The Arts Area and The Benton Museum Present the 3rd Annual Print Pomona Art Book Fair

Published 02/21/2024 | 10:10 am PST

Claremont, CA—The Benton Museum at Pomona College and The Arts Area are pleased to present for the 3rd year, Print Pomona Art Book Fair (PPABF) on Saturday, March 2, 11 am to 7 pm and Sunday, March 3, 11 am to 5 pm at Pomona College’s Edmunds Ballroom located in the Smith Campus Center. PPABF will bring more than 70 national and international exhibitors where San Gabriel Valley meets the Inland Empire to provide a forum for independent booksellers, distributors, and publishers to showcase artist’s books, art catalogs, photography monographs, drawings, and other print ephemera.

The two-day fair will also serve as a meeting place for creatives, book lovers and publishers to discuss and exchange ideas about art making, publishing, and other related topics.

Admission to this event and PPABF are free and open to the public.

Print Pomona Art Book Fair (PPABF) is a 501(c)(3) sponsored by The Arts Area and hosted in partnership with the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. PPABF was founded in 2018 by photographer and co-founder of Mirrored Society Books, Julian Lucas with a goal to promote the recognition, distribution and awareness of artist books and other publications by artists within the region of the Pomona Valley and beyond.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday March 2, 2024
Amalgam #4 Journal contributors
(Mashinka Firunts Hakopian and Alec Mapes-Frances)

Print Pomona Art Book Fair
Saturday, March 2, 11 am–7 pm
Sunday, March 3, 11 am–5 pm
Edmunds Ballroom in the Smith Campus Center, Pomona College
170 E 6th St, Claremont, CA

ADMISSION IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Benton’s main parking structure is located at 295 E. First Street. Additional visitor and handicapped parking is available in the Alexander Hall lot (N. College Avenue and Sixth Street). Limited street parking is situated along College Avenue.

About Print Pomona Art Book Fair
Print Pomona Art Book Fair is a 501(c)(3) sponsored by The Arts Area and hosted in partnership with the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. PPABF was founded in 2018 by photographer Julian Lucas with a goal to promote the recognition, distribution, and awareness of artist’s books and other publications by artists within the region of the Pomona Valley.

PRINT POMONA ART BOOK FAIR 
www.PPABF.org

About The Arts Area
Working at the intersection of economic development and the arts. The Arts Area, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, provides fiscal sponsorship, professional development, resource support, and civic advocacy to develop and support economic sustainability and equitable access in the creative industries of San Bernardino, Riverside, and East Los Angeles Counties. Learn more about the fiscal sponsorship and professional business services provided by The Arts Area and join the inland region’s largest professional arts network at TheArtsArea.org.

THE ARTS AREA
2910 S Archibald Ave #A145
Ontario, CA 91761
contact@theartsarea.org 
www.theartsarea.org

About the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
Now housed in the new Benton Museum of Art designed by Machado Silvetti and Gensler, Pomona College’s collection of art numbers 17,000 objects, including Italian Renaissance paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; works on paper, including a first edition print series by Francisco Goya given by Norton Simon; and works in various media produced in Southern California in the twentieth century. In keeping with Pomona College’s reputation as a leading center of the visual arts, the collection also includes works by such esteemed alumni as Chris Burden ’69, Marcia Hafif ’51, Helen Pashgian ’56, Peter Shelton ’73, and James Turrell ’65. Recognized globally for its commitment to contemporary art, the museum is the home of The Project Series, which has featured more than 50 contemporary Southern California artists since it began in 1999. Through its collaboration with students and faculty, the museum encourages active learning and creative exploration across all disciplines of study within the liberal arts context.

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Print Pomona Art Book Fair
Julian Lucas
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Benton Museum at Pomona College
Caroline Eastburn
(909) 607-2291

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Curious Publishing Presents Packing House Zine Fest

The Pomonan
Published 10/20/2023 | 12:00 am PST

Curious Publishing presents Packing House Zine Fest: Printed Ephemera Showcase on Sunday, October 22, 2023 from 12 PM - 6 PM at the Claremont Packing House Atrium located at 532 West First Street, Claremont, CA 91711.

The Packing House Zine Fest features 40 artist exhibitors whose practice emphasizes the art of print in formats such as zines, art books, risograph, screen printing, block printing, and cyanotype. This event is free and open to the public and will include artist talks and workshops throughout the day hosted at The Claremont Forum and Curious Publishing’s Art & Bodega. 

The inaugural Packing House Zine Fest took place this past April and attracted 500 attendees, 35 exhibitors, two performers, and two educators from the Foothill Communities.

Curious Publishing is a Fiscally Sponsored Project of The Arts Area, a Non-Profit 501(c)3 organization, and is 100% artist owned and operated since 2017. We tell the stories of artists of all practices who reside throughout San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and the High Desert Communities through one of a kind, small-run art books designed and printed in Southern California. We aim to celebrate the rich diaspora of the Inland Empire, Womxn, BIPOC and Queer Artists first and foremost. 

The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College: Print Pomona Art Book Fair the Largest Book Fair in East LA County Returns!

Courtesy of PPABF 2022

The Pomonan
Published 2/22/2023 7:42am PST

Claremont, CA — The Arts Area and the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College are pleased to present the second annual Print Pomona Art Book Fair (PPABF) on Saturday, March 4 from 11 am to 7 pm and Sunday, March 5 from 11 am to 5 pm at Pomona College’s Edmunds Ballroom located in the Smith Campus Center.

PPABF will bring more than 50 national and international independent booksellers, distributors, and publishers to Claremont to showcase artist’s books, art catalogues, photography monographs, drawings, and other print ephemera.

The two-day fair will also serve as a meeting place for creatives, book lovers, and publishers to discuss and exchange ideas about art making, publishing, and other related topics.

The PPABF kicks off with a series of events at the Studio Art Hall at Pomona College, starting with a talk by Rebecca Ustrell from Curious Publishing on Thursday, March 2 at 3 pm followed by a book launch and reception for the Art + Book exhibition at 4 pm. At 5 pm, artist Lindsay August-Salazar will offer a performance and book signing at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College.

On Friday, March 3 at 7 pm the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College will host an artist’s talk with John Divola followed by a reception.

FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Artist Talk with Rebecca Ustrell from Curious Publishing
Thursday, March 2, 3–4 pm
Theater 122, Studio Art Hall at Pomona College
370 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA
 
Art + Book Exhibition Book Launch and Reception
Thursday, March 2, 4–5 pm
Chan Gallery, Studio Art Hall at Pomona College
370 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA
 
Artist Performance and Book Launch with Lindsay August-Salazar
Thursday, March 2, 5–6 pm
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College  
120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA
 
Artist Talk with John Divola
Friday, March 3, 7–8 pm
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College  
120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA
 
Print Pomona Art Book Fair
Saturday, March 4, 11 am–7 pm
Sunday, March 5, 11 am–5 pm
Edmunds Ballroom in the Smith Campus Center, Pomona College
170 E 6th St, Claremont, CA

ADMISSION IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Benton’s main parking structure is located at 295 E. First Street. Additional visitor and handicapped parking is available in the Alexander Hall lot (N. College Avenue and Sixth Street). Limited street parking is situated along College Avenue.

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Related Topic
”What is an Artists' Book? Theory Understanding Meaning and Importance”

ABOUT

Print Pomona Art Book Fair

Print Pomona Art Book Fair is a 501(c)(3) sponsored by The Arts Area and hosted in partnership with the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. PPABF was founded in 2018 by photographer Julian Lucas with a goal to promote the recognition, distribution, and awareness of artist’s books and other publications by artists within the region of the Pomona Valley.

The Arts Area

Working at the intersection of economic development and the arts. The Arts Area, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, provides fiscal sponsorship, professional development, resource support, and civic advocacy to develop and support economic sustainability and equitable access in the creative industries of San Bernardino, Riverside, and East Los Angeles Counties. Learn more about the fiscal sponsorship and professional business services provided by The Arts Area and join the inland region’s largest professional arts network at TheArtsArea.org.

Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College

Now housed in the new Benton Museum of Art designed by Machado Silvetti and Gensler, Pomona College’s collection of art numbers 18,000 objects, including Italian Renaissance paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; works on paper, including a first edition print series by Francisco Goya given by Norton Simon; and works in various media produced in Southern California in the twentieth century. In keeping with Pomona College’s reputation as a leading center of the visual arts, the collection also includes works by such esteemed alumni as Chris Burden ’69, Marcia Hafif ’51, Helen Pashgian ’56, Peter Shelton ’73, and James Turrell ’65. Recognized globally for its commitment to contemporary art, the museum is the home of The Project Series, which has featured more than 50 contemporary Southern California artists since it began in 1999. Through its collaboration with students and faculty, the museum encourages active learning and creative exploration across all disciplines of study within the liberal arts context.

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PRINT POMONA ART BOOK FAIR 
2910 S Archibald Ave #A145
Ontario, CA 91761

BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
AT POMONA COLLEGE
120 West Bonita Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621–8283
Museum Hours:
Wednesdays–Sundays, 12–6 pm
Art After Hours: Thursdays until 10 pm

THE ARTS AREA
2910 S Archibald Ave #A145
Ontario, CA 91761

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Photobooks of 2022: Julian Lucas

Eastsiders, Courtesy of Gregory Bojorquez

Reviewed by Julian Lucas
Published 12/29/2022 9:00 Am PST

This Review was Produced by Mirrored Society, A Bookstore on the Arts. The Pomonan is co-publishing this review.

As we wind down and do away with this year, I can say 2022 has been a year has been very busy and productive, and with that equation the result equals success! Beginning with Print Pomona Art Book Fair 2022. Becoming a board member of Photolucida located in Portland, OR. Participating as a pre-judge in both Portfolio Review and Critical Mass 2022. In addition being a part of Photolucida’s Book Fair hosted by the Portland Art Museum.

With all that mentioned, I want to present to you my photobook experience and selctions of 2022.

Eastsiders, Gregory Bojorquez, Little Big Man
This book is a flashback into the 90’s era, my era. Gregory Bojorqez captures the complexities of a reality many of us lived, created by the City of Los Angeles.

It is pleasing to see images humanizing the community at large, while others are only fascinated by the semblance of the harsh realities of life on the east side of Los Angeles. The portraits of adolescent men and women living their teen-age and young adult life as best they can. The parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles have an understanding about the unfairness of life, but they remain resilient and hopeful in what the future holds.

The Ecology of Dreams, Ewan Telford, The Velvet Cell
Personally, I appreciate The Ecology of Dreams because it moves the viewer closer to understanding the desperation of immediacy that saturates our environment. The collection of images exemplify the hideousness of the constant bombardment of branding which is a component of a capitalistic centered society that has led to unmitigated problems.

Master Rituals II : Weston’s Nudes, Tarrah Krajnak, TBW
In Tarrah Krajnak's Master Rituals II: Weston's Nudes, the past, and present collide. The body of work emphasizes the lack of women of color in the photographic industry. Tarrah struggles with the complexities of the complicated past of photography. Because photography was considered a 'white mans art', photography has taken on a new life through the eyes of people of color. Although paying homage to Weston’s iconic nudes, Tarrah’s body of work is not only about the exploration of re-creating but rather about empowering the 'nude study' of a woman of color. By placing herself in front of the camera as she is both the recorder and the model; she transforms the study of the nude, by not cropping or strategically hiding her face as traditional photographers would have in the past, but instead, she gives herself a voice, by revealing her identity.

Family Tree 1975-1980, Scot Sothern, These Days
Family Tree 1975-1980 offers a glimpse into the intimate lives of people from all walks cinematically speaking. Scot’s congenial narration is light-hearted many times comical because the viewer can relate to each the family member throughout the book. The images are a consistent examination of real life, which is what I always appreciate about Scot’s photographic work.

Born, Natsumi Takahashi, Dashwood (Zine)
I never feel like my photographic projects are complete, even if I have over 500 images. However only one roll of black and white 35mm film in just a few hours, Natsumi Takahashi was able to accomplish a telling story through her portrait series. Beautiful portraits of "Sarah” in various parts of NYC taken in 2019. Each image is timeless. The styling, clothes, Sarah, and environment leaves you questioning whether the images came from a little booklet from your favorite early 2000s indie alternative band album. And with this little series, I look forward to seeing a book on the horizon in the near future.

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Julian Lucas, (b. 1974 Chicago, IL) is a photographer and purveyor of books. Julian co-founded Mirrored Society Books in 2015. Julian Lucas’ photographic work sits between that hard and soft edge between fine art and photojournalism. His images are the result of a sophisticated naiveté, an experience matched with indomitable curiosity. His seductive and striking contrasts, lush effects challenge us to look at imagery that is often difficult to view. His focus is on traditional darkroom photography utilizing found spaces to create makeshift studios with a minimal of equipment - at times using only utility clamp work lights, or at other times, working outside, using only the high key sunlight and a backdrop, which all mirrors reality.

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Master Rituals II : Weston’s Nudes, Tarrah Krajnak

Arcana Presents Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga A Discussion with author Jennifer Golub & Eames Demetrios

Arcana Book on The Arts Presents: A Celebration of the publication,
Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga
A Discussion with author Jennifer Golub & Eames Demetrios
Sunday, May 1st 2022 at 4:00 PM

Jennifer Golub discusses her new book Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga with Eames Demetrios.

“The book fills in the gaps, from how the house evolved to Mary’s involvement. It’s a new deeply considered way to understand the collaborative work. It’s a beauty.” – John Danzer, Munder Skiles, emeritus board of directors, Manitoga\Russel Wright Design Center.

Best known for American Modern dinnerware, Russel and Mary Wright were at the forefront of American mid-century industrial design. Mary’s role as a partner, designer and entrepreneur is discussed here for the first time. Multiple archives have been synthesized exploring the innovation of Russel and Mary Wright’s design practice, their home and the extensive 77 acres of Woodland Paths at Dragon Rock, Manitoga.

Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga is an immersive experience evoking the individuality of these artists, the spirit of architecture and design in the mid 20th century and their ethos which continues to flourish.

Jennifer Jennifer Golub is the author of Russel and Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga. Her previous publication was Albert Frey Houses 1+2, also published by Princeton Architectural Press. She has produced award winning branded content for the likes of Apple, Adidas, Levi’s, RayBan, and directed and produced Apple’s Emmy award winning “Think Different”. She is the founder of A-Frame Content, generating communications at the intersection of art and social impact. She has served on boards and developed content for various foundations including the XQ Institute, Conservation International, Virgin Unite, (RED), Rock the Vote, Feeding America and Phillip Johnson’s Glass House. She has produced films for Ed Ruscha and Frank Gehry, curated art exhibitions, and has commissioned multiple architectural projects. She resides in Los Angeles, West Marin and New York City.

Eames Eames Demetrios is best known in the design world as director of the Eames Office and for authoring several design books — including An Eames Primer and Essential Eames. He has authored 11 books altogether and contributed to many others. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Eames Foundation, responsible for taking care of the Eames House. His current large-scale project is his parallel universe, Kcymaerxthaere, a global artwork of multi-dimensional storytelling. For this Eames has so far installed 143 markers and historic sites involving 27 linear languages, in 30 countries on 6 continents. (There is a ready-to-go design for the Moon.) Demetrios has also made over 60 films (mostly shorts) on topics from the Modern Maya to Frank Gehry, from homelessness to legendary winemaker Peter Gago. Genres include fiction, documentary and animation. Demetrios has given talks in 50 countries, including on the mainstage of the legendary TED conference. Eames Demetrios lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.

Helms Design Center |8745 Washington Boulevard (1/2 block West of Arcana!) Culver City.
Signed copies of the book will be available during the event. If you cannot attend, you may purchase a copy here.

Progress Gallery Presents: Connecting Perspectives

Artists: Alex Jansen, Brandon Monkwood, Evelyn Hang Yin, Lisa Segal
Curator: Momo (Yuntong) Wu

Connecting Perspectives
May 8, 2021 through May 30, 2021

The Progress Gallery is pleased to present, “Connecting Perspectives” an exhibition hosted in conjunction with the Sasse Museum. The exhibition includes four interdisciplinary artists with the backgrounds in archaeology, poetry, social science, and instrument-furniture design. The artists incorporate their knowledge and research with the artworks, manifesting dynamic perspectives and alternative interpretations on art. The exhibiting works in diverse forms incorporate sculpting, documenting, writing, composing, and societal investigation methodologies, which reveals the connection between multiple subjects and the logic of ideations. 

As contemporary art has been consolidated by different studies and methods, the artwork questions the definition of the boundary of art. This exhibition will examine the traditional expectation of fine art and the significance of institutional art training. Artists with multi-disciplinary backgrounds and supportive resources reveal the interaction between comprehensive study and practice, and the depth, breadth, and diversification of art.

Alex Jansen is an archaeologist, anthropologist, and artist. Alex is currently working at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He has published, taught, exhibited, and worked nationally and internationally. His research focuses on our connection to the natural and cultural world through photography, art, illustration, and digital media. Alex uses his work as a research tool to create and explore environments in which we can experience the natural and cultural world. He is currently working on a number of publications on his research.

Brandon Monkwood Apart from building skate ramps as a kid, Brandon began woodworking while attending Otis College of Art and Design in the late 90's, but Brandon didn't learn in class. Brandon worked in a small LA furniture shop to pay my room rent. “I soon worked my way up from a 'sander' to shop supervisor. After college, I started doing custom woodwork on my own, taking nearly every commission that came my way. I built beds, bookcases, cabinets, armoires, signs and even did large painted murals. These early experiences provided me with a wide artistic arsenal that still benefits my work to this day.”

Evelyn Hang Yin Evelyn Hang Yin is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Working with photography, video, text, and installation, Yin investigates how her personal experience moving between China and the U.S. informs her cultural identity. Her work is invested in issues of race, gender, history, place/displacement, and collective memory. Evelyn received a BA in Political Science and Media Studies from University of California, Berkeley and an MFA in Photography and Media from California Institute of the Arts. She was the Media and Production Fellow for Arts in a Changing America, and the Research and Archive Fellow for Hanford China Alley Preservation Society. She is a recipient of the Allan Sekula Social Documentary Fund and an alumna of the Signal Fire Wide Open Studios Program. She spoke at the 2019 Chinese American Women in History Conference in Washington D.C.

Lisa Segal “I am a Los Angeles artist and poet. In my artwork, I’m interested in the geometrics of primary shapes, but within elaborate systems of my own construct. My squares, cubes, text elements, and occasional crows, exist in the realm of multiples, in that territory where similar objects are different and different objects are similar. Working with paper elements, I set paper’s sensual nature — its fragility, strength, and response to moisture — against the rigidity and predictiveness of grids.

 I introduce chance and chaos by drawing grids over painted surfaces or employing paper with common logic systems—sometimes ledger sheets salvaged from used accounting books or digital prints of typographical elements created from phrases of my poetry. This creates unpredictable, complex surface patterns. I also build with the shapes left after I cut into the prints of my typographical elements and paper cubes. My grid/square/cube-and-typography series contrasts the sensibility of common patterning systems with the color and improvisation of my surfaces. The grid lines and cube patterns of my process often remain visible in my finished pieces. My work explores similarity versus variety, a generic cube versus a unique cube, shape versus pattern, and the progressive relationship of squares to grids to cubes.”