Art Publications from Start to Finish

*Video-conferences every Tuesday at 7pm Central European Time. Recordings will be available in case you miss a live session!

DESCRIPTION

Art books and catalogues are increasingly important as a site where contemporary art carries out its discourses and activities. They are integral parts of exhibitions and indeed can be considered artworks themselves in the case of artist’s books and editions.

This course takes the participants through various types of publications before looking in detail at each of the key stages of producing an exhibition catalogue, from looking at funding possibilities, sample publication budgets, contracts and permissions, as well as at ways of giving a publication a life through promotion and marketing before looking at distribution and where books end up.

Beautiful books are comprised of a myriad of finely tuned details all added at key moments in a book’s creation. The course outlines each stage in the exciting and challenging process of publishing.

How do Node Courses work?

Week 1: Introduction – Approaches to Publications

• Introduction: what publications can offer curators
• A brief history of the books as exhibition space
• Self-publishing versus finding a publisher
• Deciding on content
• Types of publications

Week 2: Content – Types of Publications

• ISBNs
• Looking at funding
• Budgets
• Contracts
• Copyright
• Permissions
• Questions related to design

Week 3: Production

• Image editing and captioning
• Fact checking, copy-editing and proofreading
• Paper types
• Offset print versus digital print
• Printing specifications and how they affect content decisions

Week 4: Marketing and Distribution

• Consignment forms
• Finding distribution
• Press releases, launch events
• Reviews

For further information, please visit:https://www.nodecenter.net/course/art-publications