First National Artists' Book Forum

The First National Artists' Book Forum was held by Artspace Mackay on Friday 7 February 2004 and brought together a range of artists. curators, writers, poets, students and academics to discuss the artform of artists' books. The Forum attracted 105 delegates and coincided with the opening of the Focus on Artists' Books exhibition at Artspace Mackay.

The day long seminar included presented on subjects including the nature of collaboration in creating artists' books; the impact of new technologies upon artists' books, public collecting, displaying and presentation of artists' books and future directions and international trends in artists books.

The First National Artists' Book Forum was supported by Arts Queensland and the Gordon Darling Foundation.

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