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Mourning and Melancholy: Artists’ Books From the Arab World and Its Diaspora
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Mourning and Melancholy: Artists’ Books From the Arab World and Its Diaspora

July 5 –September 21, 2025

“Mourning and Melancholy: Artists’ Books From the Arab World and Its Diaspora” examines the use of book arts as both a site of collective mourning and a reflection of pervasive melancholy among artists from the Arab world and its diaspora.

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Meet the 2025 SFCB Book Arts Mentorship Award artists!
Jun 27
Meet the 2025 SFCB Book Arts Mentorship Award artists!

Meet the 2025 SFCB Book Arts Mentorship Award artists!

What’s happening at SFCB?

View fullsize Stop by Friday evening and see what this year’s SFCB Book Arts Mentorship Award recipients have been working on! Mentees Ben Blount (@blountben) and Mita Mahato (@mita_mahato) have been working alongside mentors Julie Chen (@flyingfishpress) a
View fullsize This week we’re excited to host the 2025 SFCB Book Arts Mentorship Award mentors and mentees in our print studio and bindery! Printer and book artist Ben Blount @blountben is spending the week working with Julie Chen @flyingfishpress , develo
View fullsize SFCB will be CLOSED in observance of Juneteenth. We will be back open Friday, June 20th at 10am.
View fullsize Our Small Plates Publication Party was a hit! 🎉 Thank you to @shick.nick and @rascallysophistpress for showcasing your amazing books! We appreciate our book arts community for showing up to celebrate these two fantastic people! The books (RADIATE
View fullsize We will be exhibiting at this years SF Art Book Fair!!! 🎉 We are very excited to be joining so many wonderful organizations, bookstores, small presses and friends this year! SFABF is a free multi-day exhibition and celebration of independent prin
View fullsize Highlights from SFCB’s gallery: “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined” Stop by and see the exhibition before it closes —> THIS WEEKEND! <— Learn more about “Crossing the Line” artists Sauda Mit
View fullsize Join us Friday, June 13 for our Small Plates Publication Party!!🎉 What is Small Plates? Every year, SFCB selects just two to three artists to create a special edition of artists' books — each just 4 x 4 inches and limited to 100 copies. We p
View fullsize Highlights from SFCB’s gallery: “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined” Learn more about “Crossing the Line” artists KaKeArt (Tatana Kellner, Ann Kalmbach), Ben Blount, Lisa Kokin, and Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., the
View fullsize Small Plates Artist Highlight: Nicholas Shick is a queer, transgender artist and printmaker from Winnipeg, Canada, currently based in Oakland. Since earning his BFA at NSCAD University in 2005, Nick has worked as a Printmaking Technician and a colla
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

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