Offering 50 independent publishers and zine makers, including the Benton Museum of Art. This event is co-hosted by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College and The Arts Area. Read the Press Release | List of Exhibitors
All events are subject to health and safety protocols at Pomona College. Masks required indoors and capacity limits enforced to ensure social distancing at all times.
Full Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 31
6–8 pm
CANCELLED: Talk by Lorena Turner, Cal Poly Pomona lecturer of photography
UPDATE: Q & A with PPABF founder Julian Lucas on art books, publishing, and putting together an art book fair
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont
Friday, April 1
6–8 pm
Talk and book signing by photographer Estevan Oriol
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont
*Oriol’s publications Bosozoku: Japanese Biker Gangs, This Is Los Angeles, and LA Portraits available for purchase at event*
Saturday, April 2
11 am–7 pm
PRINT POMONA ART BOOK FAIR
Edmunds Ballroom in the Smith Campus Center of Pomona College
170 East 6th Street, Claremont
Sunday, April 3
11 am–5 pm
PRINT POMONA ART BOOK FAIR
with a 12 pm zine talk by Ziba Perez, Los Angeles Public Library
Edmunds Ballroom in the Smith Campus Center of Pomona College
170 East 6th Street, Claremont
About Print Pomona Art Book Fair
Founded in 2018 by Julian Lucas, Print Pomona Art Book Fair (PPABF), offers exhibitors from Los Angeles and within the San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire a platform to share their art to the community. The fair is the first of its kind within the San Gabriel Valley, in the city of Pomona. Located just 30 miles east of the city of Los Angeles. PPABF is free and open to the public.
PPABF will provide a forum for independent booksellers and publishers to display their art. Exhibitors will include artist's books, art catalogs, monographs, illustrations and print ephemera. PPABF will also include book launches and signatures, conferences and exhibitions.
About The Arts Area
The Arts Area vision of “Making Art Work For Everyone” focuses on the importance of equitable representation and access in the arts. This involves opening access to academic and economic resources that would not otherwise be available to artists and students in underserved communities, thus engaging in three central themes of economic and social justice: equitable access, opportunity, and personal accomplishment. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The Arts Area provides a model that is accessible and relevant to the specific needs of the diverse communities in the Greater Inland Empire. The arts have a strong social power, but that power can only reach its full potential when combined with social awareness. This is important and at the core of The Arts Area mission.