The Santa Fe Book Arts Group designated the period from October 2, 2023, to March 31, 2024, as the “Celebration of the Book.” BAG members used a wide range of materials and techniques to create the art books, some of which are sculptural or wall art.
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You can find videos of the exhibitions here.
Click on the images below to enlarge them and to learn the titles and artists.
Daybook by Andrea Cypress
She’d Been a Princess by Margot Abbott
What Makes You the Girl? by Margot Abbott
Street Songbook by Ruthanna Abigail
Where Fairies Dwell by Ruthanna Abigail
Art Expression by Monica Andersen
Waiting by Monica Andersen
Arts of Russia by Tracy Armagost
Bookwoman 1.0 by Tracy Armagost
Box of Butterflies by Ashisha
Words and Feathers by Ashisha
An Autobiography, Book One by Alicia Bailey
Tanka Leporello by Alice Bedard-Voorhees
Book Jacket by Marilyn Bennett
Field Notes by Marilyn Bennett
Just a Scrap of Paper by Rebecca Bradshaw
That Which Binds Us by Rebecca Bradshaw
Matisse Exploded by Kim Burkholder
Regeneration: Making Beauty from Waste by Kim Burkholder
Adoration by Melinda Collins-Knick
Star Windows by Melinda Collins-Knick
Union by Freya Diamond
Views Into the Workroom by Freya Diamond
Good Share by Lea Douglas
Sinister Plot by Lea Douglas
First Day Marsh Walk by Marci Easterbrook
Jasper’s House by Marci Easterbrook
Always New York by Carol Farmer
Sun Seeker by Carol Farmer
Beechview Girl by Virginia Farnsworth
Red Black Visual Journal by Esther Feske
White Book of Common Things by Esther Feske
In My Grandparents’ Garden by Julie R. Filatoff
Lost in Translation by Julie R. Filatoff
A March of Hearts by Alexandra Fischer
Feral Alphabet Book by Alexandra Fischer
22 Degrees by Leah Lewin Gibbons
Another World by Leah Lewin Gibbons
Hugs and Kisses by Ro Gouletas
Ravens Speaking in a Foreign Font by Ro Gouletas
13 Wildflowers of the Santa Fe Railyard by Lynn Grimes
Wildflowers of the Southwest Mountains by Lynn Grimes
Seeking Balance by Louise Grunewald
English-German Dictionary by Deanna Joy Hallmark
The Brandy Ocean by Deanna Joy Hallmark
Mourning to Morning by Linda Witte Henke
Three Graces by Linda Witte Henke
Abstractions by Lorraine Hollingsworth
Stitching Traditions by Lorraine Hollingsworth
Beginnings by Mary Ann Jackson
There’s More by Mary Ann Jackson
Raven by Jennifer Jordan
Sunflower for Ukraine by Jennifer Jordan
Are You Old Enough? Do You Remember? by Will Karp
My Old Blue Jeans by Will Karp
Invisible Cities by Kim Kulow-Jones
Trojan Book by Kim Kulow-Jones
Rust Speaks by Marina LaPalma
Kathmandu Earthquake by Tom Leech
Winter Piano by Tom Leech
Mom Taught Me How to Sew by Cynthia Leespring
Women’s Suffrage by Cynthia Leespring
Mile by Mile by Trisha Lotzer
Merchants of the Mediterranean by Roberta Lutgens
Sticks and Feathers by Roberta Lutgens
G and G Memories by Leslie Marks
Time Lapse by Leslie Marks
Fascination by Mary-Gray McGee
The Mind by Mary-Gray McGee
Fragments of Prayers #1 by Elizabeth McKee
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm by Elizabeth McKee
Clear View by Deborah McLean
Cut View by Deborah McLean
Shellfish Fan Book by Geri Michelli
We Need Bees by Geri Michelli
Codex Lucidum AA2292 by Lisa Miles
Barbie Scroll by Marcia Moore
Words Fail Me by Marcia Moore
Change by Laurel Moorhead
Songs of Kaua’i by Laurel Moorhead
Whimsy by Chris Murphy
Dreaming of Will by Gail Murray and Paul Murray
Flutter-By by Gail Murray
Power by Paul Murray
A Clone of Aspens by Margy O’Brien
Flecks of Gold by Margy O’Brien
Church, Truchas, New Mexico by Irene Owsley
Sky New Mexico by Irene Owsley
Purple Prose by Eileen Patterson
Sunshower by Eileen Patterson
Dia del Libro Muerto by Carol Perroni
Japanese Sakura Spring Kakejiku by Carol Perroni
Bryce Canyon Weaving by Joan Plummer
Reimagined Book in Bloom by Joan Plummer
A Leaf in the Wind by Rose Marie Prins
Heart of Silence by Rose Marie Prins
The Dance of the Skeletons by Joy Purcell
Flight of the Book by Joy Purcell
No More to Say / Friendship / Keepsake by Jasmine Quinsier-Freitas
Samurai Haiku by Jasmine Quinsier-Freitas
Call 911 by Victoria Rabinowe
Encounter with the Giant by Victoria Rabinowe
Elemental by Brooke Remmert
Over in the Meadow by Brooke Remmert
Weekly Rituals of a Domestic Goddess by Maryann Riker
Bemnet’s Poetry by Estelle Roberge
The Book of Mom’s Dolls by Estelle Roberge
Arches and Doorways by Micaela Seidel
Big Book of Animals by Micaela Seidel
Dockside by Melinda Silver
Solidarity by Melinda Silver
Blood Moon by Selene Sinclair
Perfect Storm by Selene Sinclair
My First Artist Book by Susan Surprise
Garden 1 by Kathy Urmson
Garden 2 by Kathy Urmson
Alchymia Major and Minor by Elsi Vassdal Ellis
The Mysterious Palimpsest by Elsi Vassdal Ellis
I’ve Got it Written Down 2 by Suzanne Vilmain
I’ve Got it Written Down 1 by Suzanne Vilmain
Brush Ink Rocks by Julie Wagner
The White Place Then and Now by Julie Wagner
Halcyon: a Mythical Bird by Linney Wix
Untitled/Browns by Linney Wix
A Story of Frames by Willow Young
Newfangled Zentangle by Willow Young
Moon Phases by Linda Zwick
Nest by Linda Zwick