Minnesota Street Project Foundation presents
the 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair
July 23 – 26, 2026
Public Hours:
Opening Night Preview: Thursday, July 23, 6pm - 10pm
Friday, July 24: 11am - 6pm
Saturday, July 25: 11am - 6pm
Sunday, July 26: 11am - 5pm
Free and open to the public
1201 Minnesota Street / 1275 Minnesota Street / 1150 25th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Minnesota Street Project Foundation is pleased to present the 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF), marking 10 years since the inaugural fair in 2016.
Highly anticipated and one of the largest, free, annual Bay Area arts events, SFABF celebrates art publishing and print culture, bringing together independent publishers, artists, designers, collectors, and enthusiasts from around the world. A decade in, SFABF continues to serve as a platform for independent publishing, placing the unique history of the Bay Area in dialogue with national and international communities.
SFABF26 features an expansive roster of 160 exhibitors, including 30 international and 48 first-time SFABF exhibitors, across three buildings along Minnesota Street. Each building offers a unique point of entry into the fair, showcasing a wide range of printed materials, including artists’ books, zines, monographs, art catalogs, periodicals, and printed ephemera, from emerging and established independent publishers, antiquarian booksellers, non-profit arts organizations, and an ever growing community of zine publishers.
For a complete list of exhibitors, see the SFABF website.
Across four fun-filled days visitors can also experience exhibitions, book launches and signings, special projects, talks, workshops, and more! Expanding family-friendly programming, Minnesota Street Project Foundation is organizing a variety of workshops exploring billboard sign techniques, woodblock and screen printing, and modular typography.
Programming Highlights:
Thru THICK and THIN, Rose D’Amato
Thursday, July 23: 6pm - 10pm
Friday, July 24: 11am - 6pm
Saturday, July 25: 11am - 6pm
Sunday, July 26: 11am - 5pm
1201 Minnesota Street
Thru THICK and THIN (2026) is a layered installation of windows, billboard structures, reflective paintings, and 8mm film surveying the typographic landscape of San Francisco's recent past. In D'Amato's practice, streets become a metaphorical extension of time's transient nature, where objects, imbued with the marks of labor and human touch, transcend their materiality. Each work is not only a product of its physical creation, but reflects the history and influences that have shaped it. Through this interplay of space, time, and process, Thru THICK and THIN encapsulates the essence of craftsmanship as both a temporal and timeless pursuit. For the Opening Night Preview on Thursday, July 23, DJ TUFF and Nicolas Torres will spin a selection of vinyl records in dialogue with the installation.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation.
Thru THICK and THIN will remain on view Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through August 8, 2026 at Minnesota Street Project Foundation.
ART BEFORE DISHES by Susan O’Malley
Thursday, July 23: 6pm - 10pm
Friday, July 24: 11am - 6pm
Saturday, July 25: 11am - 6pm
Sunday, July 26: 11am - 5pm
1201 Minnesota Street
From her Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self series, ART BEFORE DISHES (2015) by the beloved artist Susan O’Malley (1976-2015) makes its debut as a large-scale mural installation on the exterior of 1201 Minnesota Street. What advice would your 80-year-old self give you? This is the question artist Susan O'Malley asked more than a hundred ordinary people of all ages, ultimately transforming their responses into vibrant text-based prints, posters, and murals made publicly accessible and redistributed back into the community. A call to action and words to live by—heartfelt, sometimes humorous, and always fiercely compassionate, O’Malley’s work unveils the wisdom we hold inside ourselves right now.
Artwork courtesy of the Estate of Susan O’Malley and Romer Young Gallery.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation.
ART BEFORE DISHES (2015) will remain on view through October 31, 2026 at Minnesota Street Project Foundation.
Origami Zine-in-a-Box with C.K.Itamura
Friday, July 24, 12pm - 5pm
San Francisco Arts Education Project, 1275 Minnesota Street
Join SFArtsED artist-mentor C.K.Itamura and create a unique origami zine-in-a-box. Learn how to use Japanese origami, colorful papers, and a small box to make an expandable caterpillar-style zine that you can fill with your own stories, illustrations, manga, poetry, and more. This family friendly, drop-in workshop is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation and San Francisco Arts Education Project.
Woodblock Printing Workshop with Joe Ferriso
Friday, July 24, 12pm - 5pm
San Francisco Arts Education Project, 1275 Minnesota Street
Join SF Bay Area artist and toy designer (Jafies Joiners) Joe Ferriso for a woodblock printing workshop combining pattern, paint, and play! Visitors are encouraged to experiment with mark-making to create geometric patterns and design and build colorful and symbolic worlds on paper. Use Ferriso’s custom-made wood stamps and create your own print to take home. Then, make your mark on the wall, contributing to a collaborative installation that other SFABF visitors can enjoy all weekend! Space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation and San Francisco Arts Education Project.
Screen Printing Workshop with Kala Art Institute
Saturday, July 25, 12pm - 3pm
1201 Minnesota Street
Discover the screen-printing work of Bay Area artist Susan O'Malley (1976–2015) at this hands-on workshop for all ages. Participants will create a 5 × 7 screen-printed postcard using one of O'Malley's original designs—ART BEFORE DISHES (2015) or BE YOU (2015)—from her Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self series. Presented in conjunction with SFABF26 and the debut mural installation of O'Malley's ART BEFORE DISHES (2015), this workshop is made possible through a partnership with the Estate of Susan O'Malley and Romer Young Gallery. Special thanks to Erina Davidson, Emily Harter, and Ellen Lake of Kala Art Institute. Space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation and Kala Art Institute.
Modular Typography Cyanotypes a hands-on activity & lecture with Kelli Anderson
Saturday, July 25, 12pm - 1pm
Sunday, July 26, 12pm - 1pm
Minnesota Grove
Join graphic designer and author Kelli Anderson for a two-part workshop mimicking a lesson from Josef Albers' classroom at the Bauhaus, where he developed an alphabet/puzzle called Kombinations-Schrift. With his students, Albers used Kombinations-Schrift to contemplate how letters could be crafted from a minimum number of modules/parts while remaining harmonious and easy to read. In the first part of the workshop, participants will craft letterforms using 11 tiny, geometric building blocks taken from Anderson’s interactive book, Alphabet in Motion. These designs will then be placed atop light-sensitive paper and exposed to sunlight, creating a cyanotype. The second half of the workshop will further explore Albers' letterform puzzle, and how the concept of modularity informed art and design in the 20th century. Space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation and D.A.P.
Thanks to the Dogpatch & NW Potrero Hill Green Benefit District.
Spiritual Surveillance EP launch with Cone Shape Top
Saturday, July 25, 7pm - 10pm
1201 Minnesota Street
With performances by:
Daria Lourd
IDHAZ
bastiengoat
bodyworkbodywork
Visuals by Jeffrey Yip of Macro Waves
Celebrating a new musical direction and the first release on CST Imprint under her full name, Daria Lourd (aka Bored Lord) brings together a lineup of close friends who are emblematic of the current Bay Area electronic music scene. Expect ambient, downtempo, experimental performances accompanied by visuals from Jeffrey Yip of Macro Waves projected for an immersive experience.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation and Cone Shape Top.
A Decade of SFABF with Jamie Alexander, Luca Antonucci, and David Kasprzak, moderated by David Senior
Sunday, July 26, 11am - 12pm
The Lounge at 1201 Minnesota Street
Join the founders of the San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF), Jamie Alexander of Park Life, Luca Antonucci of Colpa Press, and David Kasprzak, in discussion with David Senior, Director of Library at SFMOMA, as we commemorate 10 years of SFABF! Reflecting on the global phenomenon of art book fairs over the last decade, the conversation considers the SFABF’s distinct place in a network of artists, publishers, and other book fairs. Illustrating the characteristically local aspects of this fair as a unique community gathering for SF Bay Area artists, designers, and publishers, the conversation is backgrounded by images of SFABF over the years.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation.
Billboard Techniques Workshop with Rose D’Amato
Sunday, July 26, 12pm - 4pm
1201 Minnesota Street
Participate in a hands-on drop-in workshop for all ages exploring early advertisement and billboard techniques through tool use and painting. D’Amato will share insight into how the ghost signs of San Francisco came to be through the perspective of their original painters. Space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation.
Thank you to the SFABF Sponsors whose support makes this event possible.
