2022 Melbourne Art Book Fair is to commence this week

on Mar 25, 2022

Castlemaine Art Museum is hosting a two-day regional art book fair inside the beautiful 1931 art deco building this weekend, March 26 and 27, to complement the 2022 Melbourne Art Book Fair.

The two-day National Gallery of Victoria satellite event will run from 12-4 pm each day and will see CAM host stalls showcasing work by central Victorian artists, writers, and publishers, and two-afternoon panel discussions on creating and publishing in the regions.

CAM director Naomi Cass expressed they were excited to be partnering with NGV’s Melbourne Art Book Fair to present a regional celebration of art book culture.

“Featuring local artist books, publishers, designers, printmakers, and poets, this free event also includes a pop-up exhibit of children’s books from Beth Sinclair and two-afternoon creative conversations,” she said. “Come along and meet the artists and writers and support Castlemaine’s vibrant creative community. Books will be for sale and your questions on how to publish your work will be answered.”
Saturday’s discussion hosted by CAM’s director Naomi Cass will center on ‘Publishing and Design’ and will hear from Kristin Gill from Northern Books in conversation with Stephanie Holt from Editors Victoria on “getting your work published” and “what makes good book design”.

On Sunday, a discussion by an artist from 2.30 pm. ‘COLOSCENT’ will combine the investigative practices of multi-disciplinary artist Anna Schwann and painter Simon DeBoer to tackle the absurd task of deciding what colors smell like, realizing a new perception of color synaesthesia through the invisible medium of scent.