TIMED ENTRY TO JAB FAIR 2026

Your ticket to Jersey Art Book Fair includes full access to the fair floor. 150+ independent publishers, zine makers, artists, and small presses, plus a unique schedule of programs during your timeslot. Each day features workshops, talks, demos, performances, installations, film screenings, and exhibitions.

NOTE: Tickets are timed – 11:00am–3:30pm and 2:30pm–7:00pm – and include Common Hour, a 1-hour recess from our exhibitor halls, where exhibitors and attendees enjoy time to rest and connect in Mana's courtyard.

ALL-WEEKEND EVENTS IN THE COURTYARD

• 12:00pm–6:00pm [PLACE SERIES: DEMO/STUDIO] Tintype Portraits, hosted by AgNO3 Lab / Cole Caswell
• 1:00pm / 3:00pm / 5:00pm [PLACE SERIES: WALK] What Was Here: A Call and Response, hosted by Area of Refuge

SAT, MAY 2, 11:00am–3:30pm

• 9:00am [PLACE SERIES: WALK/WORKSHOP] Transects, hosted by Robert Sullivan [Ticketed]
• 11:30am [WORKSHOP] Victorian Puzzle Purses: A Folded Paper Keepsake, hosted by Looky Here
• 12:00pm [DEMO] Ink Layers Multiples: Screen Print and Risograph in Independent Publishing, hosted by Poppy Press + Hi-Bred
• 12:30pm [PLACE SERIES: DEMO] Homebound: Demo and Project Launch, hosted by Angelo Capobianco
• 1:00pm [WORKSHOP] No Bad Colors — Exploring 7 Color Contrasts with Risography, hosted by Polly Fossey
• 1:30pm [WORKSHOP] Everyday Poetics: Write a Line Make a Book, hosted by Aileen Bassis
• 2:30pm [DEMO] Live Cutting: Inside Surprise, hosted by Julien Gardair

SAT, MAY 2, 2:30pm–7:00pm

• 2:30pm [DEMO] Live Cutting: Inside Surprise, hosted by Julien Gardair
• 3:30pm [PLACE SERIES: INSTALLATION] Our Streets as Social Space, hosted by Miso Dem
• 3:30pm [WORKSHOP] Turning the Unseen into Zines, hosted by Ares Maia
• 3:30pm [PLACE SERIES: PERFORMANCE] Redraft, hosted by Rujuta Rao [Ticketed]
• 5:00pm [TALK/WORKSHOP] Leaves & Spreads: Zines as Landscapes, hosted by Alex Kostiw

SUN, MAY 3, 11:00am–3:30pm

• 9:00am [PLACE SERIES: WALK/WORKSHOP] A Homegrown Field Guide to Jersey City, hosted by Feminist Bird Club of Jersey City [Free / RSVP required]
• 11:30am [FILM SCREENING] Wood Mekas Delpeut: A DoppelHouse Film Program, hosted by DoppelHouse
• 11:30am [WORKSHOP] From Flat to Folded: Pop-Up Cards and Zines, hosted by x_x
• 12:00pm [PLACE SERIES: TALK] What Was Here: A Conversation on Photography, Place, and Resistance, hosted by Area of Refuge and Mitch V McEwen
• 12:30pm [PLACE SERIES: WALK/WORKSHOP] Journal Square: A Walk, hosted by Alex Wolfe [Ticketed]
• 1:00pm [WORKSHOP] Collage: The Art of a Present Mind, hosted by GLINT
• 1:00pm [PANEL] Women in Photography: Discussion Panel + Display, hosted by PAC Studio + Gallery
• 1:30pm [WORKSHOP] PIN PIN PONG PONG: A Collage-to-Badge Workshop, hosted by Bulkfirework
• 2:30pm [WORKSHOP] Pop-Up Storytelling, hosted by Andre Lee Bassuet
• 2:30pm [WORKSHOP] No Glue Required, hosted by SEASONS

SUN, MAY 3, 2:30pm–7:00pm

• 2:30pm [WORKSHOP] Pop-Up Storytelling, hosted by Andre Lee Bassuet
• 2:30pm [WORKSHOP] No Glue Required, hosted by SEASONS
• 3:30pm [WORKSHOP] Cut & Connected: Make Your Own Accordion Zine, hosted by caffeine garden
• 3:30pm [PLACE SERIES: WORKSHOP/KITE LAUNCH] Flying Faces Sky Parade, hosted by Jin Jung + Amanda Thackray
• 3:30pm [PERFORMANCE] MegaFawn: The Epic of Gilgamesh, hosted by MegaFawn
• 4:30pm [PERFORMANCE] Year of the Fire Horse: A Tasting Ritual, hosted by Victoria Vesna + Maryam Razi
• 5:00pm [WORKSHOP] The Planets as a Creative Force, hosted by Startelling

All PLACE SERIES events are part of In Care of Unfinished Places, a program within JAB Fair 2026 featuring artists, writers, designers and researchers whose work is rooted in place-sensing. Attune more deeply to Journal Square – not just where the fair takes place, but in a neighborhood where 40+ languages, ancestral Lenape lands and the Hackensack River are parts of stories still being told.