As part of our Culture Break Artist Talks, The Betsy – South Beach presents a new series, The Art of Book Making, for their 2017-18 Season. An exploration of what defines “book” in the art world, presenters from various disciplines have been invited to share their own book-making, from collections of works presented in a book, to vintage, hand-made books, to the book being the work of art through unexpected and new creations.
The second conversation in the series, Publishers Perspectives, will feature Jai-Alai Books Founder, P. Scott Cunningham, Steve Sains, Founder of Dale Zines, Arlo Haskell of Sand Paper Press, and Ausbert de Arce, from Books & Books Press.
Talks in the series include:
History & Global Perspectives
Publisher Perspectives
Editor Perspectives
Visual Artists
Border Crossing
DIY
Book Selling
Book Sharing
The event is free and open to the community, but you must REGISTER to attend.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHERS/PRESENTERS:
Based in Miami, FL, Jai-Alai Books publishes titles in a variety of genres. They are a small press under the umbrella of O, Miami, a non-profit organization that produces events and projects related to poetry. Their mission is to help foster a literary identity for Miami. Jai-Alai Books are winners of the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Dale Zine, established in Miami in 2009, is an independent publisher dedicated to printing and giving a platform of multi media artists. Started as a one off zine collaboration about Garfield, Dale zine has grown into an creative beacon for our community from teaching all ages zine workshops to our independent radio show and much more. Some notable publications include work by Tim Biskup, Matt Furie, Legowelt, Friendswithyou and many more with over 50 titles and counting. Dale zine is available in Miami, Tokyo, LA, New York, Beijing and online.
Associated with writers like Hemingway, Bishop, Dillard, and Stone, Key West flourishes today, a vibrant, diverse community of writers, painters, and artists of all sorts. It is also home to Sand Paper Press, an independent publishing venture founded in 2003, as part of a continuing tradition of small presses passionately focused on the verbal arts, particularly poetry.
Ausbert de Arce worked with Taschen America and Assouline Publications, and is the current head of the Rizzoli Studio program of the art publications division of Random House group. Ausbert and partner, Petra Mason, partnered with Books & Books Press in 2010, developing a range of books in the fields of fiction, travel, architecture, interior design, photography and history.