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Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined
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Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined

April 19–June 15, 2025

Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined takes inspiration from passports and other travel-related ephemera, highlighting nearly 30 artists’ books that document both the promises and limitations of the passport, while considering key concepts of nationality, boundary, and place.

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View fullsize Highlights from SFCB’s gallery: “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined” Learn more about “Crossing the Line” artists Alisa Golden and Diane Ayres, Kimi Hanauer, Rodrigo Moreira, and Asuka Ohsawa, then stop by and
View fullsize Small Plates Artist Highlight: Paul Oh is a mixed Malaysian-Chinese poet and printer who is motivated by community development through artistic collaboration. Printing under the press name Rascally Sophist Press, Paul is currently based in the Bay A
View fullsize SFCB Book Arts Mentorship recipient: Mita Mahato Mita Mahato @mita_mahato is a comix artist and poet who joins fragments of used and discarded materials into poetic experiments that dramatize entangled processes of death and renewal, specifically wi
View fullsize SFCB Book Arts Mentorship recipient: Ben Blount Ben Blount @blountben (Evanston, IL) is a Detroit-born artist, designer, and letterpress printer best known for work that explores questions of race and identity and the stories we tell ourselves about
View fullsize Highlights from SFCB’s gallery: “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined” Learn more about “Crossing the Line” artists Mare Blocker, Sarah Bryant, Robbin Ami Silverberg, and Alan Sobrino/Errant Press, then stop by
View fullsize Highlights from SFCB’s gallery: “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined” Learn more about “Crossing the Line” artists Islam Aly, Roberto Benavidez, Delia Touché, and Beata Wehr; then stop by and see their w
View fullsize Read All About It: SFCB's Small Plates Program! Every year, SFCB selects two to three artists to create a special edition of artists' books — each just 4 x 4 inches and limited to 100 copies. We provide workspace, studio access, technical supp
View fullsize TOMORROW NIGHT! Join us for the opening reception of “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined”! Friday, May 9th, 2025 6-8 pm; remarks at 7pm On tour courtesy of Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, “Crossing the Line: The Passport
View fullsize Highlights from SFCB’s gallery: “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined” Learn more about “Crossing the Line” artists Golnar Adili, Shana Agid, Carletta Carrington Wilson, and Philip Zimmermann. All quotes have be
View fullsize Highlights from SFCB’s gallery: “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined” Learn more about “Crossing the Line” artists Sandra Fernandez, Lesia Maruschak, Shu-Ju Wang, and Beata Wehr, then stop by and see their work

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