LIBROS Exhibits
2024 – “Anything Goes” Exhibit
July 6 – 13, 2024
Hours: 11:00am – 5:00pm Daily (closes 3pm on July 13)
Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 4–7pm
Location: Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Parking on Pacific Ave.
Celebration of the Book Exhibit
February 15 – March 22, 2024
Santa Fe Community College’s Visual Arts Gallery opens the art exhibition Celebration of the Book, which features contemporary book art. All the artists represented in the exhibition are members of the Santa Fe Book Arts Group or LIBROS New Mexico Book Arts Guild. They use a wide range of materials, designs, and techniques to create original works of sculptural, two-dimensional, or multi-dimensional book art.
The exhibit and reception will close a six-month Celebration of the Book. To view a list of all events, visit https://santafebag.org/2023-2024-celebration-of-the-book-events/. To see all artwork, visit https://santafebag.org/exhibit-2023-celebration-of-the-book/.
Director of Art on Campus Linda Cassel said, “SFCC is thrilled to host the final event for the Celebration of the Book. This will give everyone an opportunity to see the full exhibition and to meet the artists who have enriched our community. SFCC has a strong Printmaking and Book Arts program, where many of the featured artists developed their talents.”
The SFCC Visual Arts Gallery is at 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, and is open 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday.
2023 – LIBROS & Santa Fe Book Arts Group – “Anything Goes”
July 8 – 15, 2023
Location: Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Exhibiting Artists: Juliana Coles, Paul Duggan, Anne Engelhardt, Esther Feske, Julie Filatoff, Adele Frances, Terry Garrett, Corky Harrell, Annie Hooten, Cynthia Leespring, Susan Lenarz, Susan Lord, Elizabeth McKee, Laurel Moorhead, Margy O’Brien, Kate Padilla, Eileen Patterson, Rose Marie Prins, Rosemary Rae, Ginger Rice, Mita Saldana, Micaela Seidel, Helen Spielman, Ruth West Starr, Gerry Thomason, Julie Wagner, Nicole White, Linney Wix, Susan Wright
This show is held in conjuntion with Santa FE Bag members.
2021 New Mexico State Fair
September 9 – 19, 2021
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo.
2020 New Mexico State Fair
September 10 – 20, 2020
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo.
2019 New Mexico State Fair
September 5 – 15, 2019
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo.
Download 2019 NM State Fair Awards Results (PDF).
2018 New Mexico State Fair
September 6 – 16, 2018
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo during the month of September.
Download 2018 NM State Fair Awards Results (PDF).
2017 New Mexico State Fair
September 7 – 17, 2017
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo during the month of September.
Download 2017 NM State Fair Awards Results (PDF).
LIBROS Annual Book Arts Library Show
May 8 – 31, 2017
“The Handmade Book”
The 2017 Annual Member Show of handmade and artist books is being held at the Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Libraries at the Main Library, Second Floor, 5th & Coppier (501 Copper Ave NW), Albuquerque, NM.
We had a FREE hands-on bookmaking demonstration for the public during the show.
2016 New Mexico State Fair
September 8 – 18, 2016
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo during the month of September.
LIBROS Annual Book Arts Library Show
April – May, 2016
“Homage to the Greats”
The 2016 Annual Member Show of handmade and artist books was held at the Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Main Library, Second Floor, 501 Copper Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM.
We had two FREE demonstrations during the show, open to the public:
Saturday April 23, 1–3pm – Simple Japanese Stab Binding
Saturday May 28, 1–3pm – Whirlwind Books
2015 New Mexico State Fair
Wednesday, September 10 – Sunday, September 20, 2015
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo during the month of September.
Download 2015 NM State Fair Awards Results (PDF).
2015 Annual Members Exhibit
April 10 – May 30, 2015
“Books as Art”
The 2015 Annual Member Show of handmade and artist books was held at the Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Main Library, Second Floor, 501 Copper Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM.
2014 Annual Members Exhibit
Monday, April 7 – Friday, May 31, 2014
“Handmade”
The 2014 Annual Member Show of handmade and artist books was held at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Main Library, Second Floor, 501 Copper Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM.
2013 Annual Members Exhibit
April 8 – May 31, 2013
“Correspondence”
The 2013 Annual Member Show of handmade and artist books was held at the Main Library, 501 Copper NW, Downtown Albuquerque, NM. It included free demonstrations where visitors could make their own Album of Photo Postcards to take home, along with demonstration of hands-on bookmaking. A selection of entries is shown above.
2012 New Mexico State Fair
September 12 – 23, 2012
LIBROS members exhibit each year at the New Mexico State Fair in the Creative Arts Building at the NM Expo.
Pictured right: Artist book by Jen Conn.
2012 Annual Members Exhibit
“Journeys: Inner and Outer” – An Exhibit of Handmade Artists’ Books
April 2 – May 31, 2012
Main Library, Downtown Albuquerque, and Erna Fergusson Library.
The theme for the 2012 LIBROS annual show was Journeys: Inner and Outer. This exhibit celebrated the wonderful books created by LIBROS members from Life’s Journeys – out in the great wide world or inside their own psyche.
Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos
June 1 – 30, 2011
LIBROS again had the opportunity to show at the Mesa Public Library Art Gallery in Los Alamos in 2011. (We will not have a show in 2012 at Los Alamos.)
There was also a display of letterpress printed poetry broadsides by Tom Leech of the Palace of the Governors Press.
Installing a LIBROS exhibit at the Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos.
2011 Annual Members Exhibit
April 4 – May 28, 2011
LIBROS held its annual members exhibit at the Albuquerque Main Public Library in downtown Albuquerque during April and May 2011. The theme was Wordplay.
One page book by Judith Roderick.
The second month of the show featured Collaborative Books from the LIBROS archive and was curated by Esther Feske.
2010 Annual Members Exhibit
Accordian book by artist Margy O’Brien.
The Accordion Book: Variations on a Theme was the title of our 2010 annual members exhibit at the Albuquerque Main Public Library. We featured all the different ways that the accordion book is designed.