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Art Book Publishing
with Karen Kelly of Dancing Foxes Press
Saturday, March 22 - 3:30pm ET
What you’ll learn
Karen Kelly, editor and publisher of Dancing Foxes Press, tells us how to get an “art book”—the kind you see in museum bookshops—made and distributed. Here’s what you’ll learn:
- The seed of an art book: what is the origin story for the monographs, catalogues, and project-based books you see on shelves?
- Collaboration is key: learn why so many art books are produced collaboratively by galleries, institutions, publishers, and artists working together
- Budgeting and funding for monographs and other art books: learn what budget range is typical for art books, and what percentage of a typical budget is dedicated to the biggest categories: printing and production, shipping, paying writers, and more.
By the end of this session, you’ll understand how art books move from conception to completion.
About Karen Kelly
Karen Kelly is an editor and publisher based in Brooklyn. From 1989 to 2011, she directed the publication program and organized special programs at Dia Art Foundation, New York. In addition, she has held editorial positions at the literary journal Conjunctions and at the art journal Parkett. In 2012, Kelly founded Dancing Foxes Press with Barbara Schroeder. Dancing Foxes Press is recognized for distinctive publications that are commissioned for their specificity and realized through editorial collaboration and hands-on production and craftsmanship. Books recently published/co-published by the press include: God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin, Dance History(s): Imagination as a Form of Study, **and The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism.