Venues for Bookmarks XIV

From 23rd September 2016 - 28th February 2017

Bedford Central Library

Harpur Street
Bedford, MK40 1PG, UK

http://http://www.bedford.gov.uk/libraries

Borgarbókasafnið Kringlunni*

Listabraut 1, 103 Reykjavík, Iceland

http://borgarbokasafn.is/is

*The City Library Kringlunni branch - Bookmarks will be on tour to c. 40 locations with the Höfðingi Book Mobile.

Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño*

Oficios 362 e/ Luz y Santa Clara, Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

http://www.artesplasticas.sancristobal.cult.cu

*Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño - Havana’s Provincial Centre of Visual Arts and Design, is host to the exhibition El Libro de Artista: una lectura diferente/The Artist’s Book: a Different Perspective, an exhibition of artists’ books by Cuban and International artists in conjunction with the IX Encuentro Nacional de Grabado (9th National Print Conference). The bookmarks will be on display during the event from 28th September -28th October 2016. The exhibition is curated by Hanoi Pérez Cordero, artist, and María Teresa González, artist and curator. Artists Yerandee González Durán, Steven Daiber of Red Trillium Press and the project Haciendo Presión are collaborators in the organisation of the event.

Chawton House Library*

Chawton, Alton
Hampshire, GU34 1SJ, UK

http://www.chawtonhouse.org

*From September - October 2016 and again from March 2017. This venue has been organised by British artist Angela Thames during her period as Artist-in-Residence at Chawton House Library August 2015 - October 2016 where she has been making artists’ books and bookmarks in response to the library’s collection early women’s writing from 1600 to 1830. You can read more about her project on her blog at: http://www.angelathames.co.uk