Visual artbook and map fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists’ publication. Over the course of time, the fair is complemented by a diverse range of talks, discussions, book launches, on and off-site special projects, exhibitions, and signings. The event takes place at Minnesota Sreet Project, a historic Dogpatch district in San Francisco, California.
The event is accessible to the general public and features diverse interesting elements like the artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, zines, printed, ephemera, and artists’ multiples. Presented by over 100 independent publishers, antiquarian dealers, artists, collectors, and map and art enthusiasts.
The art and map fair is generally scheduled in April 2018 and continues till the 31st of May 2018. It showcases a special exhibition of books, maps, and globes. Visitors can find antique map art and displays of map prints, samples of cartography, topography, travels, globes, earth sciences, social and cultural history of the world and states are also shown.
Creative artbooks with maps can be great gifts for those obsessed with maps and love traveling. This map fair displays fantastic books that explore the art and science of cartography from different angles and visitors stay glued to witness the fair with enthusiasm.
The mission of the art and map fair is to foster unique art at the national and international platform and exhibit other artworks to a larger audience. The map fair continues to showcase some of the most interesting publishers and art-booksellers in the world and is, therefore, a must visit for people.