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Exploring place through the lens of America's most densely populated state.📍NWK
Organizers of @jerseyartbookfair_by_dense

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we invite you to step into a space for an unusual experience where we explore the relationship between human presence and the natural world, asking us to pause, listen, and reconsider the traces we leave behind.

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We had SUCH a good time at the Jersey Art Book Fair @densemagazine in February 💐- our first EVER zine fair ! And we spoke on a panel by the AMAZING @drawdownbooks ! Thank you to everyone who came to see us, all our friends who came to help out, all the new FIRE zinesters we met, and anyone who supported our work ! Also ...

Hey y'all - long time no see ! The revolution isn't always for Instagrams eyes - we been busy in the streets, at the protest, in the mosh pit, at the mutual aid distro, at our writing desks, at the community garden. Been thinking about how to continue engaging with y'all off this app - guess that's why we publish books, have a website, have community events !

We have a lot of things cooking for the summer :) see y'all on the porch ! Leave a comment - how you been?

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The Creative Side JC, producer of @jc_artandstudiotour joins JCAST to welcome JERSEY CITY BOOK FAIR to the 37th Annual JERSEY CITY ART & STUDIO TOUR as a Partner.

We are delighted to have this new fair join us at The Bethune Center on Saturday, October 3, 2026 from 12-5pm.

Please follow @bookfairjc

This first-of-its-kind event is rooted in community and created to celebrate literature, storytelling, and literacy while bringing together readers, authors, educators, creatives, and book lovers from across Jersey City and beyond.

Produced by Marc Polite & Millicent Ansah this event is a part of The Jersey City Arts Studio Tour @jc_artandstudiotour

Partners:
@jcartandculture,
@jclibrarynj @jerseycityartscouncil
@thecommonearthcompany
@solomonforjc

Please reach out if you would like to be a vendor, volunteer or speaker.

More information soon.
Email us at bookfairjc@gmail.com

#JCAST
#JCASTPartners
#JCAST2026
#JERSEYCITYBOOKFAIR
#JCBOOKFAIR

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📌📌ATTENTION📌📌

JCAST HAS A NEW WEBSITE

TO APPLY TO PARTICIPATE

HEAD TO
WWW.JERSEYCITYARTS.ORG

CLICK ON THE APPLY MENU

For nearly four decades, JCAST has transformed Jersey City into a vibrant, citywide arts experience—activating studios, galleries, and public spaces across every ward. It brings together artists, collectors, curators, cultural leaders, and visitors to celebrate creativity while driving tourism, economic growth, and neighborhood revitalization.

Join us this fall as we continue to position Jersey City as a regional leader in arts, culture, and the creative economy.

#JCAST2026
#JerseyCityArts
#SupportTheArts
#JCASTPartners
#TheCreativeSideJC

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Montez Press Radio’s fourth series, The Walk, is out now. Co-curated with Alex Wolfe @pppedestrian.

Allan Kaprow once said, “A walk down 14th Street is more amazing than any masterpiece of art.” So for this series, we invited artists, writers, thinkers, and others who move through the world attentively to respond to the idea of the walk. Through walking tours, field recordings, audio diaries, conversations, lectures, drifts, oral histories, and sonic walks, these works consider movement as both an artistic practice and a way of understanding contemporary life.

Contributors: Anna Kodé, Zach Rose, Stewart Home, Laura Grace Ford, Ingrid Burrington, Ethan Cohen, Michelle Sáenz Burrola and Alina Maldonado, Elena Biserna, Plank Magazine, Sam Korman, Bobby Puleo, Black History Walks, Minecraft Build The Earth, A Layered City, Nina Manandhar and Zakia Sewell, Dense Magazine, Manda Shutler, Mixteca, Lee Quiñones, Henry Street Settlement, Pamela Hernández, Darío Fernández, Sebastián Rojas, James Fuentes, Malcolm Peacock, Timmy Simonds, James Jordan Johnson, ambár luna

Lettering:
@007.24.7
Dog Video:
@gothamdogwalkers
Video Editing:
@_lena.greene & Tommy
Song:
Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita

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💭 In a big book world you table at book fairs. 💋📚

I'm always grateful for the book arts community. Here are some highlights from this year: Press Play, Miami Zine Fair, and Jersey Art Book Fair. Shout out to Comic Arts Maine Portland, not photographed in this batch. It's been a great start to the new book year.

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Jersey Art Book Fair! Thanks for having us @itsdense and thanks for giving us your spot 🤎 @d.s.press 🤎 - wish you could have made it too! So good to catch up with old friends and meet new ones!! :))) s/o @show.n.tll for art directing that first photo!

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Had the pleasure of taking photos for the Jersey Art Book Fair (an exhibition of books, graphic novels, zines, posters, etc.) in Jersey City’s Journal Square last week. Beautiful weather and such a lovely and friendly community. #jerseyartbookfair #jerseyartbookfair2026 @itsdense

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IT’S TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR FRIDAY!!!!!! SEND US THAT GREEN!!!! You know Five Dollar Fridays, when we ask for a high five from your wallet to support all your favorite SMUSH happenings. WELL we recently got a $25k grant from the Jersey City Arts & Culture Trust Fund and we’re riding that stupendous wave of 25. This will be our last fundraiser for some time so COME ON & GIVE US TWENTY FIVE! ✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋

Venmo @smushgallery
Link in bio for credit card & tax deductible options

More info in stories
Pls share!
xo SMUSH

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HOMOCATS feeling frisky in New Jersey!! 😻💅

Keep on keeping on everyone!! ❤️✌️

#artbookfair #newjersey #jerseycity #manacontemporary

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This year’s Fair was def one for the Books📚
Till’ Next Year 🙂‍↕️

#itsaboutthefriendsyoumadealongtheway

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This past Saturday, I tabled at the Jersey Art Book Fair! It was my first time tabling this year, and I had a great time; the kindness of the staff and guests reminded me why I love doing these events. It was also special to be part of an art event in my own hometown for the first time - definitely something to remember!

Thank you @itsdense for inviting me, and to all who stopped by!! I had so many great convos with guests and exhibitors, and it was an honor to be alongside so many talented people.

(Also, a shoutout to my table-neighbor @kimjaovids - check out her beautiful riso zines and prints!)

#jerseyartbookfair #comicartist

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