About
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair
Boston University, School of Visual Arts
March 21, 2026, 11 AM to 6 PM
Multiple Formats was established as a flexible platform to support conversations about artist books and higher education, pedagogical practices involving artist books, artist advocacy, and artist book distribution, collection, and access.
Intended to be an elastic and inclusive forum for artist book publishing, Multiple Formats pays particular attention to publishing by graphic designers, the use and creation of artist books in visual arts programs, publishing as a personal and collaborative process, and other topics of interest.
The goal of Multiple Formats is to build community and strengthen creative networks, create a hub for research and sharing of work, and serve as a platform for substantive discussion about sustainable creative practices that include artist books.
The 2026 edition of Multiple Formats includes exhibitors from across the United States, both emerging and established, as well as faculty, students, and groups from national art and design programs.
This year’s fair is intended to benefit students, faculty, artists, librarians, collectors, and scholars in Boston and beyond.
The book fair has free admission and is open to all ages.
Multiple Formats is sponsored by the School of Visual Arts at Boston University, and organized by Christopher Sleboda, Associate Professor of Art, Graphic Design at Boston University.
Donations to BU’s Friends of the Visual Arts support Multiple Formats and make this event possible.
Boston University’s School of Visual Arts includes graduate and undergraduate programs, with programs of study including Graphic Design, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Art Education. Two new programs—an MFA in Visual Narrative and an MFA in Print Media & Photography—launched in Fall 2022.
The Boston University School of Visual Arts is part of the College of Fine Arts, a community of artist-scholars and scholar-artists who are passionate about the fine and performing arts, committed to diversity and inclusion, and determined to improve the lives of others through art.
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive, and diverse in its facilities, programming, and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health-related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact multipleformatsartbook@gmail.com to discuss your needs.
Boston University, School of Visual Arts
March 21, 2026, 11 AM to 6 PM
Multiple Formats was established as a flexible platform to support conversations about artist books and higher education, pedagogical practices involving artist books, artist advocacy, and artist book distribution, collection, and access.
Intended to be an elastic and inclusive forum for artist book publishing, Multiple Formats pays particular attention to publishing by graphic designers, the use and creation of artist books in visual arts programs, publishing as a personal and collaborative process, and other topics of interest.
The goal of Multiple Formats is to build community and strengthen creative networks, create a hub for research and sharing of work, and serve as a platform for substantive discussion about sustainable creative practices that include artist books.
The 2026 edition of Multiple Formats includes exhibitors from across the United States, both emerging and established, as well as faculty, students, and groups from national art and design programs.
This year’s fair is intended to benefit students, faculty, artists, librarians, collectors, and scholars in Boston and beyond.
The book fair has free admission and is open to all ages.
Multiple Formats is sponsored by the School of Visual Arts at Boston University, and organized by Christopher Sleboda, Associate Professor of Art, Graphic Design at Boston University.
Donations to BU’s Friends of the Visual Arts support Multiple Formats and make this event possible.
Boston University’s School of Visual Arts includes graduate and undergraduate programs, with programs of study including Graphic Design, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Art Education. Two new programs—an MFA in Visual Narrative and an MFA in Print Media & Photography—launched in Fall 2022.
The Boston University School of Visual Arts is part of the College of Fine Arts, a community of artist-scholars and scholar-artists who are passionate about the fine and performing arts, committed to diversity and inclusion, and determined to improve the lives of others through art.
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive, and diverse in its facilities, programming, and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health-related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact multipleformatsartbook@gmail.com to discuss your needs.
2026 Graphic Identity by Lucy Lee, BFA Candidate in Graphic Design at Boston University
2025 Graphic Identity by Kate Ragosta, BFA Candidate in Graphic Design at Boston University
2024 Graphic Identity by Bella Tuo, MFA Candidate in Graphic Design at Boston University
2023 Graphic Identity by Jaylen Wang, MFA Candidate in Graphic Design at Boston University
2022 Graphic Identity by Chen Luo, 2022 MFA in Graphic Design, Boston University