the museum’s highest-attended program. Held over the course of two days, the annual book fair brings together regional, national, and international artists, presses, publishers, galleries, and bookstores in the museum’s generous space. In addition to offering an assortment of printed works from local, national, and international presses, the fair also boasts an enriched programming schedule, with engaging conversations and readings with authors and artists; a makerspace for zine and printmaking workshops; activities for kids and families; live music; and culinary offerings from around the city.
We’re excited to release the full DABF vendor lineup! Don’t miss this weekend’s incredible mix of indie booksellers, small presses, artists, and creative collectives, plus special DABF merch and exclusive prices at our DC Shop. Come hungry —food + bev from some of our favorites will keep you going while you browse. See you there!
Booksellers Publishers:
A mix of independent bookstores, small presses, literary organizations and art-focused publishers.
00ps b00ks + Nature of Things; Alliance Française de Dallas; Art League Houston; BLACKLIT; Books and Brown Sugar Co; Can Can Pres; Colector; Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency; Deep Vellum; Impresos México/Miau Ediciones; K.Co Press; N+Co.; Perimeter Books; Photographique Bishop Arts; Spark Journal; Spectacle Box & Pryor Press; Southwest Review; Steven Visneau Photography.
Artists, Presses + Creative Orgs:
A diverse group of independent artists, design studios, small presses, creative collectives and cultural institutions showcasing zines, prints, photography and experimental publishing projects.
AHK; anya mind; Apprentice Creative Space; Arcadian Editions; Argyll Productions; Bestu Friendo Co; Black Ego; Brent Ozaeta; The Cauldron Press; Cedar Fever; Chelsea Akpan; Chloe Scout Nix + Zeke Williams; CICR Studio & Press; Colleen Borsh; The CookBook LookBook Calendar Project; Creative Baddies; cryptic device; Cynta Camilia; Dallas Asian American Art Collective; Dallas Public Library; Delaney Allen; Dinner Party; Dirk Vile; Doodler Doodles; Dori Talifero; Dwayne Carter / Madness Zines; Eucalyptus Season; Fela Raymond; Ghostgrl Studio; Hommage Magazine; IN RGB AND CMYK; Jack Diller; J WInni; Kid Ray B; Konstantine Soldatos; Kuneho_complex; London Loftice; Lostinbadbooks; Lure.n; Mara Gervais; Michaela Made; Mottemera; MU; Mystic Multiples; National Monument Press; Photography Is a Dead Medium; Paloma the Peach; piss_meister; Play Nice Press; Protean Magazine; Rachel Gibson; Rose.bleed; SM Sanz; Soft Spots Press; Soft Surprise; Spacy; Spina/Novoa Studio; Split Press; Strange Powers Press; T. S. Cuccia; T.C. Oliver.
Food + Bev:
Agiebabes; Cafe Xica; Gelato La Boca; Herby’s Burgers; LALO + Topo Chico.
DABF PROGRAMMING
Saturday 15 March 1:00 pm:
Seeing the Strange and Wonderful:
Conversation with A. Kendra Greene + Lisa Huffaker
Join celebrated author and artist A. Kendra Greene for a captivating conversation with multidisciplinary artist and writer Lisa Huffaker. Greene’s latest work, No Less Strange or Wonderful, is a luminous meditation on the art of paying attention—exploring love, loss, meaning, and the dazzling complexity of existence through a series of twenty-six essays that blur the lines between the everyday and the sublime.
Together, Greene and Huffaker—both artists drawn to the interplay of text, image, and material—will delve into the themes of the book, the craft of storytelling, and the magic found in both the ordinary and the extraordinary. Don’t miss this intimate discussion on curiosity, creativity, and the ways we make sense of the world.
A. Kendra Greene is a writer and book artist. She is the author and illustrator of The Museum of Whales You Will Never See. Her work has come into being with fellowships from Fulbright, MacDowell, Yaddo, Dobie Paisano, and the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard.
Lisa Huffaker’s projects involve construction, as in sculptural vending machines built to offer over 8,400 handmade artist’s books, and deconstruction, as in her collage/erasure transformation of a 1963 “self-improvement” book for wives. Pegasus Contemporary Ballet recently choreographed a new dance work built on her poetry, and Pierce Planetarium recently featured her hybrid of poetry, full-dome art, and music. Look for her work in upcoming issues of Iterant and The Iowa Review.
Join us for an artist talk with Stanislava Pinchuk moderated by curator Lilia Kudelia, where we will explore Stanislava's major project Theatre of War and the visual translation of this film into the printed book format, published by Perimeter (Melbourne, Australia). Pinchuk's three-channel moving image work Theatre of War, on view at Dallas Contemporary during Dallas Art Book Fair, recasts the opening lines of Homer's epic poem the Iliad. This film moves across history, language, and geography as it connects past, recent, and ongoing armed conflicts: the Trojan War, the Bosnian War, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Stanislava Pinchuk is a Sarajevo-based artist working with data-mapping the changing topographies of war + conflict zones. Her work is produced in full independence, and surveys how landscape holds memory and testament to political events – spanning drawing, architecture, installation, tattooing, film + sculpture.
Lilia Kudelia is a curator and art historian. Her practice involves archival research, the study of cultural heritage, preservation and restitution, and the conventions of memory. She teaches contemporary art at the University of Texas at Arlington and works for the Ukrainian Museum in New York City.
In celebration of the first year of DABF Satellite Programming, we invite you to a compelling discussion on the significance of third spaces in Dallas’s creative landscape. Moderated by Dallas Contemporary’s Executive Director, Lucia Simek, this conversation will bring together our Satellite program partners—Spacy, Apprentice Creative Space, and Soft Spots—to explore the unique roles these spaces play in bridging gaps, fostering collaboration, and supporting artistic communities.
From Spacy’s intimate 35-seat microcinema cultivating cross-disciplinary conversations through film, to Apprentice Creative Space’s commitment to literary and creative accessibility in Oak Cliff, and Soft Spots’ dedication to democratizing printmaking and publishing, each of these spaces serves as a vital hub for connection, experimentation, and artistic growth.
Join us as we delve into the motivations behind these spaces, the needs they address, and their impact on Dallas’s creative ecosystem. Whether you're an artist, writer, filmmaker, or art enthusiast, this discussion will offer insight into the power of independent, community-driven spaces in shaping the cultural fabric of our city.
Don’t miss Poetry Karaoke, featuring a selection of poems from Deep Vellum, this event invites you to read, recite, and reinterpret poetry in a lively, welcoming space—no experience necessary, just a love for words.
Come ready to read, listen, and celebrate the power of poetry—karaoke-style.
Saturday 15 March 3:00 pm:
Theatre of War:
Conversation with Stanislava Pinchuk + Lilia Kudelia
Sunday 16 March 1:00 pm:
Third Spaces:
Conversation with Spacy, Apprentice Creative Space, and Soft Spots led by Lucia Simek
Sunday 16 March 3:00 pm:
Poetry Karaoke with Deep Vellum
hosted by Riley Rennhack