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Illustrated Accordion

February - March 2026: The Illustrated Accordion

February 6March 20, 2026

Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Gallery
Reception March 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. during Art Hop

Artist Meet Up via Zoom TBA

Each year the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (KBAC) sponsors a non-juried exhibition The Illustrated Accordion, showing in the KBAC Gallery in spring. Open to all emerging and established artists, this exhibition focuses on books created in the accordion form.

Katherine Lobo, “For Now,” Artist Book, 2025, $600.00, Opened: H 11.5" x 24", Cambridge, MA

The Illustrated Accordion exhibition focuses on books created in the accordion form. The structure of an accordion book is simple: a long piece of paper is folded into pages that can be read like a book or spread open and displayed like a banner. Featuring works of book artists from all over the world, the books in this exhibit take this book form to a new level. Every book that has been entered in previous Illustrated Accordion exhibits are available to view through our website.

Entries accepted now through January 26, 2026

Entry fee is $25. Return shipping must be included.

Please follow the link below for the forms and more info:

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