The East Village Zine Fair is taking place this weekend

The rescheduled East Village Zine Fair (from June 24 on St. Mark's) is taking place this weekend — Saturday and Sunday — at Performance Space New York, 150 First Ave. and Ninth Street. 

Printed Matter/St. Mark's and 8-Ball Community are organizing this third annual Zine Fair that serves as "a celebration of NYC’s zine-makers, independent publishers, and the East Village’s history of DIY culture past and present."

Hours:

• Saturday, July 8 — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.*

• Sunday, July 9  — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

* According to organizers: "Saturday will begin with two mask-mandatory hours and a reduced visitor capacity to ensure that those who are immunocompromised and/or disabled have a chance to browse the Fair. To ensure entry during this time, register via this link."

The Zine Fair has been rescheduled to July 8

The third-annual Zine Fair, organized by Printed Matter/St. Mark's and 8-Ball Community, has a new date — Saturday, July 8. 

Given the chance of rain tomorrow (June 24), the Zine Fair is moving from St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue to Performance Space 122 at 150 First Ave. and Ninth Street. 

Per the organizers: 

While we are disappointed that the Fair won't take place at its home on St Mark's Place, we cannot imagine a better alternative than Performance Space, a fellow arts nonprofit in the heart of the East Village. We are so grateful for their support and generosity in hosting the EVZF this year.

Printed Matter and 8-Ball Community will provide more specifics about what to expect on July 8 in the days ahead.

Details about the Risograph Holiday Market on Cooper Square

Printed Matter/St. Mark's is teaming up with dieFirma for a one-day Risograph Holiday Market in connection with dieFirma's current exhibition, "Printing the Future: the Risograph Revolution." 

Printed Matter will be offering a wide range of risograph publications (from new titles to some deep cuts from the archives)... as well as some baked goods. 

The market is taking place tomorrow (Dec. 10!) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at dieFirma's space on the ground floor of 32 Cooper Square (between Fifth Street and Sixth Street).

At the Zine Fair on St. Mark's Place

Photos by Stacie Joy 

Hundreds of zine enthusiasts turned out on Saturday for the second-annual Zine Fair on St Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

Printed Matter/St. Mark's and 8-Ball Community teamed up once again for the event that featured more than 70 independent publishers, zine makers and artists. (There were also several collaborative events at community gardens throughout the neighborhood.)

EVG contributor Stacie Joy shared these photos of some of the buyers and sellers ...

Zine Fair returns to St. Mark's Place this Saturday

Printed Matter/St. Mark's and 8-Ball Community are teaming up once again for a Zine Fair featuring more than 70 exhibitors this Saturday on St Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Here's more info via the EVG inbox:

Last year's event was a wonderful celebration of independent publishers, zine makers, and East Village DIY culture and history. Join us as we come together once again for this new zine fair tradition on St. Mark's Place. Free and open to the public. 

Like the 2021 edition (relive it here!), there will be corresponding events in several neighborhood community gardens...

Find more details here. 

Printed Matter's lobby shop is open again on St. Mark's Place and 2nd Avenue

Printed Matter recently reopened in the lobby space at the Swiss Institute on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place.

For now, three customers are allowed at a time inside the shop specializing in art books, zines, prints and posters.

The hours are currently 2-8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, noon-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon-6 p.m. on Sunday...



Printer Matter, founded in 1976, opened the EV outpost in June 2018. The Swiss Institute will reopen to the public with a new exhibit on Sept. 9.

Printed Matter/St. Mark's opens today inside the Swiss Institute

[I spy Dallas BBQ]

The Swiss Institute, the arts nonprofit, officially opens tomorrow on St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue.

And today, the Printed Matter/St. Mark's offsite location debuts in the lobby space.

Here's more via the Printed Matter website:

Printed Matter/St. Mark’s will present a mixture of contemporary and out-of-print artists' books, Printed Matter titles, and publications related to current Swiss Institute exhibitions and programs. Stay tuned for updates on St. Mark's-specific events and educational programming ... We look forward to joining the vibrant community of independent arts institutions and bookstores with this new space in the East Village.

And the bookstore hours:

Monday-Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday-Friday: 2–8 p.m.
Saturday: Noon-8 p.m.
Sunday: Noon- 6 p.m.

And here's a look at some of the titles that will be available (via this link here)...



Images via Printed Matter/St. Mark's

Previously on EV Grieve:
Printed Matter will have a bookstore inside the Swiss Institute's new 2nd Avenue home

Printed Matter will have a bookstore inside the Swiss Institute's new 2nd Avenue home

[Photo from April 29]

Printed Matter, the Chelsea-based nonprofit art bookstore founded in 1976, is opening an outpost at the Swiss Institute's new home on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place.

Per artnews:

The venue will be dubbed Printed Matter/St. Mark’s and will carry artist’s books, prints, posters, and the like, as well as offerings from the Swiss Institute’s publishing imprint. Max Schumann, Print Matter’s executive director, said in a statement that the new partnership “presents an amazing opportunity to bring the creative, experimental, and critical work being done in the field of artists’ publications to a broader audience, which is at the heart of Printed Matter’s mission.”

At its Chelsea location, Printed Matter has long offered a rich array of talks, workshops, and so forth, and the organization said in a news release that a “robust program of public events” will be on offer in the Swiss Institute building...

The East Village location of Printed Matter will also open with the Swiss Institute on June 21.

Read more about Printed Matter's history here.

Meanwhile, here's a photo from the Swiss Institute's rooftop from Sunday...


[Photo by Grant Shaffer]

Previously on EV Grieve:
Swiss Institute moving into the former Chase branch on 2nd Avenue and St. Mark's Place