The Lamar Dodd School of Art is pleased to announce the inaugural Athens Art Book, Print & Zine Fair on Saturday, June 24th at the Athenaeum in downtown Athens, Georgia, which will be presented alongside AthFest, an annual free, three-day festival that celebrates Athens’s vibrant creative culture, featuring local and regional musicians and visual artists. 

Guests visiting the Athenaeum for the 2023 MFA thesis exhibition re:(de)construction. Photo courtesy of Sidney Chansamone.

Established as a means of acknowledging the critical relationship between contemporary art and publishing with a regional focus on the Southeast, the Athens Art Book, Print & Zine Fair provides a space for publishers and artists to share their work and for the Athens art book community to grow and flourish. 

Exhibitor applications are due April 30, 2023, and successful applicants will be notified shortly after the closing date. If you are interested in renting a table in conjunction with the fair, please fill out our online application form. 

Please note that exhibitors will be expected to be available for set up and take down as well as staffing their table throughout the day. The Fair will be open from 10am - 6pm on Saturday, June 24th.

Exhibitor inquiries can be addressed to Lindsey Reynolds lwreyn@uga.edu and/or Jon Swindler swindler@uga.edu 

The Athens Art Book, Print & Zine Fair is presented by the University of Georgia Art Library, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, and the UGA Printmaking Student Association. Find us on Instagram @AthensABF and see you this summer at the Athenaeum!

Guests visiting the Athenaeum for the 2023 MFA thesis exhibition re:(de)construction. Photo courtesy of Sidney Chansamone.

Flyer. Call for Exhibitors, 2023 Athens Art Book, Print, and Zine Fair. Graphic by Jon Swindler.