Object//Project Art Book Fair

🤸‍♀️ Countdown to the 2026 edition of Object//Project Art Book Fair begins! 📅Mark your calendars for May 8 and 9, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre @cu_cdcc , Carleton University’s centre for art, performance and learning in downtown Ottawa. Over the Easter long weekend, check out the OPABF website as we update it with 2026 exhibitors, artist programming and more. As a volunteer-organized event, we're looking for volunteers to join our awesome team - link in bio Visual identity for the 2026 edition by @melanie.yugo , design brainstorming with @spicybaby.jpg OPABF is a free, all-ages, public event that celebrates diverse and boundary-pushing independent artist publishing, book design, and artist books. Pick up works by 60+ Canadian and international exhibitors, attend talks, workshops and tours, view installations and more. #artbookfair #independentpublishing #opabf2026 #ottawaartbookfair

📣Our program for OPABF 2026 is now live!📣Swipe to see what’s happening on May 8 + 9 and check out the full details through link in bio. Fair visitors will experience artist talks, panels, installations, workshops, outdoor activations, music performances + more. Plus keep an 👁 out for dedicated posts featuring participating artists. // Free and open to the public, OPABF 2026 is a 100% community-funded, volunteer-run, independent event. Entry fee donations are welcome: RSVP + donate via link in bio to help sustain this community initiative. // Presented by @possibleworldsshop OPABF is a multi-day gathering which celebrates diverse and boundary-pushing artists’ publishing. Friday May 8 // 5:00pm – 9:00pm Saturday May 9 // 11:00am – 6:00pm Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (290 Lisgar Street, Ottawa) // #artbookfair #independentpublishing #opabf2026 #ottawaartbookfair

💥 Announcing Object//Project Art Book Fair 2026 exhibitors! 💥This year we’re thrilled to welcome to Ottawa over 60+ independent exhibitors from across Canada, United States, Mexico, China and more. Get to know the exhibitors through link in bio 👀 // Set against the backdrop of Canada’s capital city and in conversation with national and international communities, OPABF pays particular attention to art publishing as an act of “making public”, as well as a medium for responding to today’s challenging social, cultural and political landscape. // Presented by @possibleworldsshop , OPABF is a multi-day gathering which celebrates diverse and boundary-pushing artists’ publishing. Free and open to the public, OPABF takes place May 8-9, 2026 at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Carleton University’s arts, learning and performance centre, @cu_cdcc in downtown Ottawa // #artbookfair #independentpublishing #opabf2026 #ottawaartbookfair

People at The Object//Project Art Book fair ‘26 09.05.26 @possibleworldsshop @objectprojectartbookfair

We are slowly recovering from an incredible weekend that was the second edition of Object//Project Art Book Fair! // You never know what to expect in the second year and you brought it! 🫶 // We doubled attendance from last year and it was so great to see new and familiar faces. // Big big thank you to all the amazing OPABF exhibitors, speakers, moderators and our wonderful volunteers. Extra thanks to our partners and sponsors. This event is made possible because of your community support and enthusiasm. // Here's a few snaps from this past weekend, more thanks and pics to come // #artbookfair #independentpublishing #opabf2026 #ottawaartbookfair

Wow thank you so much to @melanie.yugo @jasonskilz @possibleworldsshop and the entire @objectprojectartbookfair team for putting together such an incredible art book fair this weekend in Ottawa! We had so much fun and met such inspiring people, attended some great panels and workshop, caught up with dear friends, and loved it all 🥰. I felt shy about taking photos of people’s tables for some reason or also thought I had taken photos of things but just imagined it in my head, but here are some photos I did actually take: 1. @jasonskilz DJing at the after party at Ten Toes Coffehouse & Laundry 2. @jasonskilz and @melanie.yugo the incredible organizers of the Object Project Art Book Fair 3. The Object / Project team having a group photo taken after the fair ended on Saturday evening. 4. An image on a flat screen of an artist book in the shape of a Jamaican patty by yuki kéké tam @yukitam_ who was leading a workshop titled “Epistolary Episodes: Letter-writing as Art Analysis”. 5 and 6. Photos of yuki kéké tam presenting the workshop and facilitating discussion. 7. A text-based slide on the screen at yuki’s workshop. 8. A view of the garden with the @bouquinistemobile project and music performance space being set-up. 9. Mel Yugo, Jason Skilz and Jamie Northrop at pizza dinner at Pizza Nerds on Friday night. 10-13. Photos from the panel, Holding it Together: Building + Sustaining Collective Publishing Projects, with Jonathan Rotsztain and Jon Iñaki (Pulping), Rita Godlevskis (photoED Magazine) and Izzy Poirier and Ariane Bédard (Ottawa Design Club)., moderated by Benjamin Woo. 14. yuki’s table at the fair. 15. Our B &D Press table 16. @yukitam_ and @spicybabycrab Le Lin after the fair. 17. Folks from the fair at the after party at Ten Toes.

Closing time now! Embodied Knowledges: Documentation, Memory and Place ft. the incredible combination of Le Lin (@spicybaby.jpg ), Jasmine Gui (@jaziimun ) and Abby Ho (@ayebbey ) + Justine Wong (@patternsandportraits ) (@tehstudio.byj ), Chen Yun (@51personaeproject ) who joined remotely. Talk moderated by Shani K. Parsons (@critical.distance ). Longer report to follow (maybe) but, wow. Good food for the spirit, body, brain, both in the remembering and the letting go and forgetting of memories.

The Bouquiniste Mobile has arrived @objectprojectartbookfair ! Come and check out all the excellent exhibitors, music, talks and workshops. And please visit us too!

Archives tour time! 🤓🥳👀 Part of the Project Object Art Book Fair (@objectprojectartbookfair ) schedule was an opportunity for a tour of the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives. We had an exceptionally wonderful librarian guide and a good group of people. As usual, I was hardly able to contain my enthusiasm. The Tehching Hsieh documents I would gladly spend a week or 16 with. For reals. 😐 We actively talked about not just the strengths but also challenges and gaps (see: power) wielded by such institutions, especially this one. Reminded me of time spent at @acadiaarchives and @beineckelibrary , ☺️

Day 1 over! Day 2 begins at @cu_cdcc at 11 and goes until 6pm! Join us for a variety of exhibitors, workshops and talks, and music from local artists. Don’t forget the after party at @tentoescoffeeco tonight at 8pm! Accessibility & information on how to get there is available at the link in our bio.

Ottawa, Ontario – A room filled with portals of pages and ink, another room with just as much heart art utility, and most of the crew at Object Project Art Book Fair (@objectprojectartbookfair ) minus John-Finnigan (@_finn ). Presented by Possible Worlds Shop (@possibleworldsshop )! Hours: MAY 8 (FRI) // 5:00pm – 9:00pm MAY 9 (SAT) // 11:00am – 6:00pm Open to the public Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre 290 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, Canada, K2P 0E2

We’re ready for you! From now until 9pm, come to Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre today for incredible exhibitors, artist talks and panels! Be sure to check out the both the Woodside Room and the Parlour for all of our exhibitors! The learning and fun continues tomorrow (Saturday!) from 11-6! #ottawa #ottawaarts