Truth: Artist Books & Broadsides

Gallery Route One invites artists to submit expressions about truth in the form of handmade, handbound artist books (both unique and in small editions), altered books, folded or sculptural books, and very limited edition broadsides. The exhibition asks artists to consider what form truth takes and how they could embody truth in their work within the artist book or broadside format. What does the word mean now: personally, politically or philosophically? How does an artist embody truth in their work?

Juror Sas Colby is a visual artist with over 5 decades of creating, exhibiting, and teaching art. Her artistic practice includes nontraditional artists books and work with text. A retrospective, Sisters of Invention: 45 Years of Book Art by Sas Colby, Betsy Davids and Jaime Robles, was exhibited at the San Francisco Center for the Book in 2015. Sas' work was included in Possibilities: When Artists' Books Were Young, curated by Kathleen Walkup at SFCB in 2022.

Eligibility: All artists 18 or over currently living in the United States. Entries are limited to 3 artworks. Entry fee is $30 for 1 to 3 submissions. Submission dates are September 1 through October 15. Notification by November 1. Exhibition dates are January 7 through February 12. Jurying will be online only. Work that does not resemble the submitted image will not be displayed. Artwork need not be for sale. Work that is for sale will be priced by the artist upon submission, plus tax, and should include Gallery Route One's commission of 45%. Gallery Route One does not offer insurance to cover artwork.