Recipients Of 2019 /edition Art Book Fair Career Launcher Announced

/edition Art Book Fair and the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the recipients of the 2019 OCADU Emerging Artist & Publisher section at the /edition Art Book Fair 2019 from October 24 to 27, 2019:

Erynn Lougheed
Mary Kirkpatrick
OCADU Zine Collective
Owen Marshall
Old Growth Press
Xulin Wang
Sangmin Lee
Rabeea Syed

These eight emerging bookmakers, photographers, publishers, printmakers and ephemera-enthusiasts will showcase and market their editioned prints, books, or other artworks to a growing audience of over 10,000 artists, curators, collectors, and book-lovers. This is the second year that the CEAD and /edition have partnered together to present the emerging artist and published section.

/edition Art Book Fair is produced annually in tandem with Art Toronto (Canada’s International Art Fair), and is dedicated to the promotion of art book publishing in all forms and artworks created in editions. /edition Art Book Fair champions forward-thinking projects by artists, publishers, galleries, and organizations who share a similar mission to advance and strengthen Canadian and international art book initiatives.

As part of the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers, the Career Development office supports the professional development of emerging OCAD U creative talent. The Career Launchers program offers unique, high-profile opportunities developed in partnership with industry leaders in order to help senior students and new graduates start their professional practice after school.